1L Nightmares: Constitutional Law, Giant Snowball, Citations
Constitutional Law is getting out of hand. I started with uneasy feelings for this class, which then transcended into good feelings, then it plummeted down to negative on a scale of 1 to -1000.
I don’t get how Con Law works. I don’t really think I care either. I’ve never been quite involved in Con Law issues because I fail to see the point. It’s not going to get resolved b/c people take personal values seriously, and no matter what reasons you give to justify the outcome, people are going to get upset.
My Con Law prof often asked if the U.S. Constitution is just a piece of paper that’s outdated and useless. My answer is leaning closer to yes. Does this mean we can ditch Con Law now? I propose making Con Law into a 1 credit class or better yet, just get rid of the entire requirement. It’s simply too subjective of a subject and not enough “law.” I mean, really, HOW MANY LAWYERS END UP ARGUING IN FRONT OF THE SUPREME COURT? Just make Con Law an optional class or something. Or a Seminar.
Con Law should come with a warning: Not for 1L’s.
Did a Giant Snowball Hit Me in the Head…
because I didn’t see it coming…
Post-exam stress syndrome: Everything you say sounds like a concept from property.
I’ve studied and studied and studied…and yet nothing prepared me for this. The topics weren’t too hard, but the exams were 20-30% longer than the ones from practice.
Oh man…
What’s the Deal with Citations?
Can someone please tell me why lawyers are obsessed with citation formats? I’ve spent the last hour flipping through the Bluebook (a legal grammar book) and it is driving me nuts. There’s minimum information about when and how to use a full/short citation format.
After inserting the proper citations, I can barely read my paper without getting bogged down by page and volume numbers. Why can’t we just use footnotes or reference numbers instead?
[thanks to shelley and madmolecule via cc]
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