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Time for the first in a series of Jon's Class Rankings, copyright 2005 all rights reserved.
1) Criminal Law - The subject matter in this class is what seems to be the more eye-catching type of cases (Murder, Rape, kidnapping, etc) and my professor Kinports does a really good job of making the classroom easy to speak in, to the point where almost everyone voluntarily speaks at one point or anything. She doesn't really grill you either, not that there is that much to grill people on. The fact is that the laws on the books vary from state to state and there really isn't one right answer, but it seems a lot of people have passionate feelings about what the law should be in this area and there's always a chance for a really good discussion.
2) Torts - Outrageous! That is Professor Meyer's buzzword, and everytime he says it the whole class laughs. Sometimes the material can be kind of dry, and it seems like we are treading water, but when the Professor really tries to make it interesting and I feel for some reason that I'm going to do the best on this final. Basically there are elements to each civil liability crime, and you have to see if someone's actions fit those elements. Plus the fact that I only have this two times a week makes it nice and easy and over by Tuesday.
3) Contracts - Professor Tabb makes things usually pretty easy and has lots of fun with his hypotheticals. He's just a fun southern guy that likes talking about selling his car. I've been called on in this class two times so far, and it was with 5 minutes left in class so I really didn't have to say much. On the downside, he gave us a suprise test on Wednesday that wasn't fun and I think this final will be the second most difficult.
4) Property - It's not that I don't like this class, it just is at 8:30 in the morning on Monday's and Tuesday and it is the class that you really get grilled in. After I was called on in this class for the first time, I had to go outside after class and stop myself from crying. Welcome to law school. Plus, now we are talking about fee simple estates and it is ridiculously confusing and pointless. Grr. Professor Reynolds is really good, but I really don't see how anyone would want to teach this.
Maybe things will change after the finals, we'll see.
1) Criminal Law - The subject matter in this class is what seems to be the more eye-catching type of cases (Murder, Rape, kidnapping, etc) and my professor Kinports does a really good job of making the classroom easy to speak in, to the point where almost everyone voluntarily speaks at one point or anything. She doesn't really grill you either, not that there is that much to grill people on. The fact is that the laws on the books vary from state to state and there really isn't one right answer, but it seems a lot of people have passionate feelings about what the law should be in this area and there's always a chance for a really good discussion.
2) Torts - Outrageous! That is Professor Meyer's buzzword, and everytime he says it the whole class laughs. Sometimes the material can be kind of dry, and it seems like we are treading water, but when the Professor really tries to make it interesting and I feel for some reason that I'm going to do the best on this final. Basically there are elements to each civil liability crime, and you have to see if someone's actions fit those elements. Plus the fact that I only have this two times a week makes it nice and easy and over by Tuesday.
3) Contracts - Professor Tabb makes things usually pretty easy and has lots of fun with his hypotheticals. He's just a fun southern guy that likes talking about selling his car. I've been called on in this class two times so far, and it was with 5 minutes left in class so I really didn't have to say much. On the downside, he gave us a suprise test on Wednesday that wasn't fun and I think this final will be the second most difficult.
4) Property - It's not that I don't like this class, it just is at 8:30 in the morning on Monday's and Tuesday and it is the class that you really get grilled in. After I was called on in this class for the first time, I had to go outside after class and stop myself from crying. Welcome to law school. Plus, now we are talking about fee simple estates and it is ridiculously confusing and pointless. Grr. Professor Reynolds is really good, but I really don't see how anyone would want to teach this.
Maybe things will change after the finals, we'll see.