Goings on at Rice and law school (also includes abortive plans to enroll in a couple other programs)
“Most of the literature of jurisprudence, to paraphrase William James, is tedious, not as hard subjects like physics and mathematics are tedious, but as throwing feathers, endlessly, hour after hour, is tedious.” Thurman Arnold, Institute Priests and Yale Observers – A Reply to Dean Goodrich, 84 U. Pa. L. Rev. 811 (1936). This is the […]
I just bought a course packet of 764 letter-sized pages. Welcome to law school, boys and girls. Welcome to law school.
There Goes My Life, Again Read More »
Unfortunately, it really is a post-mortem – while Torts may have gone better than expected, I’m pretty sure Contracts did not go so well… Our curve is so insane, I might be just fine, but I’m not feeling especially positive about it. Hopefully, I’m no worse off than a little below the median, but I
Torts is done. I don’t know if I’d say I feel confident about it, but I don’t feel bad. I know of one glaring mistake, but I think it’s pretty small in the grand scheme, so I feel like I’m heading for median or better. I plan to put up a more comprehensive post on
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Don’t expect much out of me for a while. I’ve got plenty to say – I hope I’ll get to some of it over spring break – but I have also just realized how much work I have to do to prepare for my torts exam. Torts is next Wednesday, with Contracts on Friday. This