Chicago Class of 2012 Forum
- Mr. T6
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Re: Chicago Class of 2012
He ate an egg salad and a pepperoni pizza.
He's arguably the friendliest professor in the building. He talks to anyone. If you take the elevator with him, expect a few questions about your whereabouts and goings.
I asked him many questions, as did my three 2L cohorts. The topics of conversation were:
1. Apartment finding in NYC. NYU's endowment and their trustees' pursuit of real estate investment. The interaction of multiple contracts with each other.
2. A comparison of Chicago and NYC.
3. Gossip about famous people. He personally knows Scalia, Lieberman (they graduated from YLS in the same year), and Breyer.
4. Ricci and the Sotomayor nomination, a conversation I broached. This lead to an extended ConLaw discussion of Miller, Heller, Planned Parenthood, the equal protection clause and Brown.
He's arguably the friendliest professor in the building. He talks to anyone. If you take the elevator with him, expect a few questions about your whereabouts and goings.
I asked him many questions, as did my three 2L cohorts. The topics of conversation were:
1. Apartment finding in NYC. NYU's endowment and their trustees' pursuit of real estate investment. The interaction of multiple contracts with each other.
2. A comparison of Chicago and NYC.
3. Gossip about famous people. He personally knows Scalia, Lieberman (they graduated from YLS in the same year), and Breyer.
4. Ricci and the Sotomayor nomination, a conversation I broached. This lead to an extended ConLaw discussion of Miller, Heller, Planned Parenthood, the equal protection clause and Brown.
- Kiana
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Re: Chicago Class of 2012
That's awesome!!! Why were you having lunch with him? Was it a planned event (does Chi plan those events) or did you and your three "2L cohorts" just ask him?Mr. T6 wrote:
He's arguably the friendliest professor in the building. He talks to anyone. If you take the elevator with him, expect a few questions about your whereabouts and goings.
Mr. T6 wrote:He ate an egg salad and a pepperoni pizza.
- Mr. T6
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Re: Chicago Class of 2012
We invited him. Most professors are receptive to lunch offers, particularly during the summer. I've already eaten with Harcourt, Bernstein, and Levmore.
- Kiana
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Do you know if this is common, for students to invite profs? Or are you and your friends more pro-active?Mr. T6 wrote:We invited him. Most professors are receptive to lunch offers, particularly during the summer. I've already eaten with Harcourt, Bernstein, and Levmore.
Also, since the class size is small, do you basically know everyone? I'm just curious.
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Re: Chicago Class of 2012
He doesn't know me.
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- Kiana
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lol are you in the same year as him?seeker63 wrote:He doesn't know me.
- Mr. T6
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That's because you haven't told me your name.seeker63 wrote:He doesn't know me.
- Mr. T6
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Not really. I, for instance, keep a low profile. Very few of my classmates know who I am.Kiana wrote:Do you know if this is common, for students to invite profs? Or are you and your friends more pro-active?Mr. T6 wrote:We invited him. Most professors are receptive to lunch offers, particularly during the summer. I've already eaten with Harcourt, Bernstein, and Levmore.
Also, since the class size is small, do you basically know everyone? I'm just curious.
- Mr. T6
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These sample OCI questions are not helping me. Do I really have to ask questions like "What's the most interesting case you've worked on?"? I guess that one isn't bad. But some of these seem poor:
What attracted you to this firm?
Did you start in that practice area?
Where do you see your client base in five years? (ITE?)
How much client contact do you regularly get?
I like their questions even more:
What attracted you to law school?
Why Chicago?
Why this firm? (Ugh . . . because when you look at my grades and your Vault ranking, I think we're a good match?)
I also don't like these research tips. Are firms going to be impressed by some punk law student with a Westlaw account and free time? I imagined that it would be enough to know that, say, Morgan Lewis excels at Antitrust and Kirkland at Litigation.
Grade cut-offs will be the starting and ending point, I bet.
What attracted you to this firm?
Did you start in that practice area?
Where do you see your client base in five years? (ITE?)
How much client contact do you regularly get?
I like their questions even more:
What attracted you to law school?
Why Chicago?
Why this firm? (Ugh . . . because when you look at my grades and your Vault ranking, I think we're a good match?)
I also don't like these research tips. Are firms going to be impressed by some punk law student with a Westlaw account and free time? I imagined that it would be enough to know that, say, Morgan Lewis excels at Antitrust and Kirkland at Litigation.
Grade cut-offs will be the starting and ending point, I bet.
- sealrsqr
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I'm starting to firm up my travel arrangements. (It's easier than packing...) Having originally planned to drive with my 3 cats from California to Chicago, I am most excited to announce that I will now be flying in instead as my kitties will be pawsengers on the new Pet Airways. I know, crazy cat lady.
Anyway, since I no longer have to drive, I've been rethinking the whole car ownership thing. Any thoughts on I-Go vs. Zipcar? And oh my lord, how I am looking forward to using Peapod. Any hidden pitfalls with their service?
Anyway, since I no longer have to drive, I've been rethinking the whole car ownership thing. Any thoughts on I-Go vs. Zipcar? And oh my lord, how I am looking forward to using Peapod. Any hidden pitfalls with their service?
- hmlee
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Peapod is nice. I don't currently use it but I have in the past and I never had a problem with them. Plus, they sell cookie dough from Charlie Trotter's in Chicago. It's pricey, but very tasty and worth it once in a while. I can't tell you whether iGo or Zipcar is better, but I can tell you that both have locations on the U of C campus. They both have (at least) one location in the parking lot outside of the GSB. There might be others in the vicinity that I'm not aware of, but those are the ones I know about.sealrsqr wrote:I'm starting to firm up my travel arrangements. (It's easier than packing...) Having originally planned to drive with my 3 cats from California to Chicago, I am most excited to announce that I will now be flying in instead as my kitties will be pawsengers on the new Pet Airways. I know, crazy cat lady.
Anyway, since I no longer have to drive, I've been rethinking the whole car ownership thing. Any thoughts on I-Go vs. Zipcar? And oh my lord, how I am looking forward to using Peapod. Any hidden pitfalls with their service?
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Realize this is a bit late, but if any 1Ls still haven't arranged housing, I'm a transfer who just decided to commit and am trying to get things together.
- sealrsqr
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Thanks, hmlee.
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The bookstore sells a U of C Law hooded sweatshirt online, though I didn't see it in the store when I visited. Black only. $50. It's the Jansport Hoodie, in case the link doesn't work...pehaigllleises wrote:When I was in Chicago in May all I could find was an unattractive University of Chicago (really small print: The Law School) t-shirt in dark blue. I couldn't find anything that just said CHICAGO LAW of some sort in the school's colors.Dead Ringer wrote:Are they currently making U of C law sweatshirts? I didn't see them on the school book store site.
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- Mel Zelaya
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I was going to hate, but it's actually quite nice, albeit overpriced.sealrsqr wrote:Thanks, hmlee.
As for this:The bookstore sells a U of C Law hooded sweatshirt online, though I didn't see it in the store when I visited. Black only. $50. It's the Jansport Hoodie, in case the link doesn't work...pehaigllleises wrote:When I was in Chicago in May all I could find was an unattractive University of Chicago (really small print: The Law School) t-shirt in dark blue. I couldn't find anything that just said CHICAGO LAW of some sort in the school's colors.Dead Ringer wrote:Are they currently making U of C law sweatshirts? I didn't see them on the school book store site.
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- hmlee
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Also, the one random thing about Peapod I can think of is that it's better to order less frequently and in larger quantities. If you do that then the delivery fee is not a big deal. If you're just looking to buy a gallon of milk and a pint of ben & jerrys or something, then you'd be better off running over to the corner store.sealrsqr wrote:Thanks, hmlee.
As for this:The bookstore sells a U of C Law hooded sweatshirt online, though I didn't see it in the store when I visited. Black only. $50. It's the Jansport Hoodie, in case the link doesn't work...pehaigllleises wrote:When I was in Chicago in May all I could find was an unattractive University of Chicago (really small print: The Law School) t-shirt in dark blue. I couldn't find anything that just said CHICAGO LAW of some sort in the school's colors.Dead Ringer wrote:Are they currently making U of C law sweatshirts? I didn't see them on the school book store site.
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- Kiana
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The seal is really helpful and has a cute-looking avatar.sealrsqr wrote:Thanks, hmlee.
As for this:The bookstore sells a U of C Law hooded sweatshirt online, though I didn't see it in the store when I visited. Black only. $50. It's the Jansport Hoodie, in case the link doesn't work...pehaigllleises wrote:When I was in Chicago in May all I could find was an unattractive University of Chicago (really small print: The Law School) t-shirt in dark blue. I couldn't find anything that just said CHICAGO LAW of some sort in the school's colors.Dead Ringer wrote:Are they currently making U of C law sweatshirts? I didn't see them on the school book store site.
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room assignments are out for new graduate dorms. if i arrive early, will there be other ppl around to play with, or will i be bored out of my mind? dont know how many ILs choose to live there.
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- Kiana
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lolreminiscent wrote:room assignments are out for new graduate dorms. if i arrive early, will there be other ppl around to play with, or will i be bored out of my mind? dont know how many ILs choose to live there.
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Last year, I think most of the early arrivers were in Regents, getting there between a month and a week early (A few people were already dating by the time I arrived). The Class of '11 Facebook group seemed to have postings for a bunch of early-September 1L social events, so I'd check the one for this year. (the group pretty much died a week or so after classes started once everyone started making friends)
Also, due to the earlier OCI, I expect that a lot more 2L's will be in Chicago in early Sept. than the same time last year.
Also, due to the earlier OCI, I expect that a lot more 2L's will be in Chicago in early Sept. than the same time last year.
- Mel Zelaya
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reminiscent wrote:room assignments are out for new graduate dorms. if i arrive early, will there be other ppl around to play with, or will i be bored out of my mind? dont know how many ILs choose to live there.
My goodness. Are these good looking girls really headed to UChicago?Kiana wrote:lolreminiscent wrote:room assignments are out for new graduate dorms. if i arrive early, will there be other ppl around to play with, or will i be bored out of my mind? dont know how many ILs choose to live there.
- Kiana
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lol. They made me prove it on my first thread here.Mel Zelaya wrote:reminiscent wrote:room assignments are out for new graduate dorms. if i arrive early, will there be other ppl around to play with, or will i be bored out of my mind? dont know how many ILs choose to live there.My goodness. Are these good looking girls really headed to UChicago?Kiana wrote:lolreminiscent wrote:room assignments are out for new graduate dorms. if i arrive early, will there be other ppl around to play with, or will i be bored out of my mind? dont know how many ILs choose to live there.
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I, for one, was extremely pleasantly surprised about this aspect of the '11 class. Fun may come here to die, but it leaves a gorgeous corpse.Mel Zelaya wrote: My goodness. Are these good looking girls really headed to UChicago?
- Kiana
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Speaking of which, for the already-at-Chi students, do people usually date each other? I saw a mention of it earlier. Isn't that awkward?M2008 wrote:I, for one, was extremely pleasantly surprised about this aspect of the '11 class. Fun may come here to die, but it leaves a gorgeous corpse.Mel Zelaya wrote: My goodness. Are these good looking girls really headed to UChicago?
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Law school can be like high school, only more so. The advice I heard at many law schools was: (1) Don't date within the law school; (2) If you date within the law school, don't date another 1L; (3) If you date another 1L, don't date someone in your section. That said, I recall most of the drama coming from 1L-1L relationships rather than 1L-2/3L ones. Also, some people are better at keeping things subtle and out of the gossip mill than others.
But of course, several factors make this advice harder to follow for some:
1) When you spend so much time around each other and alcohol is often involved, things happen.
2) A LOT of people break up with their significant others and go into rebound mode winter quarter (people already married or living with SO's seem to do fine, though).
3) People feeling lonely from not having many friends yet = a lot of random hookups in the first few weeks. This only sometimes leads to dating, though. Did I mention alcohol?
But of course, several factors make this advice harder to follow for some:
1) When you spend so much time around each other and alcohol is often involved, things happen.
2) A LOT of people break up with their significant others and go into rebound mode winter quarter (people already married or living with SO's seem to do fine, though).
3) People feeling lonely from not having many friends yet = a lot of random hookups in the first few weeks. This only sometimes leads to dating, though. Did I mention alcohol?
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You did. Worth mentioning again though.M2008 wrote:Did I mention alcohol?
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