Spring 2010 Exam Prep Rant Thread Forum

[98234872348]

Just wrote a Con Law essay, no clue whether my efforts were at all meritorious, it's certainly not like any other exam I've written, but, it was in response to the following prompt, which I believe justifies the deviation from a normal law school exam:
Write a critical comparative analysis of the opinions in Brown and Rodriguez and either Grutter or Parents Involved. Hate life.

[mikeytwoshoes]

Re: Twombly and Iqbal - nobody knows what they mean. Not professors, not law students. Not district court judges applying them, not court of appeals judges reviewing them. Probably not the justices who wrote them.

You can string together a few defensible statements about the cases, but putting it to practice makes the whole mess collapse. The rule is basically "Sufficiently implausible claims will be dismissed prior to discovery, especially when discovery will be costly." Unfortunately, everyone would HATE that rule, so twombly and iqbal not only never say what is written in the prior sentence but often try to say the exact opposite. Still, if whatever you pretend twombly and iqbal mean has the end result of "sufficiently implausible claims will be dismissed prior to discovery, especially when discovery will be costly" then the obtuseness of the opinions will likely make it impossible to prove you wrong.

It's almost sad but this post is going in my outline almost verbatim.

[prezidentv8]

Just heard that in the multiple choice questions on my con law exam, there are gems such as "Who didn't write an opinion in CASE X?"

FML

To this I say: WTFH!?

[Alyosha]

It's friday night, and I'm sitting here studying contracts. I will be studying contracts all weekend, while all my non-law school friends go to the beach or to a local jazz festival. Anyone else feel like life is just passing you by while you are in law school, especially during exams?

[98234872348]

It's friday night, and I'm sitting here studying contracts. I will be studying contracts all weekend, while all my non-law school friends go to the beach or to a local jazz festival. Anyone else feel like life is just passing you by while you are in law school, especially during exams?

I am in the alternative study area because our library is lame and closes at 730 on Fridays, but yes, I get this general feeling and I am not a fan.

[mikeytwoshoes]

It's friday night, and I'm sitting here studying contracts. I will be studying contracts all weekend, while all my non-law school friends go to the beach or to a local jazz festival. Anyone else feel like life is just passing you by while you are in law school, especially during exams?

I am in the alternative study area because our library is lame and closes at 730 on Fridays, but yes, I get this general feeling and I am not a fan.

Cardozo?

[98234872348]

It's friday night, and I'm sitting here studying contracts. I will be studying contracts all weekend, while all my non-law school friends go to the beach or to a local jazz festival. Anyone else feel like life is just passing you by while you are in law school, especially during exams?

I am in the alternative study area because our library is lame and closes at 730 on Fridays, but yes, I get this general feeling and I am not a fan.

Cardozo?

UF.

[engineer]

I CANNOT AFFORD TO BE WASTING TIME ON HERE I NEED TO STUDY BLAH BLAH BLAH BLAH BLAH.

If I read another word of Chemerinsky, my head is going to explode. Seriously. Fuck this justiciability shit....why can't we all just smoke up and be friends? Seriously, courts should mandate that each party smoke an eighth, negotiate, and if they're not hugging and whatnot by the end of it, then it goes to court. Who's with me?

[mac.empress]

It's friday night, and I'm sitting here studying contracts. I will be studying contracts all weekend, while all my non-law school friends go to the beach or to a local jazz festival. Anyone else feel like life is just passing you by while you are in law school, especially during exams?

I went on strike last night. I'm morally opposed to being in the library on a Friday night and I just didn't feel like doing that last night.

So I went to a club and had fun. Slight hangover but now I'm revved to go back to work on some Nuisance and Rylands.

I NEED the breaks.

[jp0094]

Outlining conlaw, chemerinsky's hornbook worth its weight in gold atm.

Also, fuck property, seriously.

[98234872348]

Outlining conlaw, chemerinsky's hornbook worth its weight in gold atm.

Also, fuck property, seriously.

TBH, I find Chemerinsky's hornbook to be good but it doesn't really go as in depth as I would like it to, but it might just be that because my casebook also happens to be written by Chemerinsky that I've essentially already heard all he has to say about most issues.

[macattaq]

Quick question: transfer of rights clause in a mortgage. What is it? I think it enables the lender to transfer their rights in the mortgage to another party, but I'm not sure.

[Grad_Student]

HAHA bitches!

[seespotrun]

Anyone else feel like they were way more prepared at this point in the 1st semester vs. now? Maybe it's gunner anxiety getting the best of me, but I'm starting get nervous.

[mikeytwoshoes]

What's the difference between "common nucleus of operative fact" and "same transaction or occurrence?" Other than CNOF applying to Supplemental Jx and STO applying to joinder, I'm thinking that STO indicates one point in time whereas CNOF could involve a series of events. Does that make sense?

[Dman]

What's the difference between "common nucleus of operative fact" and "same transaction or occurrence?" Other than CNOF applying to Supplemental Jx and STO applying to joinder, I'm thinking that STO indicates one point in time whereas CNOF could involve a series of events. Does that make sense?

They are pretty much indistinguishable. Schwartz ( two car accidents 10 days apart) is the prime example of equal elasticity of the same transaction test.

[98234872348]

What's the difference between "common nucleus of operative fact" and "same transaction or occurrence?" Other than CNOF applying to Supplemental Jx and STO applying to joinder, I'm thinking that STO indicates one point in time whereas CNOF could involve a series of events. Does that make sense?

My prof said that these tests are effectively exactly the same. There are certain rules that utilize the STO test in reference to a series of events (see: rule 20(a)(1)(A) or (a)(2)(A)).

[Esc]

Wickard v. Filburn: Stupidest fucking case ever.

still not nearly as stupid as Iqbal.

[98234872348]

Wickard v. Filburn: Stupidest fucking case ever.

I am so sick of Con Law I can't wait to kill this exam and eschew this subject for at least a semester or two...

[270910]

Wickard v. Filburn: Stupidest fucking case ever.

What don't you like about it? I mean, it's not hard to find a path to criticizing the expansive commerce clause jurisprudence, I'm just curious if there's something particular about Wickard that pisses you off

[engineer]

My first final is on Monday, and I'm in overdrive.

See y'all at Columbia next fall.

[270910]

I'm contemplating sending an EA application to GULC, but I don't think my grades were high enough this semester, since one class brought me down to roughly top third at a school in the 40s-60s.

See y'all at Columbia next fall.

-.-

[engineer]

I'm contemplating sending an EA application to GULC, but I don't think my grades were high enough this semester, since one class brought me down to roughly top third at a school in the 40s-60s.

See y'all at Columbia next fall.

-.-

As of last semester, my grades weren't high enough for GULC EA, but I've put in considerably more effort this semester, and I'm hoping to see some sort of improvement. While I may not be Columbia-bound, it's fine to set my goals high.

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[vanwinkle]

Probably the fact that someone can't grow their own wheat for personal consumption because of a conclusory and speculative justification that in the aggregate, this will impact something they should be regulating anyway.

In an exam context, just think about it this way: At least it's easy to apply! Does this affect commerce in the aggregate? Then it's covered under the Commece Clause! The end!

still not nearly as stupid as Iqbal.

+1

[Esc]

Probably the fact that someone can't grow their own wheat for personal consumption because of a conclusory and speculative justification that in the aggregate, this will impact something they should be regulating anyway.

In an exam context, just think about it this way: At least it's easy to apply! Does this affect commerce in the aggregate? Then it's covered under the Commece Clause! The end!

Don't forget the triad of confusion - Lopez, Morrison, and Raich.