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August 26, 2005
35 weeks to go
That's, like, 175 days of classes, 1395 hours of classes. That's not even a year. It's so close.
My last 3 days of classes are notable for a couple of reasons. I have Conflicts, Real Estate Transactions and Legal Profession and they are all taught by women. That's 3 female professors (Prof Conflicts is brand new and Prof Real Estate is in her second year here) in one semester. The only other female professor I had during the last two years was Prof Prof who also taught me Torts. It seems as the old men retire the law college is looking for more young women (Prof Conflicts is a year older than me). Sounds like a good plan to me.
Conflicts is turning out to be fun. There are only 16 people in the class and the overt gunnery of the last couple of years seems to have mostly died out. Instead we have a small group of people interested in the subject matter who want to talk about it and a professor who encourages discussion and debate. After 3 class periods we're already a day behind on the syllabus.
Legal Profession is turning out the same way although there are 56 students. Instead of a just a MPRE-prep learn-the-rules type class, it's more of an ethical philosophy class. Yes, we read the rules and talk about them, but we explore the reasons why the rules are as they are. Even though it's a 75-minute class from 3:10 to 4:25 (naptime) it flies by. On a related note, Nebraska, on 9/1/05, finally adopts the ABA Model Rules of Prof. Conduct and lets go of the ABA Model Code of Prof. Responsibility so we're having a party on that day. I get the feeling Prof Prof was instrumental in this process.
Real Estate Transactions is dense, and there are 60+ students which shocked Prof RE (She came from the University of Tennessee. I wonder if she knows Prof. Heh, Indeedy?). I took it because a realtor friend of mine told me 33% of Lincoln's real estate market is for sale by owner and there is a shortage of lawyers to serve that market. All my practice options are still open. The secondary advantage of this class is it is a good review of contract law. I think of it as a pre-bar review review.
So far, morale is high.
Posted by Half-Cocked at August 26, 2005 05:54 PM
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Three of my five Profs are female.
Posted by: stag at August 27, 2005 09:17 AM
You can't be 53051 serious?!?
Posted by: Mary Box at June 15, 2006 04:36 PM