Thoughts

In an attempt to not have to have this conversation multiple times, here is how things went in week 1.

Contracts 1:
My professor seems...fair. I am not sure I could ask for anything more than that. He thus far shows great patience and the desire to help us learn. That means that he will not berate us in front of our colleagues and will instead lead us to the answers he seeks.

He did tell us that his teaching style differs from an anecdote from his days in law school. He told us of a time where a professor he had threw a dime at a classmate and told him, "Go phone your mother to tell her you are failing out of law school."

His class is run well. It is more relaxed than I had anticipated. When it is time to discuss a case or a problem from the text he (at least in week 1) asked for volunteers. It is nice that no one in the class tried to hide behind this and keep quiet. Through various discussions I believe everyone in the room participated more than once.

Torts 1:
This professor, while fair also, appears to be more by the book. Her class will be run in accordance to a more stringent set of rules. When discussing cases and problems her method is to call on a student at random instead of taking volunteers. In either scenario we know to be prepared anyhow, but this is an added stress that seems unnecessary.

She has shown signs that she will also work with us to help us understand to the best of her ability. That is a very good thing.

Intro to Law:
This class is actually taught by two people. From my understanding neither is a professor, they are the teachers of the class. One is a representative from the Academic Resource Center provided through the school and the other is in a similar capacity though adjunct.

I was unsure what to expect from this class as it is designed to be an aid in the rest of my courses for first term. Now I know that it is actually quite helpful. It is a little extra work, and at a rather inconvenient time (7-9pm Friday), but I do see benefit in the class.

The teacher who is actually full time with the ARC seems extremely helpful and he relates very well from what I have seen to date.

In total:
Law school will not be that bad. Sure it is all relative and I am still enjoying the few page assignments of the first few weeks, but it really does not seem too bad. As many times as even I have heard this, it does hold true: you just have to do the work. If I read and brief my cases, when I go into class there are no surprises.

I am still working on ironing out my routine that will have me do roughly 1 hour of work per night per class. That is what will really be the hard part about law school. The powers that be in law school land call it a "compromise" between my time spent doing other things, I consider it a sacrifice. Call it what you want.

1 week down. 259 to go.