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Re: SMU Class of 2013/2014

Post by Billy Batts » Tue Nov 15, 2011 7:52 pm

What's everyone taking? O&G Contracts, PR, Construction Law, and Evidence with Bellin for me.

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Re: SMU Class of 2013/2014

Post by bass08 » Tue Nov 15, 2011 8:30 pm

Any thoughts on the following class/professor combos?

Business Enterprise - Steinberg

Texas Trial & Appellate Procedure - Dorsaneo

Antitrust - Rogers

Immigration Law - Flynn

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Re: SMU Class of 2013/2014

Post by HBK » Tue Nov 15, 2011 8:43 pm

chrisokc wrote:What's everyone taking? O&G Contracts, PR, Construction Law, and Evidence with Bellin for me.
Pretty much the same. I want to take the MPRE this summer so I don't have to fool with it before the BAR or during school.

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Re: SMU Class of 2013/2014

Post by kalvano » Tue Nov 15, 2011 10:52 pm

I want to take Evidence with Bellin badly, but that extra Monday is killing me. If I take it, I will have to drive down for that class, drive home, then drive back later for Construction law.

If I do the night class, I can only show up 2 days a week. I also badly want to do Construction law, but it doesn't fit with a damned thing.

Trying to arrange a schedule with an externship sucks.

I'm thinking about Evidence at night, International Crimes with Turner, Social Media Law, White Collar Crime.

Anyone know anything about Browning?
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Re: SMU Class of 2013/2014

Post by kalvano » Tue Nov 15, 2011 10:53 pm

HBK wrote:
chrisokc wrote:What's everyone taking? O&G Contracts, PR, Construction Law, and Evidence with Bellin for me.
Pretty much the same. I want to take the MPRE this summer so I don't have to fool with it before the BAR or during school.
PR with Weaver is supposed to be a beating, and she is supposed to be a ridiculously hard grader.

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Re: SMU Class of 2013/2014

Post by fathergoose » Tue Nov 15, 2011 10:58 pm

kalvano wrote:Trying to arrange a schedule with an externship sucks.
It kind of pisses me off we don't get a grade for it but the Clinic people do. I guess I understand why but it seems like a lot of work for no grade at all.

Is anybody taking the Texas Rangers Bankruptcy class?

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Re: SMU Class of 2013/2014

Post by kalvano » Tue Nov 15, 2011 11:07 pm

fathergoose wrote:
kalvano wrote:Trying to arrange a schedule with an externship sucks.
It kind of pisses me off we don't get a grade for it but the Clinic people do. I guess I understand why but it seems like a lot of work for no grade at all.

Is anybody taking the Texas Rangers Bankruptcy class?
Externships are for credit. Internships are not.

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Re: SMU Class of 2013/2014

Post by holdencaulfield » Tue Nov 15, 2011 11:28 pm

bass08 wrote:Any thoughts on the following class/professor combos?

Business Enterprise - Steinberg

Texas Trial & Appellate Procedure - Dorsaneo

Antitrust - Rogers

Immigration Law - Flynn
Take Dorsaneo. He's entertaining, you learn a ton, his test is easy, and...it's Dorsaneo.

Have him sign your textbook.

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Re: SMU Class of 2013/2014

Post by Burgstaller04 » Wed Nov 16, 2011 2:38 pm

Anyone have thoughts on the professors that teach any of the bankruptcy classes?

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Re: SMU Class of 2013/2014

Post by HBK » Wed Nov 16, 2011 3:25 pm

Burgstaller04 wrote:Anyone have thoughts on the professors that teach any of the bankruptcy classes?
Hale's awesome. He's a judge so he really knows his stuff and can really teach it well.

Here's a question for the evening students- can you guys enroll in day classes immediately, or is there a restricted delay? Because I tried to enroll in evening classes and the system wouldn't let me do it yet.

For forty grand, I'm pretty disappointed in SMU's schedule. This schedule sucks. They're not offering many classes, a bunch of classes conflict as far as test dates, and here's a tip, if PR fills up before the 2Ls have a chance to enroll, maybe you should offer more than one day class or let day students enroll in the evening class.

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Re: SMU Class of 2013/2014

Post by Thirteen » Wed Nov 16, 2011 3:27 pm

fathergoose wrote: Is anybody taking the Texas Rangers Bankruptcy class?
Yep, if I can ever register. I have to go to the Financial office to clear a fucking 20 dollar hold on my account.

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Re: SMU Class of 2013/2014

Post by HBK » Wed Nov 16, 2011 3:31 pm

Any thoughts on Steinberg for BE?

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Re: SMU Class of 2013/2014

Post by Burgstaller04 » Wed Nov 16, 2011 3:32 pm

Thirteen wrote:
fathergoose wrote: Is anybody taking the Texas Rangers Bankruptcy class?
Yep, if I can ever register. I have to go to the Financial office to clear a fucking 20 dollar hold on my account.
You should be able to do it on access.smu. I had a $5 hold for my DART pass and that's how I got rid of it.

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Re: SMU Class of 2013/2014

Post by Thirteen » Wed Nov 16, 2011 3:34 pm

Burgstaller04 wrote:
Thirteen wrote:
fathergoose wrote: Is anybody taking the Texas Rangers Bankruptcy class?
Yep, if I can ever register. I have to go to the Financial office to clear a fucking 20 dollar hold on my account.
You should be able to do it on access.smu. I had a $5 hold for my DART pass and that's how I got rid of it.
My page is fucking up. I'll just take care of it when I head to school in an hour for BE.

Also, I second that Hale is a great teacher.

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Re: SMU Class of 2013/2014

Post by kalvano » Wed Nov 16, 2011 4:21 pm

HBK wrote:Any thoughts on Steinberg for BE?

Heard a lot of positive things from people who have taken it with him. He's apparently smart and funny and really knows BE quite well. Fair exam, not a hard grader but not easy either.

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Re: SMU Class of 2013/2014

Post by DavidB » Wed Nov 16, 2011 4:59 pm

kalvano wrote:
HBK wrote:Any thoughts on Steinberg for BE?
Heard a lot of positive things from people who have taken it with him. He's apparently smart and funny and really knows BE quite well. Fair exam, not a hard grader but not easy either.
Any comparison to Norton?

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Re: SMU Class of 2013/2014

Post by kalvano » Wed Nov 16, 2011 5:01 pm

DavidB wrote:
kalvano wrote:
HBK wrote:Any thoughts on Steinberg for BE?
Heard a lot of positive things from people who have taken it with him. He's apparently smart and funny and really knows BE quite well. Fair exam, not a hard grader but not easy either.
Any comparison to Norton?
Not as easy in the grading, but far more fun to take.

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Re: SMU Class of 2013/2014

Post by nouseforaname123 » Wed Nov 16, 2011 5:30 pm

HBK wrote:Any thoughts on Steinberg for BE?
I really enjoyed his class. He enjoys teaching and it comes through in the classroom.

He is a harder grader. I believe he has to bump his raw grades UP to fit the curve.

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Re: SMU Class of 2013/2014

Post by DavidB » Wed Nov 16, 2011 6:44 pm

This course jumped out at me:

"LAW 6208 - BAR EXAM SURVEY AND PREPARATION: This course is designed to provide a basic understanding of the contents of the bar exam... This course is limited to students in their last semester before graduation."

Is this new? I don't remember seeing this last year.

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Re: SMU Class of 2013/2014

Post by kalvano » Wed Nov 16, 2011 9:56 pm

Someone school me on Higginbotham for Con Law. Easy grader? Hard? Decent prof?

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Re: SMU Class of 2013/2014

Post by fathergoose » Thu Nov 17, 2011 3:48 am

kalvano wrote:Someone school me on Higginbotham for Con Law. Easy grader? Hard? Decent prof?
No idea how he is as a prof but he got screwed out of being on the Supreme Court. He was 5th Circuit and was the one everyone wanted in the 80s but didn't get picked. I imagine he has to be a good prof to be at that level.

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Re: SMU Class of 2013/2014

Post by kalvano » Wed Nov 23, 2011 1:39 am

Happy Thanksgiving, you sorry bunch of degenerates.

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Re: SMU Class of 2013/2014

Post by txsunshine » Wed Nov 30, 2011 4:01 pm

bah humbug!

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Re: SMU Class of 2013/2014

Post by kalvano » Wed Dec 21, 2011 11:00 pm

Grades are up.

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Re: SMU Class of 2013/2014

Post by DavidB » Thu Dec 22, 2011 2:24 pm

kalvano wrote:Grades are up.
For summer 2011? :)

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