Con Law: Read Casebook? Forum

[lawschooliseasy]

I have the Chemerinsky casebook and have been reading the treatise as well. It turns out to be tons of reading. It also seems like all important aspects of the cases are articulated in the hornbook. Any insight on whether it would be prudent to just quit reading the casebook in favor reading the treatise more carefully?

[Renzo]

It depends on the prof. It would have been ruinous in my Con Law class, but I had the best Con Law professor on the planet, so I never cracked a supplement.

[lawschooliseasy]

It depends on the prof. It would have been ruinous in my Con Law class, but I had the best Con Law professor on the planet, so I never cracked a supplement.

I have an absolutely terrible, rambling old man for a professor. He hasn't taught in years. Why would it have been ruinous in your class?

[traehekat]

Having the same issue, I can't bring myself to not read something that is actually assigned, though.

[lawschooliseasy]

Having the same issue, I can't bring myself to not read something that is actually assigned, though.

Exactly. It seems so wrong, but I consistently find myself getting nothing out of reading the casebook. And it takes forever.

[uzpakalis]

Just read chemerinsky. Pay attention in class and add to your outline if the prof actually says something you find valuable that was not covered in chem's book. At least that is what I'm doing. Additionally, it seems like my prof always discusses the gray areas that chem covers really well. I can almost predict the kind of questions/nuances we are going to be discussing in class that day.

[Veyron]

It depends on the prof. It would have been ruinous in my Con Law class, but I had the best Con Law professor on the planet, so I never cracked a supplement.

Who is the best con law prof on the planet?

[soaponarope]

Quick question... Should I purchase Chem's or the E&E for conlaw?

[lawschooliseasy]

It depends on the prof. It would have been ruinous in my Con Law class, but I had the best Con Law professor on the planet, so I never cracked a supplement.

Who is the best con law prof on the planet?

John Yoo.

And TCR seems to always been Chem over E&E.

[Renzo]

It depends on the prof. It would have been ruinous in my Con Law class, but I had the best Con Law professor on the planet, so I never cracked a supplement.

Who is the best con law prof on the planet?

John Yoo.

Nice.

I guess I had the second-best: Kenji Yoshino.

[huckabees]

It depends on the prof. It would have been ruinous in my Con Law class, but I had the best Con Law professor on the planet, so I never cracked a supplement.

Who is the best con law prof on the planet?

John Yoo.

And TCR seems to always been Chem over E&E.

But Chem doesn't have any practice problems. How have people managed to get around the lack of practice questions?

[YourCaptain]

It depends on the prof. It would have been ruinous in my Con Law class, but I had the best Con Law professor on the planet, so I never cracked a supplement.

Who is the best con law prof on the planet?

John Yoo.

And TCR seems to always been Chem over E&E.

But Chem doesn't have any practice problems. How have people managed to get around the lack of practice questions?

Practice Exams

[Veyron]

It depends on the prof. It would have been ruinous in my Con Law class, but I had the best Con Law professor on the planet, so I never cracked a supplement.

Who is the best con law prof on the planet?

John Yoo.

Nice.

I guess I had the second-best: Kenji Yoshino.

Oh yah, he moved from Yale.

Damn, I didn't love NYU law when I visited but there is no doubt that all the best professors are migrating there.