Harvard Law School Class of 2018 Forum

[leslieknope]

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[saltisgood]

section 4 has two visiting profs? is that... weird?

[foxes]

section 4 has two visiting profs? is that... weird?

looks like every section has a few visiting profs

[saltisgood]

section 4 has two visiting profs? is that... weird?

looks like every section has a few visiting profs

I probably should have looked, haha.

[TripTrip]

Same section (as leslie not mack).

Hey

Also the email we just got from Rakoff says he's teaching Contracts, but Dope/the course catalogue say he's teaching Legislation. Do they have to fight now or what.

Let me work on getting that straightened out.

[Indifference]

Same section (as leslie not mack).

Hey

Also the email we just got from Rakoff says he's teaching Contracts, but Dope/the course catalogue say he's teaching Legislation. Do they have to fight now or what.

Oh yeah, just noticed that. To the death!

[Catherinelo365]

I'm in section 4! Yay! Anyone in the same section?
Earliest class at 9:50. Seems not that bad.

[Mack.Hambleton]

section 4 has two visiting profs? is that... weird?

Yeah six has two

[Orion311]

So if a prof tells us to purchase a book, but doesn't mention which edition, do we assume we should get the most recent edition or that it doesn't matter?

[TripTrip]

Same section (as leslie not mack).

Hey

Also the email we just got from Rakoff says he's teaching Contracts, but Dope/the course catalogue say he's teaching Legislation. Do they have to fight now or what.

Let me work on getting that straightened out.

Circling back: Rakoff is definitely teaching Legislation and Regulation.

So if a prof tells us to purchase a book, but doesn't mention which edition, do we assume we should get the most recent edition or that it doesn't matter?

Which professor listed a book without an edition? Every 1L professor provided a list of ISBNs, so we have all the edition information.

[Orion311]

Same section (as leslie not mack).

Hey

Also the email we just got from Rakoff says he's teaching Contracts, but Dope/the course catalogue say he's teaching Legislation. Do they have to fight now or what.

Let me work on getting that straightened out.

Circling back: Rakoff is definitely teaching Legislation and Regulation.

So if a prof tells us to purchase a book, but doesn't mention which edition, do we assume we should get the most recent edition or that it doesn't matter?

Which professor listed a book without an edition? Every 1L professor provided a list of ISBNs, so we have all the edition information.

I'm probably being impatient - I'm assuming actual book information will be provided when we can actually access the course links/information and whatnot. But in the welcome letter from Prof Kennedy he says:
"Please purchase Rules of Contract Law (Knapp, Crystal and Prince) and the contracts
casebook, Problems in Contract Law (Knapp, Chrystal & Prince, seventh edition)."

So no edition for the first one

[Indifference]

Trip, a question for you regarding books listed on Dope... is there any vetting done of the statements re. book quality/damage/highlighting level? I figured that would be a little too much work to do, and this is more of a "I'll go meet the person and see the book before I pay" kinda thing... correct?

[TripTrip]

Same section (as leslie not mack).

Hey

Also the email we just got from Rakoff says he's teaching Contracts, but Dope/the course catalogue say he's teaching Legislation. Do they have to fight now or what.

Let me work on getting that straightened out.

Circling back: Rakoff is definitely teaching Legislation and Regulation.

So if a prof tells us to purchase a book, but doesn't mention which edition, do we assume we should get the most recent edition or that it doesn't matter?

Which professor listed a book without an edition? Every 1L professor provided a list of ISBNs, so we have all the edition information.

I'm probably being impatient - I'm assuming actual book information will be provided when we can actually access the course links/information and whatnot. But in the welcome letter from Prof Kennedy he says:
"Please purchase Rules of Contract Law (Knapp, Crystal and Prince) and the contracts
casebook, Problems in Contract Law (Knapp, Chrystal & Prince, seventh edition)."

So no edition for the first one

Looks like he wants you to have the 2015-2016 edition.

Trip, a question for you regarding books listed on Dope... is there any vetting done of the statements re. book quality/damage/highlighting level? I figured that would be a little too much work to do, and this is more of a "I'll go meet the person and see the book before I pay" kinda thing... correct?

Sadly we can't vet the condition statements; there are just too many (and it would take away from the direct, student-to-student nature of the sale that keeps it so cheap).

[Indifference]

Thanks trip. I figured as much. Checking for myself is not a problem, you do so much amazing work already as it is!

[foxes]

just wanted to think triptrip again for all the work on hlsdope. i cant believe how much you got up in a few hours and all of it is so immensely helpful

[pylon]

Quick question - what day do actual classes start? Wednesday, September 2nd?

I'm still getting used to all the different logins and figured it would be easier to ask here.

[saltisgood]

Quick question - what day do actual classes start? Wednesday, September 2nd?

Yup! But, according to the academic calendar, it's a Monday schedule.

[foxes]

Quick question - what day do actual classes start? Wednesday, September 2nd?

Yup! But, according to the academic calendar, it's a Monday schedule.

i was actually wondering about this--what does a monday schedule mean?

[Indifference]

It means you follow your class schedule for Monday. I think it is cause federal and mass holidays screw Mondays. As do the winter storms. So they try to get at least one lost Monday back haha.

[saltisgood]

yeah we miss Monday classes for labor day the next week!

[foxes]

It means you follow your class schedule for Monday. I think it is cause federal and mass holidays screw Mondays. As do the winter storms. So they try to get at least one lost Monday back haha.

Ah, so Sept 2 will be treated as a Monday, but the next day will revert to the regular schedule...?

[leslieknope]

Aside, but there are 82 people who voted that they're coming to HLS in the poll, damn. That's an entire section's worth of people who have TLS accounts.

[Indifference]

It means you follow your class schedule for Monday. I think it is cause federal and mass holidays screw Mondays. As do the winter storms. So they try to get at least one lost Monday back haha.

Ah, so Sept 2 will be treated as a Monday, but the next day will revert to the regular schedule...?

Exactly right

[Elyane]

Anyone have any ideas where we could find old outlines and exams from our visiting professors?

[leslieknope]

Anyone have any ideas where we could find old outlines and exams from our visiting professors?

Ask on the "Ask an X Student" thread for that school? I've seen people do it that way.