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Just started part deux of getting worked to death, as per the law school adage. I’m finishing up my required classes, HALLELUJAH! because those are always the ones that bore me the most. The first week of class has ended and here are my impressions.
Evidence- Required. Goodbye Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, hello Rules of Evidence. I survived the lottery for the favored professor’s class. The material is less than scintillating but so far the professor has displayed a very thorough and methodical teaching style, so it looks like this won’t be as bad as it could be.
Statutory Law- Required. WHY we need a required class on interpretation of laws when you have to do that in every. single. class. in law school is utterly beyond me. I’ve got the same prof I had for Civil Lawsuits in the fall and I like her teaching style, so I hope she can make it bearable.
Intellectual Property Law- I have no hope of taking the patent bar unless I go back for a science or engineering Master’s, but as a writer and blogger I’m interested in copyrights and such for my own edification. Plus Professor Contracts (hereafter known as Professor Wolverine, for his hairdo) is teaching it, and that class was my best grade in law school so far. He’s really funny and the case material is actually interesting half the time so I think it will be a good class.
Domestic Relations- Dealing with family protective orders all summer piqued my interest so I subscribed to the ABA Section of Family Law last semester. They put out a newsletter with summaries of notable family law cases and I found myself reading them with interest, so I knew I had to sign up for DR. The professor is a bit of a fuddy duddy, but so far I like the material.
Gender and the Law- I originally wanted to take First Amendment Law, both for personal interest and bar prep, but one look at the syllabus told me it was too intense to take with four other substantive classes–especially considering I have a three finals the week before Tex’s graduation and one the Monday after?!? Madness. The G&L final is a take home due on that next Friday. But it’s a very small class and heavily discussion based so I have high hopes for this one as well.
