Weekly Law School Roundup #27

This Week: The Good-Posts Edition, in Which Your Editor Attempts to Answer the Question: Which Law-Student Posts This Week Were the Best? (Actually, just about every post I read was above average, which shouldn't surprise you, since law-student weblogs are always above average. But since every post won't fit here, I have no choice but to pick and choose. Sorry about that.)

Dylan Is Attacked by a Bloodthirsty Philosophy Professor Who Thinks He's Friedrich Nietzsche You can read about it here on The Slithery D. In defending himself, Dylan reveals why no one would ever call him a gunner: "I am generally quietly bored in class and find it an immensely wasteful method of education. I much prefer to learn on my own through reading, and have not disturbed a class with an opinion in over a year."

Have You Purchased Your New Nelly CDs? Soupie of Soupie's BBQ & Daycare reviews them here. Bottom line: Sweat's comparable to Country Grammar, and is better than Suit.

Have You Seen "Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow"? Half-Cocked is generally positive about the movie: "[T]he story hung together well enough to not annoy so much that I couldn't enjoy the look and feel of the film. Because that's really what this movie is all about."

So You Want to Be a Lawyer? Here's some advice from lawgeekgurl and The Uncivil Litigator. (First link from Kevin Heller.)

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We Now Interrupt Ra^thergate for an Update on Iraq Paul Frankenstein weighs in with a reality check.

Who Needs Evidence? It's not a required class at Harvard, and Jeremy Blachman's not taking it. He writes, "If you're not going to litigate, you're not going to need to know Evidence anyway. (I don't know if that's true. I'm only guessing. Really.)"

Are You a Natural Born Litigator? a.i. of ambivalent imbroglio is, according to a quiz from the Howrey Bootcamp litigation-skills program. Should he apply or not? That's the question he's asking. (I wonder if they'd accept a Harvard student who doesn't know the meaning of "hearsay"?)

1Ls: Shut the Hell Up! That's my summary of a post by Obsessive Law Student, the meat of which deserves to be quoted here:

Some stupid 1L made a comment to me today that insinuated: (a) she had a right to talk to me (which she has not earned yet by being intelligent, nice, funny, sweet, or Democratic/human rights minded); (b) she knew something about me; (c) she has the right to make fun of me on any level. I almost slugged her. If I wouldn't have to report it to the bar, I would have. Stupid 1Ls. Don't speak unless spoken to, and then only talk on the topics we start. 2Ls and 3Ls don't need you - you need us, so start sucking up and kissing our cheeks.

Some Sodomy for Your Sunday Morning Mellow-Drama takes Prof. Volokh one step further. An interesting post.

Comments

[Dylan]

I'm shocked that OLS almost "slugged her." Temper, temper.

And Leiter thinks he's Hannibal Lector, not Nietzche.

[Soup]

Two things-- First, I wouldn't go so far as "comparable to Country Grammar"... just that it's better than Nellyville. Second, the more I listen, the more I think I might like Suit better, if only because the production shows more originality. Take that for what it's worth.

[Evan]

Soup: I've been listening to them both too and think I'm leaning towards Suit as the better of the two. But why pick out the "better one," I'm now thinking. I would have bought both in either case.

Thanks for correcting me about the comparison to "Country Grammar." After listening to both new CDS, I agree with your other point--they're better than Nellyville, but "Country Grammar" hasn't yet been matched.