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Where are you in the decision process?

I'll be at HLS next fall!
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Still waiting to hear from another school....
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3%
Still waiting to hear about financial aid :(
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Absolutely unsure
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6%
Already withdrew from HLS
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Re: Harvard Law School Class of 2018

Post by leslieknope » Wed Aug 12, 2015 2:18 pm

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Re: Harvard Law School Class of 2018

Post by saltisgood » Wed Aug 12, 2015 2:39 pm

section 4 has two visiting profs? is that... weird?

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Re: Harvard Law School Class of 2018

Post by foxes » Wed Aug 12, 2015 2:44 pm

saltisgood wrote:section 4 has two visiting profs? is that... weird?
looks like every section has a few visiting profs

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Re: Harvard Law School Class of 2018

Post by saltisgood » Wed Aug 12, 2015 2:45 pm

foxes wrote:
saltisgood wrote:section 4 has two visiting profs? is that... weird?
looks like every section has a few visiting profs
I probably should have looked, haha.

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Re: Harvard Law School Class of 2018

Post by TripTrip » Wed Aug 12, 2015 3:12 pm

leslieknope wrote:
mujiali wrote: Same section :) (as leslie not mack).
Hey :D :D :D

Also the email we just got from Rakoff says he's teaching Contracts, but Dope/the course catalogue say he's teaching Legislation. Do they have to fight now or what.
Let me work on getting that straightened out.

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Re: Harvard Law School Class of 2018

Post by Indifference » Wed Aug 12, 2015 3:28 pm

leslieknope wrote:
mujiali wrote: Same section :) (as leslie not mack).
Hey :D :D :D

Also the email we just got from Rakoff says he's teaching Contracts, but Dope/the course catalogue say he's teaching Legislation. Do they have to fight now or what.
Oh yeah, just noticed that. To the death! :D

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Re: Harvard Law School Class of 2018

Post by Catherinelo365 » Wed Aug 12, 2015 3:35 pm

I'm in section 4! Yay! Anyone in the same section?
Earliest class at 9:50. Seems not that bad.
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Re: Harvard Law School Class of 2018

Post by Mack.Hambleton » Wed Aug 12, 2015 3:38 pm

saltisgood wrote:section 4 has two visiting profs? is that... weird?
Yeah six has two

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Re: Harvard Law School Class of 2018

Post by Orion311 » Wed Aug 12, 2015 3:57 pm

So if a prof tells us to purchase a book, but doesn't mention which edition, do we assume we should get the most recent edition or that it doesn't matter?

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Re: Harvard Law School Class of 2018

Post by TripTrip » Wed Aug 12, 2015 4:06 pm

TripTrip wrote:
leslieknope wrote:
mujiali wrote: Same section :) (as leslie not mack).
Hey :D :D :D

Also the email we just got from Rakoff says he's teaching Contracts, but Dope/the course catalogue say he's teaching Legislation. Do they have to fight now or what.
Let me work on getting that straightened out.
Circling back: Rakoff is definitely teaching Legislation and Regulation.
Orion311 wrote:So if a prof tells us to purchase a book, but doesn't mention which edition, do we assume we should get the most recent edition or that it doesn't matter?
Which professor listed a book without an edition? Every 1L professor provided a list of ISBNs, so we have all the edition information.

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Re: Harvard Law School Class of 2018

Post by Orion311 » Wed Aug 12, 2015 4:09 pm

TripTrip wrote:
TripTrip wrote:
leslieknope wrote:
mujiali wrote: Same section :) (as leslie not mack).
Hey :D :D :D

Also the email we just got from Rakoff says he's teaching Contracts, but Dope/the course catalogue say he's teaching Legislation. Do they have to fight now or what.
Let me work on getting that straightened out.
Circling back: Rakoff is definitely teaching Legislation and Regulation.
Orion311 wrote:So if a prof tells us to purchase a book, but doesn't mention which edition, do we assume we should get the most recent edition or that it doesn't matter?
Which professor listed a book without an edition? Every 1L professor provided a list of ISBNs, so we have all the edition information.
I'm probably being impatient - I'm assuming actual book information will be provided when we can actually access the course links/information and whatnot. But in the welcome letter from Prof Kennedy he says:
"Please purchase Rules of Contract Law (Knapp, Crystal and Prince) and the contracts
casebook, Problems in Contract Law (Knapp, Chrystal & Prince, seventh edition)."

So no edition for the first one

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Re: Harvard Law School Class of 2018

Post by Indifference » Wed Aug 12, 2015 4:12 pm

Trip, a question for you regarding books listed on Dope... is there any vetting done of the statements re. book quality/damage/highlighting level? I figured that would be a little too much work to do, and this is more of a "I'll go meet the person and see the book before I pay" kinda thing... correct?

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Re: Harvard Law School Class of 2018

Post by TripTrip » Wed Aug 12, 2015 4:48 pm

Orion311 wrote:
TripTrip wrote:
TripTrip wrote:
leslieknope wrote:
mujiali wrote: Same section :) (as leslie not mack).
Hey :D :D :D

Also the email we just got from Rakoff says he's teaching Contracts, but Dope/the course catalogue say he's teaching Legislation. Do they have to fight now or what.
Let me work on getting that straightened out.
Circling back: Rakoff is definitely teaching Legislation and Regulation.
Orion311 wrote:So if a prof tells us to purchase a book, but doesn't mention which edition, do we assume we should get the most recent edition or that it doesn't matter?
Which professor listed a book without an edition? Every 1L professor provided a list of ISBNs, so we have all the edition information.
I'm probably being impatient - I'm assuming actual book information will be provided when we can actually access the course links/information and whatnot. But in the welcome letter from Prof Kennedy he says:
"Please purchase Rules of Contract Law (Knapp, Crystal and Prince) and the contracts
casebook, Problems in Contract Law (Knapp, Chrystal & Prince, seventh edition)."

So no edition for the first one
Looks like he wants you to have the 2015-2016 edition.

mujiali wrote:Trip, a question for you regarding books listed on Dope... is there any vetting done of the statements re. book quality/damage/highlighting level? I figured that would be a little too much work to do, and this is more of a "I'll go meet the person and see the book before I pay" kinda thing... correct?
Sadly we can't vet the condition statements; there are just too many (and it would take away from the direct, student-to-student nature of the sale that keeps it so cheap).

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Re: Harvard Law School Class of 2018

Post by Indifference » Wed Aug 12, 2015 6:19 pm

Thanks trip. I figured as much. Checking for myself is not a problem, you do so much amazing work already as it is!

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Re: Harvard Law School Class of 2018

Post by foxes » Wed Aug 12, 2015 6:29 pm

TripTrip wrote:
just wanted to think triptrip again for all the work on hlsdope. i cant believe how much you got up in a few hours :shock: and all of it is so immensely helpful :D

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Re: Harvard Law School Class of 2018

Post by pylon » Wed Aug 12, 2015 6:30 pm

Quick question - what day do actual classes start? Wednesday, September 2nd?

I'm still getting used to all the different logins and figured it would be easier to ask here.

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Re: Harvard Law School Class of 2018

Post by saltisgood » Wed Aug 12, 2015 6:35 pm

pylon wrote:Quick question - what day do actual classes start? Wednesday, September 2nd?
Yup! But, according to the academic calendar, it's a Monday schedule.

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Re: Harvard Law School Class of 2018

Post by foxes » Wed Aug 12, 2015 6:44 pm

saltisgood wrote:
pylon wrote:Quick question - what day do actual classes start? Wednesday, September 2nd?
Yup! But, according to the academic calendar, it's a Monday schedule.
i was actually wondering about this--what does a monday schedule mean? :oops: :oops:

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Re: Harvard Law School Class of 2018

Post by Indifference » Wed Aug 12, 2015 7:27 pm

It means you follow your class schedule for Monday. I think it is cause federal and mass holidays screw Mondays. As do the winter storms. So they try to get at least one lost Monday back haha.

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Re: Harvard Law School Class of 2018

Post by saltisgood » Wed Aug 12, 2015 7:56 pm

yeah we miss Monday classes for labor day the next week!

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Re: Harvard Law School Class of 2018

Post by foxes » Wed Aug 12, 2015 8:07 pm

mujiali wrote:It means you follow your class schedule for Monday. I think it is cause federal and mass holidays screw Mondays. As do the winter storms. So they try to get at least one lost Monday back haha.
Ah, so Sept 2 will be treated as a Monday, but the next day will revert to the regular schedule...?

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Re: Harvard Law School Class of 2018

Post by leslieknope » Wed Aug 12, 2015 8:35 pm

Aside, but there are 82 people who voted that they're coming to HLS in the poll, damn. That's an entire section's worth of people who have TLS accounts.

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Re: Harvard Law School Class of 2018

Post by Indifference » Wed Aug 12, 2015 9:00 pm

foxes wrote:
mujiali wrote:It means you follow your class schedule for Monday. I think it is cause federal and mass holidays screw Mondays. As do the winter storms. So they try to get at least one lost Monday back haha.
Ah, so Sept 2 will be treated as a Monday, but the next day will revert to the regular schedule...?
Exactly right

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Re: Harvard Law School Class of 2018

Post by Elyane » Wed Aug 12, 2015 11:14 pm

Anyone have any ideas where we could find old outlines and exams from our visiting professors?

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Re: Harvard Law School Class of 2018

Post by leslieknope » Thu Aug 13, 2015 12:13 am

Elyane wrote:Anyone have any ideas where we could find old outlines and exams from our visiting professors?
Ask on the "Ask an X Student" thread for that school? I've seen people do it that way.

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