Cornell 1L taking questions Forum

[spiritniffler189]

I'm also looking to buy books for the following professors. Also, any opinions or supplement suggestions would be nice.

Smith
Heise
Holden-Smith
Eisenberg
Chafetz

Chafetz and HS are great...

I have Chafetz for my seminar is he really that good?

He is a great professor, and definitely 1 of my favorites from 1L. He's extremely smart and takes a lot of time to work with students, and just a v. nice and fun prof overall. I heard that the seminar is the densest 2 hours you'll have in the wk, but it's interesting (am on the waitlist).

[gonewiththewind]

Dear those in Clermont's section,

Sibbach faces a dilemma.

Best of luck.

And her dilemma is now yours.

I laughed out loud. I remember poor Mrs. Sibbach and her unfortunate dilemma especially well. I also remember Clermont disabusing me of any naive notions of understanding civil procedure.

Also, for anyone with BHS, get ready for some serious cold calling. You will be shaking in your metaphorical boots the first couple of weeks.

[Arbiter213]

I'm also looking to buy books for the following professors. Also, any opinions or supplement suggestions would be nice.

Smith
Heise
Holden-Smith
Eisenberg
Chafetz

Chafetz and HS are great...

I have Chafetz for my seminar is he really that good?

He is a great professor, and definitely 1 of my favorites from 1L. He's extremely smart and takes a lot of time to work with students, and just a v. nice and fun prof overall. I heard that the seminar is the densest 2 hours you'll have in the wk, but it's interesting (am on the waitlist).

That seminar was rough, I dropped it after 1 class.

[MischiefMayhemSoap]

Also, for anyone with BHS, get ready for some serious cold calling. You will be shaking in your metaphorical boots the first couple of weeks.

Or for the rest of your life. Met some CLS alums recently who're still in shock.

[Lacepiece23]

That seminar was rough, I dropped it after 1 class.

Why was it just boring or did you not think that you were going to do well in the class?

[oldad]

That seminar was rough, I dropped it after 1 class.

Why was it just boring or did you not think that you were going to do well in the class?

For Con Law, he was a solid 30-40 pages per night...with no signs of slowing down.

[BullShitWithBravado]

Also, for anyone with BHS, get ready for some serious cold calling. You will be shaking in your metaphorical boots the first couple of weeks.

Or for the rest of your life. Met some CLS alums recently who're still in shock.

Babsey can be intimidating, but she's really a sweet when you get to know her. Just do your reading and you'll be fine. You can go up to her after class and ask her questions if you want to see how nice she is. I liked her waaaaaay better than Clermont because I actually learned things in her class.

[MischiefMayhemSoap]

Also, for anyone with BHS, get ready for some serious cold calling. You will be shaking in your metaphorical boots the first couple of weeks.

Or for the rest of your life. Met some CLS alums recently who're still in shock.

Babsey can be intimidating, but she's really a sweet when you get to know her. Just do your reading and you'll be fine. You can go up to her after class and ask her questions if you want to see how nice she is. I liked her waaaaaay better than Clermont because I actually learned things in her class.

oh dont get me wrong i liked bhs and her style too. learned shitload. but the typos in her exams made me sad

[oldad]

Also, for anyone with BHS, get ready for some serious cold calling. You will be shaking in your metaphorical boots the first couple of weeks.

Or for the rest of your life. Met some CLS alums recently who're still in shock.

Babsey can be intimidating, but she's really a sweet when you get to know her. Just do your reading and you'll be fine. You can go up to her after class and ask her questions if you want to see how nice she is. I liked her waaaaaay better than Clermont because I actually learned things in her class.

oh dont get me wrong i liked bhs and her style too. learned shitload. but the typos in her exams made me sad

Typos were mad bad.

[Lavitz]

This is all helpful advice.

It'll be nice when we get our final section assignments...on Monday.

[toothbrush]

This is all helpful advice.

It'll be nice when we get our final section assignments...on Monday.

Yeah, was just thinking that. Looks like the day is over for assignments today.

[Arbiter213]

That seminar was rough, I dropped it after 1 class.

Why was it just boring or did you not think that you were going to do well in the class?

Both- extremely dry, and full of people that I didn't feel like being on the same 15 person curve as.

[Lacepiece23]

That seminar was rough, I dropped it after 1 class.

Why was it just boring or did you not think that you were going to do well in the class?

Both- extremely dry, and full of people that I didn't feel like being on the same 15 person curve as.

Thanks man.

[oldad]

That seminar was rough, I dropped it after 1 class.

Why was it just boring or did you not think that you were going to do well in the class?

Both- extremely dry, and full of people that I didn't feel like being on the same 15 person curve as.

Thanks man.

Lacepiece wants the 15 person curve...he's gunning in the RR already.

[Lacepiece23]

Lacepiece wants the 15 person curve...he's gunning in the RR already.

Haha yeah dude. Its funny I'm so outted on TLS that 1Ls call me by my TLS name IRL. Might be time to make a new account.

But then again I don't want to lose these 412 posts that I've worked so hard to accumulate.

[Lavitz]

Its funny I'm so outted on TLS that 1Ls call me by my TLS name IRL.

They've been doing that to me since ASW.

"Can I just call you Lavitz? It sounds so much cooler than [actual name]."

I'm just going to call you by your last name.

[Arbiter213]

Lacepiece wants the 15 person curve...he's gunning in the RR already.

Haha yeah dude. Its funny I'm so outted on TLS that 1Ls call me by my TLS name IRL. Might be time to make a new account.

But then again I don't want to lose these 412 posts that I've worked so hard to accumulate.

Dude, why do you think I'm still using this handle?

[hephaestus]

oh dont get me wrong i liked bhs and her style too. learned shitload. but the typos in her exams made me sad

Typos were mad bad.

Not quite as bad as Rac's "Paul Plaintiff and Deborah Defendant" mix up.

[oldad]

oh dont get me wrong i liked bhs and her style too. learned shitload. but the typos in her exams made me sad

Typos were mad bad.

Not quite as bad as Rac's "Paul Plaintiff and Deborah Defendant" mix up.

Cool story, Rach City.

[Lavitz]

Bumping this because my section stayed the same:

Need opinions on profs and any supplement suggestions for them:

Holden-Smith
Rana
Eisenberg
Heise
Atlas

Also, I'm looking to buy the following books:

Civil Procedure - Materials for a Basic Course Concise Edition by Field, 10th Edition
Federal Rules of Civil Procedure 2013 by Clermont, 2013 Edition (is this a new edition?)
Processes of Constitutional Decision Making by Brest, 5th Edition
Contract and Related Obligation: Theory, Doctrine, and Practice by Summers, 6th Edition
Legal Reasoning and Legal Writing: Structure, Strategy, and Style by Neumann, 7th Edition
Plain English for Lawyers by Wydick, 5th Edition
The Bluebook: A Uniform System of Citation, 19th Edition
Cases and Materials on Torts by Epstein, 10th Edition

PM me if you're looking to sell. Otherwise I'll find them when I get up there. Thanks!

A related question: a friend who just graduated law school gave me a bunch of these Gilbert's law summaries; would these be useful in any way for these classes?

[guinness1547]

Holden-Smith
Dorf
Hillman
Eagen
Bowman

Perhaps some supplements to go along with it, haven't looked into that yet though.

My section stayed the same. Looking for books to be bought.

[spiritniffler189]

Any thoughts on Crim Pro w/ Blume or Int'l Commercial Arbitration w/ Barcelo?

[Arbiter213]

Any thoughts on Crim Pro w/ Blume or Int'l Commercial Arbitration w/ Barcelo?

Both great, useful for totally different things. Barcelo's class is a pre-req for making the Vis Moot team, if that was a thought.

[guinness1547]

Will I be needing a clicker? I can't remember if that is for certain profs or if pretty much everyone will need them. If so, does anyone have one they'll be selling?

[hephaestus]

Will I be needing a clicker? I can't remember if that is for certain profs or if pretty much everyone will need them. If so, does anyone have one they'll be selling?

I'll sell you mine. PM me if you're interested.