Harvard Student(s) Answering Your Questions Forum

[ph14]

Advice/Used Books? PM me. Thanks!

Civil Procedure (Greiner)
Contracts (Lessig)
Legislation & Regulation (Stephenson)
Torts (Shugerman)

You have a great set of professors.

[goducks01]

Advice/Used Books? PM me. Much appreciated!

Civ Pro—Rubenstein
Contracts—Frug
Legislation and Regulation—Hickman.
Torts—Goldberg

[fatduck]

what's up with the different evidence courses varying from 2-4 credit hours? they all seem to have pretty much identical course descriptions. any reason to pick one over the others?

I asked this to people, couldn't really get a good answer. I'd go for 4 credits though, which I will assume is the full class.

yea. i was curious because personally i'm really only interested in the federal rules, so i thought maybe one of the shorter classes might be more federal-focused (just a wild guess, though).

related: evidence recommended as a 2L?

[ph14]

what's up with the different evidence courses varying from 2-4 credit hours? they all seem to have pretty much identical course descriptions. any reason to pick one over the others?

I asked this to people, couldn't really get a good answer. I'd go for 4 credits though, which I will assume is the full class.

yea. i was curious because personally i'm really only interested in the federal rules, so i thought maybe one of the shorter classes might be more federal-focused (just a wild guess, though).

related: evidence recommended as a 2L?

Yes, definitely. Especially if you are interested in litigation.

[JDflowergirl]

LRW -Morley or Plunkett

Civil Procedure with Christine Desan

Legislation and Regulation with David Barron


Contracts with Randall Kennedy

Torts with Jane Stapleton

any info on desan, kennedy morley/plunkett and stapleton ( i think she is a visiting prof tho).

[GeePee]

what's up with the different evidence courses varying from 2-4 credit hours? they all seem to have pretty much identical course descriptions. any reason to pick one over the others?

I asked this to people, couldn't really get a good answer. I'd go for 4 credits though, which I will assume is the full class.

Is there a 2 credit evidence now? Never heard of that.

Nesson always "teaches" a 3 credit course, but just don't...

The legitimate evidence profs teach 4 credits, which is worth it. Who teaches a 2 credit section?

[fatduck]

what's up with the different evidence courses varying from 2-4 credit hours? they all seem to have pretty much identical course descriptions. any reason to pick one over the others?

I asked this to people, couldn't really get a good answer. I'd go for 4 credits though, which I will assume is the full class.

Is there a 2 credit evidence now? Never heard of that.

Nesson always "teaches" a 3 credit course, but just don't...

The legitimate evidence profs teach 4 credits, which is worth it. Who teaches a 2 credit section?

Murray

[19871987]

I am planning to bring my car to Cambridge and keep it at least until the weather gets bad (at which point I'll probably drive it home to my dad's house a few hrs away and leave it there). I'm weighing my options in terms of parking and am wondering how easy it is to find street parking around the law school. I am living on Chauncy St. near Garden so I'd be looking for spots around there. I know I'd have to register my car in MA and get a resident permit, but I think that might be better than paying around $150-$200/month for a spot. Can anyone advise? Thanks!

[thederangedwang]

1L's arent required to take any classes during winter term right? What reasons are there for taking winter classes?

[ph14]

1L's arent required to take any classes during winter term right? What reasons are there for taking winter classes?

You have to take the problem solving workshop, but it is pass/fail (and everyone passes). Not sure what the reasoning is, really.

[thederangedwang]

1L's arent required to take any classes during winter term right? What reasons are there for taking winter classes?

You have to take the problem solving workshop, but it is pass/fail (and everyone passes). Not sure what the reasoning is, really.

so every 1L has to stay for the winter term basically? and by pass fail, you mean its impossible to get a HP or DS or LP? As in p/f are the only possible grades?

[ph14]

1L's arent required to take any classes during winter term right? What reasons are there for taking winter classes?

You have to take the problem solving workshop, but it is pass/fail (and everyone passes). Not sure what the reasoning is, really.

so every 1L has to stay for the winter term basically? and by pass fail, you mean its impossible to get a HP or DS or LP? As in p/f are the only possible grades?

Yes, every 1L has to stay for winter term (or more accurately, return to campus from their winter break). And by pass/fail, yes, the only possible grades are credit and no credit.

[Luchando]

Thoughts on the following profs for Section 6?

Civil Procedure- Jack Goldsmith
Contracts- Adam Levitin (visiting from Georgetown)
Torts- Jon Hanson
Legislation and Regulation- Susan Davies

Also, which of the TLS guides are worth reading for those of us about to start? Can you link to their location on TLS?

Apologies for the repost, but hoping for an answer.

[thederangedwang]

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[Luchando]

The primary component of my second question dealt with which of the 50+ 0L guides and threads on TLS are actually worth reading. That isn't an answer.

[thederangedwang]

The primary component of my second question dealt with which of the 50+ 0L guides and threads on TLS are actually worth reading. That isn't an answer.

http://www.top-law-schools.com/forums/v ... 3&t=123092

theres only 10 or so, and each one only takes 2-3 min to read so I read all of them. However most of the advice is repetitive so you could prob finish all of em in like 10 min

If you can only afford 5min to read, then read scribes guide and talon's.

[maxpower430]

any insights on

Legislation and Regulation with Tushnet

Civil Procedure with Lee

Contracts with Rakoff

Torts with Lazarus

LRW with either tobin or coenen

Apologies for the re-post, but any thoughts about these profs?

[AllTheLawz]

The primary component of my second question dealt with which of the 50+ 0L guides and threads on TLS are actually worth reading. That isn't an answer.

http://www.top-law-schools.com/forums/v ... 3&t=123092

theres only 10 or so, and each one only takes 2-3 min to read so I read all of them. However most of the advice is repetitive so you could prob finish all of em in like 10 min

If you can only afford 5min to read, then read scribes guide and talon's.

Best advice is for you to relax the rest of the summer and don't worry about guides.. Those guides might make a world of difference at lower-ranked schools but at HLS everyone learns the ropes pretty quickly so they aren't going to give you any advantage

[JDflowergirl]

Good luck to all the people doing EIP this week. I'm sure you will all do great . You've got this

[ph14]

Good luck to all the people doing EIP this week. I'm sure you will all do great . You've got this

I'm worried about melting on my walk to the hotel in my suit .

[potl]

tag

[fatduck]

Good luck to all the people doing EIP this week. I'm sure you will all do great . You've got this

I'm worried about melting on my walk to the hotel in my suit .

i'm commuting from brookline. kill me now.

[delusional]

Good luck to all the people doing EIP this week. I'm sure you will all do great . You've got this

I'm worried about melting on my walk to the hotel in my suit .

i'm commuting from brookline. kill me now.

Same here, except nearby Brighton. Are you going by bus? I thought about a cab but it was $30 to get from South Station to my house, and I can't spend that every day. I think I'll just carry my jacket.

[fatduck]

Good luck to all the people doing EIP this week. I'm sure you will all do great . You've got this

I'm worried about melting on my walk to the hotel in my suit .

i'm commuting from brookline. kill me now.

Same here, except nearby Brighton. Are you going by bus? I thought about a cab but it was $30 to get from South Station to my house, and I can't spend that every day. I think I'll just carry my jacket.

i'm right off the green line so i'll probably just take that to the red. the 66 would be faster but i dunno if i wanna stand around in the sun waiting for a bus.

[potl]

i'm right off the green line so i'll probably just take that to the red. the 66 would be faster but i dunno if i wanna stand around in the sun waiting for a bus.

If you're worried about waiting, you could plan when to leave your place (or the school) by using trackthet.com or nextbus.com. Personally, I'd rather ride the bus than the green line.