I did my first essay over the weekend. Torts. It was a full 4 pages. This morning I got a "congratulatory" email in my inbox from Dean Vidt telling me how pleased she was that I had completed an essay within the alloted time period and that I was well on my way to conquering the Essay requirement for Legal Writing. I got another email this afternoon stating that the essay had been forwarded to my professor along with a tracking number for it so that I can find out where it is in the grading process - should I ever want to know. At this point, I'm following the "you've submitted it, now forggid about it" portion of the advice. I figure I'll get the score along about the time I need to submit my second one, so that will tell me what I need to know. I'm aiming for 650. 500 is a low pass, 650 is average, 700 or better is high pass. I'm aiming for 650. The profs have warned us that the first essay score is a "shocker" so don't be too worried about it. Yeah, ok, tell the type A 1Ls not to worry about their first essay. Not happening.
Contracts tonight. Marlin Delicatessen v. Schumacher (need to review the issue for this one, as I don't remember the case - bad sign!) Carlill v. Carbolic Smoke Ball (breach of contract - unilateral public offer with material elements enclosed in the advertisement constituting an "open contract" [my words]), Petterson v. Pattiburg (at what point in a unilateral contract is revocation no longer an option? How much work has to be completed before it is considered "substantial...." If Z1 > X1 + X2 and Z1 < Y2 does that constitute a substantial amount, or just prep work?)
SBA summer business meeting this coming Sunday.
Stay tuned.....
Tuesday, May 29, 2007
Monday, May 14, 2007
Luv my school !
If it wasn't obvious before now, yes I do love being in law school. The associate dean of students just put out a recipe call (yes, you read that right - recipe) for the next edition of the IRAC cookbook.
Issue - appetizer
Rule -soup/salad
Analysis - entree
Conclusion - dessert
There is also a standardized format for submission. I think I will submit my microwave enchiladas and my pasta salad recipe. Yum Yum. The idea is for it to be something easy to prepare while still being healthy. Yes, it is true....law students do subsist on coffee and fast food.
We may not socialize much in person, but we make up for it in the virtual world.
Must go - more tort cases to brief.
Issue - appetizer
Rule -soup/salad
Analysis - entree
Conclusion - dessert
There is also a standardized format for submission. I think I will submit my microwave enchiladas and my pasta salad recipe. Yum Yum. The idea is for it to be something easy to prepare while still being healthy. Yes, it is true....law students do subsist on coffee and fast food.
We may not socialize much in person, but we make up for it in the virtual world.
Must go - more tort cases to brief.
Contracts - Outlining !
Contracts is kicking my bum -
definitions, exceptions to the definitions, exceptions to the exceptions, unilateral, bilateral, unilateral morphing [my word] to a bilateral, offer, intent, subjective, objective, acceptance, intent of offer, intent of acceptance.....and the agreement to not enter into a binding contract is a legally binding agreement....does anyone have any asprin??
And our 1L adviser sent us a reminder to keep practicing our outlining because that is the ONLY way we are going to really get to the heart of the concepts and remember them. This is especially true for me because after going out to the commercial outline sites and wandering through the material, I have definitely decided that Dr. H was right and my brain is "wired weird," because none of them made any real sense to me, but then I went back and looked at what I outlined and it was just fine.
**sigh**
So there will be no shortcuts for this 1L because in the end it will just end up being harder and more complicated to do the shortcut rather than knuckle down and do the outlining and briefing to start with.
The good news is that I have passed all my quizzes, and my outlining and briefing looks like it is on target. I am waiting for my 1L facilitator to get back to me on the sample essay I sent to him. I asked him to "critique liberally" but so far have not received a response. I don't know if this is a good sign or a bad sign. I have an essay quiz coming up at the end of the week, so I am really hoping for an answer before then so that I can write a few more practice drafts before the real thing happens.
Happy Monday everyone.
JM - CU35
definitions, exceptions to the definitions, exceptions to the exceptions, unilateral, bilateral, unilateral morphing [my word] to a bilateral, offer, intent, subjective, objective, acceptance, intent of offer, intent of acceptance.....and the agreement to not enter into a binding contract is a legally binding agreement....does anyone have any asprin??
And our 1L adviser sent us a reminder to keep practicing our outlining because that is the ONLY way we are going to really get to the heart of the concepts and remember them. This is especially true for me because after going out to the commercial outline sites and wandering through the material, I have definitely decided that Dr. H was right and my brain is "wired weird," because none of them made any real sense to me, but then I went back and looked at what I outlined and it was just fine.
**sigh**
So there will be no shortcuts for this 1L because in the end it will just end up being harder and more complicated to do the shortcut rather than knuckle down and do the outlining and briefing to start with.
The good news is that I have passed all my quizzes, and my outlining and briefing looks like it is on target. I am waiting for my 1L facilitator to get back to me on the sample essay I sent to him. I asked him to "critique liberally" but so far have not received a response. I don't know if this is a good sign or a bad sign. I have an essay quiz coming up at the end of the week, so I am really hoping for an answer before then so that I can write a few more practice drafts before the real thing happens.
Happy Monday everyone.
JM - CU35