Comments on: Scheduling and Law School Classes http://www.lukegilman.com/blawg/2008/04/13/scheduling-and-law-school-classes/ Life of a Law Student, University of Houston Law Center Tue, 01 Dec 2009 04:40:10 -0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9 hourly 1 By: lukegilman http://www.lukegilman.com/blawg/2008/04/13/scheduling-and-law-school-classes/comment-page-1/#comment-30505 lukegilman Mon, 14 Apr 2008 02:19:56 +0000 http://www.lukegilman.com/blawg/?p=728#comment-30505 One other factor worth considering in scheduling - sign up for what will fill up the quickest. You can always change your mind and switch later - assuming there are slots open, so sometimes you can go from Class A to B the night before but not vice versa. One other factor worth considering in scheduling – sign up for what will fill up the quickest. You can always change your mind and switch later – assuming there are slots open, so sometimes you can go from Class A to B the night before but not vice versa.

]]> By: lukegilman http://www.lukegilman.com/blawg/2008/04/13/scheduling-and-law-school-classes/comment-page-1/#comment-30503 lukegilman Mon, 14 Apr 2008 02:11:25 +0000 http://www.lukegilman.com/blawg/?p=728#comment-30503 I've completely given up on the law school teaching me to be a lawyer thing. Maybe the Washington & Lee kids will fare better with their <a href="http://law.wlu.edu/thirdyear/page.asp?pageid=651" rel="nofollow">new 3L year</a>. I’ve completely given up on the law school teaching me to be a lawyer thing. Maybe the Washington & Lee kids will fare better with their new 3L year.

]]> By: PT-LawMom http://www.lukegilman.com/blawg/2008/04/13/scheduling-and-law-school-classes/comment-page-1/#comment-30491 PT-LawMom Sun, 13 Apr 2008 18:34:54 +0000 http://www.lukegilman.com/blawg/?p=728#comment-30491 I think that if you have had the chance to work in a law firm, you know that what lawyers do versus what law school teaches is very different. I definitely need to take some bar classes that I don't want to take but should take to have a background in them when it comes time for the test but I don't think tax necessarily needs to be one of them. I think that if you have had the chance to work in a law firm, you know that what lawyers do versus what law school teaches is very different. I definitely need to take some bar classes that I don’t want to take but should take to have a background in them when it comes time for the test but I don’t think tax necessarily needs to be one of them.

]]> By: lukegilman http://www.lukegilman.com/blawg/2008/04/13/scheduling-and-law-school-classes/comment-page-1/#comment-30490 lukegilman Sun, 13 Apr 2008 18:32:18 +0000 http://www.lukegilman.com/blawg/?p=728#comment-30490 Not that we will all have the option to be "generalists" who "learn on the job" (I've heard that same folksy sentiment from a couple of Justices now and it's really starting to annoy me). I don't intend to minimize the importance of being able to take the classes you want to take, but at a certain point I think one starts to realize that most law school classes are more of the same and that acquiring the analytical skills is what's important. Not that we will all have the option to be “generalists” who “learn on the job” (I’ve heard that same folksy sentiment from a couple of Justices now and it’s really starting to annoy me).

I don’t intend to minimize the importance of being able to take the classes you want to take, but at a certain point I think one starts to realize that most law school classes are more of the same and that acquiring the analytical skills is what’s important.

]]> By: PT-LawMom http://www.lukegilman.com/blawg/2008/04/13/scheduling-and-law-school-classes/comment-page-1/#comment-30488 PT-LawMom Sun, 13 Apr 2008 18:15:26 +0000 http://www.lukegilman.com/blawg/?p=728#comment-30488 Okay, Gilman, you've pretty much convinced me. Who needs to take Estate Planning?!? Besides, there are always CLEs and hornbooks out there for self-study (not to mention the old standby move - fly by the seat of your pants). ;) A classmate had freaked me out but, looking again, there are plenty of similar classes that offer topics I'd like to learn for work that don't require Tax as a pre-requisite. Also, apparently my school lets us take a few classes offered in other graduate schools so I might be able to take some related MBA-type courses that are appropriate to my field if I can't find something at my law school. Thanks for the advice and the Alito backup. Okay, Gilman, you’ve pretty much convinced me. Who needs to take Estate Planning?!? Besides, there are always CLEs and hornbooks out there for self-study (not to mention the old standby move – fly by the seat of your pants). ;) A classmate had freaked me out but, looking again, there are plenty of similar classes that offer topics I’d like to learn for work that don’t require Tax as a pre-requisite. Also, apparently my school lets us take a few classes offered in other graduate schools so I might be able to take some related MBA-type courses that are appropriate to my field if I can’t find something at my law school. Thanks for the advice and the Alito backup.

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