Fair advice for all you 1Ls. Don't do Law Review and AA. It significantly diminishes your quality of life.

Fair advice for all you 1Ls. Don't do Law Review and AA. It significantly diminishes your quality of life.

Is the benefit not > diminished quality of life? I'm still trying to decide if I even want to bother with write-on.

Hard to tell at this point. Its just a lot of work that seems all to be due at the same time. Don't be thinking of write-on at this point. I'd say journal is worth it, but there is nothing you can do now to prepare, so don't even worry about it. The whole process is post spring finals.

Cross posted with Iowa 2012 to make sure I get everyone:

Hey 2L's (or 3L's) Any recommendations on these possible electives?


Business Associations Kurtz I'm in BA now but with Yockey. He breaks things down well, goes at a pace that allows things to sink in, and can be funny. He's a great professor. I haven't had Kurtz but I would at least think about taking it from Yockey instead.

Intro to Intel Property Rantanen
I took it with Hovenkamp as my 1L elective and enjoyed it. He's an engaged professor who makes lectures interesting and the material is something you see and read about often. I can't say anything about Rantanen but i've heard he's good.

Sports Law Johnson
I can't say much about it but my roommate took it and thought it was a good class. I recall him saying it wasn't overly difficult

Trusts and Estates Hines
I haven't taken the class nor had a class with Hines but I can say that Gallanis, who also teaches it, is in my opinion the best teaching prof at Iowa so I would consider taking it from him instead unless there's a good reason to take it from Hines.

Sports Law has an extremely light work load and there is no final.

Negotiations has a very light work load, but there is a final.

I hear mostly bad things about Kurtz.

Somek is a bit off the wall, and he has a big attendance component to his grading, which is annoying. Especially considering that he says taking time off to go to a job interview isn't a valid reason.

How is Sports Law graded if there is no final?

Especially considering that he says taking time off to go to a job interview isn't a valid reason.

How is Sports Law graded if there is no final?

Seriously? That's actually like... really lame. Is this guy just clueless?

There are weekly written assignments supplemented by a participation score. He grades students based on their answers when he calls on them: 1 point (standard decent answer), 2 points (very good answer), 3 points (a rare perfect answer), or -1 point (obviously unprepared).