Classes

Somehow, I've managed to survive my first two days of law school completely unscathed. I shouldn't brag as I know this won't last, but so far so good.

Yesterday started with Professor Davis' Property class at 8:00am. This is one place where actual work experience helps. In undergrad, an 8:00am class would've killed me, but I'm used to my days starting at 8:00am. We got to the school around 7:30 and I started reviewing Property and Contracts (contracts coming directly after Property).

I think I'll enjoy Professor Davis' class. She can be strict (if you don't come prepared, she'll mark you absent), but she seems more than fair and she isn't too intimidating in class. The first class focused mostly on administrative issues (the syllabus, for instance) and some background information. As it turns out, I didn't even need to finish the reading for the first day let alone review, but it's always nice to start off ahead.

After Property is Professor Seita's Contract class. I have to move four seats down for this class, so it works out well. Professor Seita seems very laid back, so two classes in I was still looking for that prototypical abusive law school professor. Seita had just got back in town on Sunday and was suffering from six hours of jet lag, so he came across as a little distracted. Again, we focused on a lot of administrative issues, but we did cover the case we read.

After Contracts, I meet Hers for lunch and we studied in the library until my 1:00pm Torts class with Professor Stevenson. We didn't have any reading due for Monday although I did have Wednesday's assignment finished already. This was supposed to be a two hour class (mondays and Wednesdays) so I figured we might get into the cases for Wednesday a little and I wanted to make sure I was prepared. Again, we covered administrative issues and some basic background. Professor Stevenson has what will probably be one of my favorite rules of any professor. It's Professor Stevenson's exclusive ability to introduce hypotheticals. She will not answer any hypothetical posed by a student in class.

Professor Stevenson dismissed us more than an hour early and that's when it hit, I really am a non-traditional student. My first thought was "Can I get a refund for the second half of the class?"

Today was Property and Contracts again. This time, we got more into the issues in both classes. Both were interesting although I'm probably going to go back over my briefs in Property.

Well, I'm writing this from the foyer and upperclassmen are beginning to crowd me out, so it's time to move along. Classes are finished for the day for me, but Hers has a few more to go so it's about time to hit the library.