Comments on: Scheduling http://ptlawmom.com/2008/04/12/scheduling/ Full-Time Working Mom/Part-Time Evening Law Student Sun, 27 Jul 2008 09:11:16 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: ptlawmom http://ptlawmom.com/2008/04/12/scheduling/#comment-5243 ptlawmom Mon, 14 Apr 2008 01:26:39 +0000 http://ptlawmom.com/2008/04/12/scheduling/#comment-5243 Turns out I was wrong about tax. My classmate just freaked me out. Yes, it's a bar course, but I think that the two classes for which it is a pre-requisite that I wanted to take have "cousin" courses that are similar enough that it doesn't matter. So I think I'm going to skip it and take the classes I want to next semester. Still trying to decide about the seminar, though... Oh, and I decided to take the harder summer course this summer as "penance" for not taking tax. LOL! That is a course I *do* have to take so I may as well suffer through and get it over with sooner rather than later. Turns out I was wrong about tax. My classmate just freaked me out. Yes, it’s a bar course, but I think that the two classes for which it is a pre-requisite that I wanted to take have “cousin” courses that are similar enough that it doesn’t matter. So I think I’m going to skip it and take the classes I want to next semester. Still trying to decide about the seminar, though… Oh, and I decided to take the harder summer course this summer as “penance” for not taking tax. LOL! That is a course I *do* have to take so I may as well suffer through and get it over with sooner rather than later.

]]> By: Shelley http://ptlawmom.com/2008/04/12/scheduling/#comment-5225 Shelley Sun, 13 Apr 2008 15:22:30 +0000 http://ptlawmom.com/2008/04/12/scheduling/#comment-5225 6 weeks isn't enough time for me to learn a really complex area of the law - it has to sink in over time. If it were my decision, I'd go for the easier (with sharper curve) class. Actually, I'd take neither - I hate summer school because it's not enough time! Good luck. Choosing classes is never much fun, because there's either too many interesting classes or not enough interesting classes in a semester! 6 weeks isn’t enough time for me to learn a really complex area of the law - it has to sink in over time. If it were my decision, I’d go for the easier (with sharper curve) class. Actually, I’d take neither - I hate summer school because it’s not enough time!

Good luck. Choosing classes is never much fun, because there’s either too many interesting classes or not enough interesting classes in a semester!

]]> By: The Blawgraphy | Scheduling and Law School Classes http://ptlawmom.com/2008/04/12/scheduling/#comment-5222 The Blawgraphy | Scheduling and Law School Classes Sun, 13 Apr 2008 13:08:41 +0000 http://ptlawmom.com/2008/04/12/scheduling/#comment-5222 [...] PT Law Mom, comes a tale of scheduling angst. Every time I think I have it planned, a new wrinkle pops up. Just found out that I have to take [...] [...] PT Law Mom, comes a tale of scheduling angst. Every time I think I have it planned, a new wrinkle pops up. Just found out that I have to take [...]

]]> By: Law Student Hot Mama http://ptlawmom.com/2008/04/12/scheduling/#comment-5217 Law Student Hot Mama Sun, 13 Apr 2008 01:10:01 +0000 http://ptlawmom.com/2008/04/12/scheduling/#comment-5217 50 pages is a LOOOOOOOOOOONG paper! Otherwise, I'd tell you to do it. I've taken lots of classes totally inapplicable to the BAR and/or possible work plans . . . my reasoning was two-fold. First, I knew I'd forget whatever it was by the time I have to take the bar, anyway, so I'd have tot aech it to myself. And second, law school sucks hard enough - why make it worse by taking crappy classes? 50 pages is a LOOOOOOOOOOONG paper! Otherwise, I’d tell you to do it. I’ve taken lots of classes totally inapplicable to the BAR and/or possible work plans . . . my reasoning was two-fold. First, I knew I’d forget whatever it was by the time I have to take the bar, anyway, so I’d have tot aech it to myself. And second, law school sucks hard enough - why make it worse by taking crappy classes?

]]> By: ptlawmom http://ptlawmom.com/2008/04/12/scheduling/#comment-5216 ptlawmom Sat, 12 Apr 2008 22:44:51 +0000 http://ptlawmom.com/2008/04/12/scheduling/#comment-5216 Yeah, LC, that was my plan with tax, too. They must have figured me out... which is why they made it a mandatory pre-requisite for so many corporate law courses. Now that I'm working for a large corporation's in-house legal department, I figure I should really take mergers & acquisitions and some other business courses. At a minimum, I don't want to effectively shut the door on taking them by not registering for tax. We only have to take one seminar class to graduate (or do a journal, which I've pretty much decided not to do because I think the time commitment will kill me). I figure why not take it with this professor who is well-known as being really interesting, laid-back and fun and is teaching a topic area that I have work experience in and which offers a wide range of topics on which we could write our paper. Do you usually get to pick your topic in a seminar? Yeah, LC, that was my plan with tax, too. They must have figured me out… which is why they made it a mandatory pre-requisite for so many corporate law courses. Now that I’m working for a large corporation’s in-house legal department, I figure I should really take mergers & acquisitions and some other business courses. At a minimum, I don’t want to effectively shut the door on taking them by not registering for tax.

We only have to take one seminar class to graduate (or do a journal, which I’ve pretty much decided not to do because I think the time commitment will kill me). I figure why not take it with this professor who is well-known as being really interesting, laid-back and fun and is teaching a topic area that I have work experience in and which offers a wide range of topics on which we could write our paper. Do you usually get to pick your topic in a seminar?

]]> By: LC http://ptlawmom.com/2008/04/12/scheduling/#comment-5214 LC Sat, 12 Apr 2008 21:33:46 +0000 http://ptlawmom.com/2008/04/12/scheduling/#comment-5214 WTH is up with tax? I successfully managed to graduate and pass the bar without taking any stinking tax class. :???: Personally, if the hard class is necessary, I would take it over the summer. That was always my plan in undergrad--take the suckiest classes in the shortest semester offered. It's the ripping off the band-aid approach. It's gonna hurt either way, but at least the pain doesn't last as long. Oh, and my approach to class picking wasn't what was relevant to my career, but rather what was relevant to the bar. I really do think it helped my bar study when I had a background in the class. And I have to disagree somewhat with gliman--the rule/procedural classes that were state-specific have been very helpful. But, yeah, pretty much everythiing else is so theorhetical that it is useless. And anything hands-on, like clinics or trial ad is really helpful as opposed to sitting in another class surfing the net and regurgitating your outline on an exam. Oh--and on the seminar, do you have a writing requirement? We had to take 2 seminars to meet our writing requirement and they were usually hard to get into. So if you're really interested and need a writing class, go ahead and get it over with. I made the mistake of taking both of my seminars and my clinic at the same time--which made for a very semester (but only 1 exam!). Gosh, I'm chatty today. :grin: Glad to see you posting, hope everything is going well. WTH is up with tax? I successfully managed to graduate and pass the bar without taking any stinking tax class. :???:

Personally, if the hard class is necessary, I would take it over the summer. That was always my plan in undergrad–take the suckiest classes in the shortest semester offered. It’s the ripping off the band-aid approach. It’s gonna hurt either way, but at least the pain doesn’t last as long.

Oh, and my approach to class picking wasn’t what was relevant to my career, but rather what was relevant to the bar. I really do think it helped my bar study when I had a background in the class.

And I have to disagree somewhat with gliman–the rule/procedural classes that were state-specific have been very helpful. But, yeah, pretty much everythiing else is so theorhetical that it is useless. And anything hands-on, like clinics or trial ad is really helpful as opposed to sitting in another class surfing the net and regurgitating your outline on an exam.

Oh–and on the seminar, do you have a writing requirement? We had to take 2 seminars to meet our writing requirement and they were usually hard to get into. So if you’re really interested and need a writing class, go ahead and get it over with. I made the mistake of taking both of my seminars and my clinic at the same time–which made for a very semester (but only 1 exam!).

Gosh, I’m chatty today. :grin: Glad to see you posting, hope everything is going well.

]]> By: gilman http://ptlawmom.com/2008/04/12/scheduling/#comment-5211 gilman Sat, 12 Apr 2008 19:33:13 +0000 http://ptlawmom.com/2008/04/12/scheduling/#comment-5211 Part of becoming a 2L is realizing that there is no such thing as a class that is important for your career. My selection criteria are (1) who teaches it (2) who teaches it (3) what time is it at and (4) is the subject matter at least tolerable. Wills & Trusts usually fails that last one. Part of becoming a 2L is realizing that there is no such thing as a class that is important for your career. My selection criteria are (1) who teaches it (2) who teaches it (3) what time is it at and (4) is the subject matter at least tolerable. Wills & Trusts usually fails that last one.

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