Law School

[deadbear80]

While some of my friends at other law schools think my school is nuts...

...we only take 1 semester of Civ Pro (don't hate me). And we get it 2nd semester after we've already taken Contracts, Property, and Torts (like I said, don't hate me!).

So I never thought Civ Pro was that bad. Granted, because it's also virtually statutory based (and therefore much more black & white than other 1L classes) I did much better in it than my other classes.

But I don't know how I would've understood it 1st semester either. I think having other classes first and then jumping into Civ Pro helped. I actually understand it much better than most of my friends in law school (and eek! some current attorneys).

Sadly though, Evidence at my law school is poorly taught (so much so that 90% of us teach it to ourselves) and that was the class that had me freaked. Worst grade in law school (and not a reflection of what I really did, and still do know). I only felt somewhat redeemed when I took my Trial Practice and Procedure course and could actually remember Evidence better than people who did better on the final than I did.

[_Opi_]

Originally Posted by deadbear80

While some of my friends at other law schools think my school is nuts...

...we only take 1 semester of Civ Pro (don't hate me). And we get it 2nd semester after we've already taken Contracts, Property, and Torts (like I said, don't hate me!).

No, I dont hate you. Mainly because we take Civ Pro I in the second semester, and the CP II 3rd semester. The only thing that sucks about my current professor is that he taught the material completely backwards. He taught us pleadings first instead of PJ and SMJ material. Joinder was smack in the middle of the semester, and then we had to go through that material again after PJ and SMJ so we can have a better grasp of the material. Every other professor is doing it the opposite way. So we'll see after finals how well his "method" worked.

[KSigkid]

Originally Posted by _Opi_

No, I dont hate you. Mainly because we take Civ Pro I in the second semester, and the CP II 3rd semester. The only thing that sucks about my current professor is that he taught the material completely backwards. He taught us pleadings first instead of PJ and SMJ material. Joinder was smack in the middle of the semester, and then we had to go through that material again after PJ and SMJ so we can have a better grasp of the material. Every other professor is doing it the opposite way. So we'll see after finals how well his "method" worked.

My professor actually taught us pleadings first as well; I like the way she's taught things so far. I had heard that the order is reversed most places, but it seems to be working out for my class. I figure as long as we get to all the material, the order isn't so important to me.

Plus, the order has worked well; we went from pleadings to Due Process to Jurisdiction, and it's made a lot of sense that way.

[shinerbock]

We learn remedies before consideration and bargaining, not sure if thats a localized thing or not.

[KSigkid]

Originally Posted by shinerbock

We learn remedies before consideration and bargaining, not sure if thats a localized thing or not.

You're talking contracts, right? We learned consideration first. My contracts professor is awesome, so I'm just going to trust that he's leading us in the right direction.

[BobbyTheDon]

can someone tell me if macs are compatible with that software that they use to take exams?

[VandalSquirrel]

Originally Posted by BobbyTheDon

can someone tell me if macs are compatible with that software that they use to take exams?

ExamSoft is compatible with Macs, that's the only one I know about.

[shinerbock]

I don't think they are with SofTest, but i could be wrong