Georgetown 2016 Forum

[nickb285]

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[luxxe]

Hot diggity Luxxe, this actually sounds like a challenge...and I'm always raring for a challenge

Ladies and Gentlemen, on another note....I am currently watching the new episode of Suits!!! Ah!!!!!!!!!!!!! Suits watching parties have got to happen in DC!

I hope you didn't think I was planning to take this on alone. Nickb, Bfalcon... prepare yourselves. Why do you think I decided to move so early? We can certainly hit 10 of those places before classes even start .

[Rory19]

Hot diggity Luxxe, this actually sounds like a challenge...and I'm always raring for a challenge

Ladies and Gentlemen, on another note....I am currently watching the new episode of Suits!!! Ah!!!!!!!!!!!!! Suits watching parties have got to happen in DC!

I hope you didn't think I was planning to take this on alone. Nickb, Bfalcon... prepare yourselves. Why do you think I decided to move so early? We can certainly hit 10 of those places before classes even start .

This is wonderful! I get into town on the 15th. That leaves room for a few.

[Bfalcon]

I like this. Looks like we have a crew together! So what is everyone doing for the last few weeks before DC?? I just got back home from a trip to California and am feeling ultra relaxed. I'm thinking beach+vball+skim boarding+climbing and gym for the doing stuff side of things, as well as hanging with friends, enjoying my home city, and maybe, just maybe, reading getting to maybe, as well as some books on the American constitution (as a Canadian, I feel like there are a few things I haven't picked up about y'alls over the years).

[nickb285]

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[Rory19]

I am working until the 9th unfortunately and then I am making a whirlwind five day trek all around the state (and I live in a big state) to say good bye to a lot of friends and family since I'm not sure when I'll be back in this part of the country again. Moving out to Noma on the 15th where I'll need to get all situated before classes. Its not a very relaxing lead in unfortunately so please drink it up for me on the beach in Belize!

[justonemoregame]

Damn, Belize sounds awesome. Do it! I think I'll be working right up until my move date, around the 15th.

Also, could a Hoya veteran post up a Guide to Free Food at GULC?

[boredtodeath]

Yeah, I will be working up to the 16th and moving down on the 24th into Gewirz. Still wondering when we're gonna get roommate info for that. I just came back from Miami though so I guess I got my relaxing/drinking in.

[luxxe]

Also, could a Hoya veteran post up a Guide to Free Food at GULC?

This is important. Yes, please.

I'm taking two grad classes and working until our big state convention on the 3rd, flying out at 5:30am on the 4th lolol. Spending August in DC drinking and having friends visit!! Making everyone come to me is so much easier.

So eager to get to DC. Deferring has meant an extra year to wait .

[nickb285]

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[Psib337]

I left my job last week and I've been having a wonderful time doing nothing! I'm not moving until the 19th so I figured I'd spend the time reading books I want to read, catching up on TV shows, and hanging out with my friends here. I also have a bunch of administrative stuff to get done (new license, renters insurance, movers, apartment stuff etc.).

[nickb285]

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[CourCour]

Yeah, I will be working up to the 16th and moving down on the 24th into Gewirz. Still wondering when we're gonna get roommate info for that. I just came back from Miami though so I guess I got my relaxing/drinking in.

Same here.

Go to Belize!

[nickb285]

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[desiballa21]

Found this today. Could be helpful.

good looking out, brother.

[Bfalcon]

Oh man alive boys and girls! The days are counting! 33 days until I get to see all your beautiful faces haha. Luxxe, I can only imagine how impatient/excited you must be after that gap year!

And Nick, nice find on that. And I am a +1 on getting the heck down to Belize!

I'll see you in NOMA Rory, I move in on the 16th - roadtripping down from Canada!

[Rory19]

Oh man alive boys and girls! The days are counting! 33 days until I get to see all your beautiful faces haha. Luxxe, I can only imagine how impatient/excited you must be after that gap year!

And Nick, nice find on that. And I am a +1 on getting the heck down to Belize!

I'll see you in NOMA Rory, I move in on the 16th - roadtripping down from Canada!

Bfalcon, I move in on the 15th!! Yes! We'll take NOMA (what there is of it) by storm!

[Bfalcon]

Oh man alive boys and girls! The days are counting! 33 days until I get to see all your beautiful faces haha. Luxxe, I can only imagine how impatient/excited you must be after that gap year!

And Nick, nice find on that. And I am a +1 on getting the heck down to Belize!

I'll see you in NOMA Rory, I move in on the 16th - roadtripping down from Canada!

Bfalcon, I move in on the 15th!! Yes! We'll take NOMA (what there is of it) by storm!

*high fives*

Also folks, I gave the admissions office a call about LRW assignments and small section assignments (ConLaw for us Section 5 types). They told me that we should find out which profs we're assigned the week of Aug 12-16, so at that time you should be able to purchase/rent books for that.

One last thing - I'd like to do a bit of reading to familiarize myself with the US Constitution. Coming from Canada, I feel like I'm at a bit of a disadvantage with my knowledge (or lack thereof) in that subject. Can anyone recommend a book or two?

[Rory19]

Also folks, I gave the admissions office a call about LRW assignments and small section assignments (ConLaw for us Section 5 types). They told me that we should find out which profs we're assigned the week of Aug 12-16, so at that time you should be able to purchase/rent books for that.

Wonderful! I thought we were going to have to wait until registration on the 28th. All of the ConLaw professors have assigned a different textbook so I was definitely anxious about that. Depending on that final puzzle piece I will hopefully be able to go completely digital this year. With the mile long walk from Noma, an iPad sounds much more appealing than those huge books.

[nickb285]

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[buttes]

You don't really need to know what's IN the constitution as much as its organization. You'll be taught what you need on free speech or due process, but knowing the layout/general content will make talking about the constitution much easier. Knowing that "Article I" is about the legislature and "Article III" is the judiciary is one of those basic things that might be assumed when, for instance, talking about separation of powers. Similarly, the First Amendment is going to implicate freedom of religion, speech, press, assembly, and petition.

Don't actually read the Constitution or worry about any interpretive stuff now, but knowing to look in Article II for presidential war powers is probably helpful.

[danielr]

Bfalcon: I would personally recommend a few books not on the Constitution (apart from reading the actual Constitution) but on the Supreme Court. I've always found the function of SCOTUS to be incredibly interesting in its own right, and it will shed light on many different interpretations of the Constitution, including when the Court exercises its jurisdiction in deciding uniquely Constitutional issues. I'll recommend a few readable, highly enjoyable books about SCOTUS--The Oath by Jeffrey Toobin, or, also by Toobin, The Nine; Becoming Justice Blackmun by Linda Greenhouse, or, also by Greenhouse, The U.S. Supreme Court: A Very Short Introduction, which is just that--very short and concise.

I would also recommend books with subjects in different areas of United States history, politics, and law--among them, and above all, The Federalist Papers; 1776 by David McCullough; and this last book I recommend with some reservation, but as a purely academic matter it is a worthwhile read: A Matter of Interpretation: Federal Courts and the Law, by Antonin Scalia. It is actually a very well-argued early work in defense of Scalia's "originalist/textualist" philosophy of legal interpretation, and is followed by criticism and commentary by three or four respected heavyweights in legal academia, among them Ronald Dworkin and Laurence Tribe.

I don't recommend these books as "necessary reading," but only as things that I have been reviewing these days before I also head out to DC. I don't mean to imply that you, or anyone else, probably hasn't read any of these works, so if you have don't be offended by the suggestion. I in turn welcome recommendations of good reads that will most likely be relevant for our time as law students.

[CourCour]

One last thing - I'd like to do a bit of reading to familiarize myself with the US Constitution. Coming from Canada, I feel like I'm at a bit of a disadvantage with my knowledge (or lack thereof) in that subject. Can anyone recommend a book or two?

Bfalcon: I would personally recommend a few books not on the Constitution (apart from reading the actual Constitution) but on the Supreme Court.

I'm with Daniel. Scotus book would be more interesting and help give you an idea. I just finished A People's History of the Supreme Court by Peter Irons. Its modeled on Howard Zinn's book (Zinn writes the intro.) Its very well written and gives you an overview from the writing of the Constitution to about 2006 of major cases and areas of litigation while weaving in information about individual justices and the politics that influenced the court.

[abadname13]

I just finished A People's History of the Supreme Court by Peter Irons.

+1
I will carry around this book for the rest of my career.

[Bfalcon]

Also folks, I gave the admissions office a call about LRW assignments and small section assignments (ConLaw for us Section 5 types). They told me that we should find out which profs we're assigned the week of Aug 12-16, so at that time you should be able to purchase/rent books for that.

Wonderful! I thought we were going to have to wait until registration on the 28th. All of the ConLaw professors have assigned a different textbook so I was definitely anxious about that. Depending on that final puzzle piece I will hopefully be able to go completely digital this year. With the mile long walk from Noma, an iPad sounds much more appealing than those huge books.

Did you find ebook versions of the textbooks? My understanding was most law textbooks aren't available in ebook form. Or were you thinking about scanning all the pages to pdf and using that with the ipad?