Reading Prof Articles Forum

[gobosox]

I noticed my school lists every article that each professor has written with hyperlinks to them.

I'm wondering what people's thoughts are about reading these articles if they are pertinent to the class you're taking with the professor. Especially if anyone has done that and it has proven fruitful.

[doctoroflaw91]

Depends on the class. I had a torts class that was entirely premised on notions of tort theory rather than black letter law. I read the professor's writings and used them as a framework for arguments on my exam. Got an A+ in the class. I would essentially take an extra 15 minutes before each class and jot down the professor's thoughts on whichever topic was being covered in class that day.

[Scotusnerd]

Doctoroflaw's got it. Also, if they ever mention one in class, read it.

[doctoroflaw91]

Doctoroflaw's got it. Also, if they ever mention one in class, read it.

This...they will tell you it's optional, but it's really not.

[hiima3L]

It totally depends. One of my 1L profs is one of the most prolific and well-respected dudes in the field, yet his articles are so obscure and specific that there is no way they could ever help on the exams. And most of them covered legislation/rules/cases we never even remotely touched on. Conversely, my con law prof was/is obsessed with himself and his theories of con law, so knowing his way of thinking about things probably would have helped on the exam in retrospect, given it was 100% about the issues he cared about and wrote about.