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[Mickey Quicknumbers]

So far:

1. Property- seems incredibly straight forward and easy . . . for now. I've the horror stories about future interests and RAP though, so i'm not letting my guard down

2. Con law- honestly have no clue what the heck is going on. all they cases we're covering so far are only mentioned in passing in Chemerinsky and seem unrelated to the points we're covering in class. I'm scurred

3. Crim law- easy the most interesting of the "main" classes. Love my teacher.

4. tax and business strategy- my one elective. This is an MBA class that is taught by a (tax) law professor in the law school. Doing math problems and thinking about business models is a welcome break from reading case law.

So feelin' good about 3/4 of my classes. We'll see how long this lasts though.

[lamaga]

Am I at a disadvantage if I use an earlier edition of the casebook?

Professor assigned the latest edition for Property. Stated that the previous edition would be acceptable, although there were some changes -- he posted a list of approximately 3 pages of differences between the two (no real way at this point in time to gauge whether they're mostly minor or major).
Latest edition = $160, and I have a copy sitting on my desk ready to be returned. A friend just gave me the previous edition for free.

I'm gunning for A's, and I have a feeling I am going to be learning most of the material on my own (as opposed to the professor's rambling lectures). I'm kind of paranoid that I will be pouring over the text in the previous edition + miss something omitted.

(Clearly I'm a broke student who finds every dollar extremely valuable)

Thanks!

[forty-two]

So, I pretty much failed to understand RAP today in property...does anyone want to explain it to me? Please? Sigh, why did my prof have to start the semester with estates and future interests? I really hope this class gets easier at some point...

[09042014]

Am I at a disadvantage if I use an earlier edition of the casebook?

Professor assigned the latest edition for Property. Stated that the previous edition would be acceptable, although there were some changes -- he posted a list of approximately 3 pages of differences between the two (no real way at this point in time to gauge whether they're mostly minor or major).
Latest edition = $160, and I have a copy sitting on my desk ready to be returned. A friend just gave me the previous edition for free.

I'm gunning for A's, and I have a feeling I am going to be learning most of the material on my own (as opposed to the professor's rambling lectures). I'm kind of paranoid that I will be pouring over the text in the previous edition + miss something omitted.

(Clearly I'm a broke student who finds every dollar extremely valuable)

Thanks!

I got away with it in Civ Pro with a casebook that didn't even have Twobly. It's not a big deal.

[Kilpatrick]

So, I pretty much failed to understand RAP today in property...does anyone want to explain it to me? Please? Sigh, why did my prof have to start the semester with estates and future interests? I really hope this class gets easier at some point...

I loved future interests and RAP. Do the CALI lessons, they helped me a lot studying for my property final.

[Encyclopedia Brown]

Random thought... Is anyone else just finding themselves constantly annoyed by law school and people in your classes? I mean, I guess that is what happens when you spend every day with the same people over and over and over, but man... I just find myself becoming Mr. Negativity towards everyone and everything this semester.

Absolutely yes.

[forty-two]

So, I pretty much failed to understand RAP today in property...does anyone want to explain it to me? Please? Sigh, why did my prof have to start the semester with estates and future interests? I really hope this class gets easier at some point...

I loved future interests and RAP. Do the CALI lessons, they helped me a lot studying for my property final.

Will do, thanks!

[beach_terror]

Random thought... Is anyone else just finding themselves constantly annoyed by law school and people in your classes? I mean, I guess that is what happens when you spend every day with the same people over and over and over, but man... I just find myself becoming Mr. Negativity towards everyone and everything this semester.

Absolutely yes.

Outside of my group of friends and the few other people I'm cool with in my section, I basically want everyone to die.

[dakatz]

I can't say I feel at all the same way as you guys. I really like the vast majority of my classmates and everyone is very friendly. And even the people who I didn't "like" at first, it was really only because I didn't know them and was unfairly judging. I'm constantly surprised by how friendly everyone is in my section and how much I don't mind being around them so often.

[romothesavior]

Random thought... Is anyone else just finding themselves constantly annoyed by law school and people in your classes? I mean, I guess that is what happens when you spend every day with the same people over and over and over, but man... I just find myself becoming Mr. Negativity towards everyone and everything this semester.

Absolutely yes.

Outside of my group of friends and the few other people I'm cool with in my section, I basically want everyone to die.

Hahahaha... Yeah, I'm not quite at that level. I think I like the majority of my classmates, especially in my section. I'm just worn out by the whole "law school scene."

[Mickey Quicknumbers]

So, I pretty much failed to understand RAP today in property...does anyone want to explain it to me? Please? Sigh, why did my prof have to start the semester with estates and future interests? I really hope this class gets easier at some point...

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[Mickey Quicknumbers]

Hahahaha... Yeah, I'm not quite at that level. I think I like the majority of my classmates, especially in my section. I'm just worn out by the whole "law school scene."

I haven't met a person in my section I dislike at all. I'm being dead serious

Which, of course, means that i'm "that guy" in the section that nobody likes, by process of elimination.

[Stanford4Me]

My torts professor literally does not breath when explaining his train of thought. I was only able to type up a good three sentences in yesterday's class . . . this will be an interesting semester.

[Helmholtz]

My torts professor literally does not breath when explaining his train of thought. I was only able to type up a good three sentences in yesterday's class . . . this will be an interesting semester.

Epstein?

[09042014]

My torts professor literally does not breath when explaining his train of thought. I was only able to type up a good three sentences in yesterday's class . . . this will be an interesting semester.

You transcribe what the professor says?

[goosey]

agreed on getting annoyed by people this semester. Last semester, we had one smaller class and then 2 big classes--one was straight up cold calling and the other one had volunteering, but it never got TRULY annoying. this semester we have 3 big classes, and omg..I hate the kids in the other sections. they are SO ANNOYING. theres this one kid--even the way he raises his hand pisses me off [basic idea, elbow on desk, hand raised straight up, and hand in alien-like position with a V typye gap between his middle and ring fingers...pinky/ring finger joined and middle/index finger joined. it SO PISSES me off id ont know why.] and mostly because this kid does NOT SHUT UP. like seriously, stop talking. and he raises his hand for EVERYTHING. even when the prof is cold calling, if the person takes an extra .02 seconds to answer, his arm [elbow resting on table, hands in alien position, of course] flies up. ugh. to make matters worse, three days a week we have back to back classes...so its literally 3 hours of his obnoxiousness every other day

/self

[beach_terror]

Anyone else still a bit burned out from last semester? Some days I have trouble working up the motivation to keep going, especially after seeing how disproportionate the last month is in terms of importance.

[clintonius]

My torts professor literally does not breath when explaining his train of thought. I was only able to type up a good three sentences in yesterday's class . . . this will be an interesting semester.

Epstein?

Ha! I had him for Contracts. He was inscrutable (and brilliant, of course).

And

Anyone else still a bit burned out from last semester? Some days I have trouble working up the motivation to keep going, especially after seeing how disproportionate the last month is in terms of importance.

yes, for the same reason. I'd really like to push myself to do better this semester, but holy fuck is it hard, especially when I start thinking about how I have to go through finals AGAIN.

[BaiAilian2013]

even the way he raises his hand pisses me off [basic idea, elbow on desk, hand raised straight up, and hand in alien-like position with a V typye gap between his middle and ring fingers...pinky/ring finger joined and middle/index finger joined. it SO PISSES me off id ont know why.

live long and prosper!! hahahaha.

[Mickey Quicknumbers]

I kindof like the adrenaline feel of finals compared to the everyday class routine that we'll be in for the next 2 months.

[BaiAilian2013]

My torts professor literally does not breath when explaining his train of thought. I was only able to type up a good three sentences in yesterday's class . . . this will be an interesting semester.

I was realizing the exact same thing yesterday - he literally does not breath. Even during the 'um's. I cannot for the life of me point out a moment when he could be taking a breath. I think he might be a circular breather. Someone should find out if he ever played a brass/wind instrument.

[smokyroom26]

even the way he raises his hand pisses me off [basic idea, elbow on desk, hand raised straight up, and hand in alien-like position with a V typye gap between his middle and ring fingers...pinky/ring finger joined and middle/index finger joined. it SO PISSES me off id ont know why.

live long and prosper!! hahahaha.

+1! Goosey, just think of Vulcans whenever he talks. That way you can laugh instead of being pissed.

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[stayway]

I kindof like the adrenaline feel of finals compared to the everyday class routine that we'll be in for the next 2 months.

I would have to agree to this.

Injecting mental steroids soon to get juiced earlier.

[Grizz]

I kindof like the adrenaline feel of finals compared to the everyday class routine that we'll be in for the next 2 months.

Same bro. Nothing like the fear of unemployment to get the juices flowing.

[Helmholtz]

My torts professor literally does not breath when explaining his train of thought. I was only able to type up a good three sentences in yesterday's class . . . this will be an interesting semester.

Epstein?

Ha! I had him for Contracts. He was inscrutable (and brilliant, of course).

He guest-lectured a torts class last semester, and it's pretty clear how intelligent he is. But dear god, did he ever move about a million miles an hour. I felt like by the time I could get close to digesting one sentence, he had already moved onto the next sentence after the next sentence which followed the sentence I just got done grappling with. Having him teach a 1L class your first semester must have been a hell of a trip.