This was the last lecture, so no more iPod for me. :)
Perhaps the most interesting fact from the lecture: New York is the only state in the country that does NOT have "no-fault divorce." Even Mississippi is more progressive than New York!
Schechter is still hilarious though. I want to go drinking with that guy and just listen to him tell stories.
So this was basically like all of Civ Pro I and II in a 3 hour lecture. Kind of odd, but I do feel like I've heard it all before.
In less exciting news and the reason this post is delayed, my computer died. Yes, the one that I'm supposed to be taking the New York Bar Exam on in 2 weeks. I've rush-ordered a new one and I hope it gets here before I have to leave. If not, I guess I'll cancel the order and go buy a cheap one at Best Buy. Or rent one from somewhere. Or something.
Unfortunately, finding a new computer and contacting the exam software people ate up a huge chunk of yesterday. Not exactly a perfect way to begin the last 2 weeks.
The bright side: these two subjects rarely appear on the bar.
The not-so-bright side: I just got through with the lecture and I'm not much more clear about them than I was before I started. And I didn't take either one in law school. I understand that New York is the financial capital of the world, but do these really need to be on the bar?
While I did actual complete this on the scheduled day, I'm still approximately 5 days behind because of things other than lectures that I haven't done yet (like practice questions and reviewing). At least I'm caught up on lectures though!
Conflicts wasn't bad at all...perhaps because I took the class in my last semester of law school that finished a little over 2 months ago. I guess I really haven't forgotten much of it yet. It also rarely appears on the NY bar, so there's a bit less pressure to memorize everything.
I know nothing about trusts, but so far the lecturer seems much, much better than the lecturer for Wills. So, hopefully by the end of today I will know enough to get by about trusts.
Ok. I finished Wills and it was actually worse than I thought. The lecturer (Erica Fine) was the worst I've had in BarBri and maybe the worst I've had for any subject in any level of education. She should not be a public speaker.
I'm not sure I understand Wills and I'm not sure the lecture helped out all. Outstanding combo.
On the bright side, I had a lovely 4th of July and got to see some friends. My parents were also in town for the long weekend and I got to hang out with them too. It will likely be the last time I hang out with anyone until after the bar.
I also watched the last two sets of the Wimbledon final this afternoon because I just couldn't bear to listen to Erica Fine any longer. I have to say I feel like I made the right decision. Fantastic match and congratulations to Nadal for what looks like the passing of the torch:
On to trusts.
Now for the material I don't know anything about. Should be just great....
Seriously, why is this on the bar? Although most people don't plan to practice criminal law, at least with that bar subject you can impress people by critiquing Law & Order.
All I can picture when I think of wills is a really long and really boring document using over-the-top flowery lawyerese.
Sort of like this thing:
A little strict liability, a little workers' compensation, a little vicarious liability. Another good lecture from Schechter.
Too much soccer and not enough torts caused me not to catch up more. I still liked the torts material a lot though. Yeah Negligence!
Because this is an after the fact post, I can tell that I absolutely loved Roger Schechter. The man is amazing. Torts was easily the best lecture.
Whoops. So I kinda forgot to update this for a while. Yeah, PR was not so hot. Didn't like it in law school, didn't like it here.
In the meantime, congrats to Spain for winning Euro 2008.
This guy HAD to have been happy about it.
According to his Wikipedia page, he goes to every Spanish National Team game with his drum. Even more shockingly:
He owns a bar next to the Valencia Stadium that doubles as a sports museum. Due to frequent travels in support of his team and his unwillingness to let others run the bar, Manolo has suffered financial losses for his passion. He has also lost his family, who he found gone upon returning from a match in 1987.
So he might not have a family anymore, but at least he has a winning national team!
Only one more multistate bar exam (MBE) subject left to go: Torts. Theoretically, if I can do very well on these six subjects and ok on the rest, I will pass. At least I know these subjects will be ON the bar. The rest it's an educated guess.
PR tomorrow and hopefully I can start Torts as well. We'll see.
I'm getting a bit sick of trying to catch up. Ugh.
I'm stunned at how much of this I remember from law school. I think my first-year contracts professor must have done an excellent job. I honestly feel like I could take this section of the bar right now.
So that makes one section. ;)
Not a big fan of hearsay. It's confusing. That is all.
I don't think I like Simons quite as much for evidence, but evidence is just more boring. He's definitely not bad, but it just feels like rule after rule after rule.
I'm kind of excited to get back to a lecturer I know I like. Or at least I liked his criminal law lecture. I wasn't a huge fan of evidence in law school, so we'll see if Simons can do anything with it in BarBri land.
Going over Con Law stuff reminded me of something I had forgotten. Con Law has some coherent principles, but not many and is riddled with exceptions. A lot of times it just seems to be who is on the court matters more than what the Constitution says.
I like Con Law, but this is the more boring, structural half. This half is interesting when there is discussion and debate, but as a black letter law subject, it's not too hot. It's fairly straightforward and I've found that I remember almost all of it already.
Again, this post got up late. Apologies to all my loyal readers.
The topic was pretty straightforward, but the lecturer drove me crazy. It made me want to go back to Property!
