# So, That was My first Law School Final **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [December 13, 2006, 9:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-that-was-my-first-law-school-final/384019 "2006-12-13T21:18:07Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Hello\_Again](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/85e7bf/32.png) [@Hello\_Again](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hello_Again)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2006, 9:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-that-was-my-first-law-school-final/384019/1 "2006-12-13T21:18:07Z")
I finished up my Contracts (I) exam at 11:22pm. One down, 3 more to go. Or, 23 more plus the bar if you want to look at it that way. It wasn’t so bad, really. We had been lead to expect the Most Insanely Difficult Exam. EVAR. by the gossip mill. It was a lot less hard than that. I got to cite Leonard v. Pepsico\*, and who doesn’t love that? Criminal law on friday. Looking forward to that one in a nerdy way. Well, SIMS don’t get much more MP than this, but its big news in my brain, so… yeah. \*remember that kid who tried to buy a Harrier Jet with Pepsi points? That’s Leonard v. PepsiCo. ---
**Author:** ![howye](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a9adbd/32.png) [@howye](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/howye)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2006, 9:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-that-was-my-first-law-school-final/384019/2 "2006-12-13T21:42:26Z")
As I sit here preparing for my Con Law and Business Associations exams (or more accurately, stare at my outline and read the SDMB), I find that the tests are no longer a big deal. The apprehension from last year is gone. I have that first year of experience and the only really bad part about the exams is the hand cramps from writing for three hours. So, my point is it only gets better from here. Good luck. ---
**Author:** ![Cunctator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/43a26b/32.png) [@Cunctator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cunctator)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2006, 9:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-that-was-my-first-law-school-final/384019/3 "2006-12-13T21:47:55Z")
[QUOTE=Hello Again] I finished up my Contracts (I) exam at 11:22pm. [/QUOTE] 11.22pm! This seems incredibly late to be doing an exam. Was it a take home paper? What times are exams normally scheduled? Standard times here are 9.30am-12.30pm and 2.00pm-5.00pm ---
**Author:** ![Dinsdale](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/97f17d/32.png) [@Dinsdale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dinsdale)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2006, 9:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-that-was-my-first-law-school-final/384019/4 "2006-12-13T21:52:46Z")
What I really enjoyed about my first semester’s finals as a 1L was getting back the grades, and realizing that my sense of how well I knew the material and how well I thought I did on the final had little or nothing to do with the grades I got. From then on out it was “hook and go” baby! ---
**Author:** ![Marienee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/73ab20/32.png) [@Marienee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marienee)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2006, 10:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-that-was-my-first-law-school-final/384019/5 "2006-12-13T22:10:43Z")
[QUOTE=Dinsdale] What I really enjoyed about my first semester’s finals as a 1L was getting back the grades, and realizing that my sense of how well I knew the material and how well I thought I did on the final had little or nothing to do with the grades I got. From then on out it was “hook and go” baby! [/QUOTE] And this is excellent preparation for trial practice, where how prepared you are and your sense of how the evidence went turns out to have little or nothing to do with the verdict handed out. Or is that just me? ---
**Author:** ![Hello\_Again](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/85e7bf/32.png) [@Hello\_Again](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hello_Again)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2006, 10:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-that-was-my-first-law-school-final/384019/6 "2006-12-13T22:20:19Z")
[QUOTE=Cunctator] 11.22pm! This seems incredibly late to be doing an exam. Was it a take home paper? What times are exams normally scheduled? Standard times here are 9.30am-12.30pm and 2.00pm-5.00pm [/QUOTE] Don’t mind me, I used up all today’s brain power applying UCC 2-207 to offers and acceptances between non-merchants, with terms differing. I finished at 11:22 AM. ---
**Author:** ![Richard\_Parker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/35a633/32.png) [@Richard\_Parker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Richard_Parker)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2006, 11:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-that-was-my-first-law-school-final/384019/7 "2006-12-13T23:32:38Z")
I just finished my first exam too! Well, not just, but this afternoon. Civil Procedure with Arthur Miller. It was a real bear. I did _not_ get to talk about jump-jets, but I did get to talk about hovercrafts (which I think was supposed to be some sort of subtle pun on “minimum contacts”). Or maybe I’m just sleepy. Best of luck, **Hello Again**. ---
**Author:** ![Troy\_McClure\_SF](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/troy_mcclure_sf/32/4150_2.png) [@Troy\_McClure\_SF](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Troy_McClure_SF)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2006, 12:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-that-was-my-first-law-school-final/384019/8 "2006-12-14T00:13:15Z")
Good luck, you guys. A few friends finish their last final at Hastings on Friday, and I think we intend to visit the majority of bars in San Francisco on Saturday. ---
**Author:** ![Random](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/57b2e6/32.png) [@Random](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Random)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2006, 1:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-that-was-my-first-law-school-final/384019/9 "2006-12-14T01:39:15Z")
Have you had the “Oh no, I slept through my law school final!” dream yet? ---
**Author:** ![Richard\_Parker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/35a633/32.png) [@Richard\_Parker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Richard_Parker)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2006, 2:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-that-was-my-first-law-school-final/384019/10 "2006-12-14T02:23:39Z")
[QUOTE=Random] Have you had the “Oh no, I slept through my law school final!” dream yet? [/QUOTE] I woke up with two words ringing through my head this morning: mango venue. I tried to work it into the exam, but it didn’t happen. No idea why my brain picked mangos. I’m sure a resident psychoanalyst will come along and tell me it’s because of my mom. ---
**Author:** ![LawMonkey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/d6d6ee/32.png) [@LawMonkey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LawMonkey)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2006, 2:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-that-was-my-first-law-school-final/384019/11 "2006-12-14T02:32:30Z")
Urgh. I had my first final on Tuesday, Civ Pro. I was generally well-prepared and confident. Friday I have Con Law. Unlike most of my classmates, I’m also feeling reasonably confident on that one. Monday I have Contracts. I am currently panicking over contracts, as my notes are a mess and I have no outline to speak of. I curse the person who came up with this horrible ‘CaseFile Method’ e-casebook we used. (I also curse me for not keeping better notes, heh.) Argh. Arthur Miller–I do believe he’s going to be a visiting prof here next semester, teaching Advanced Civ Pro to 2Ls. ---
**Author:** ![Richard\_Parker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/35a633/32.png) [@Richard\_Parker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Richard_Parker)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2006, 2:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-that-was-my-first-law-school-final/384019/12 "2006-12-14T02:42:20Z")
[QUOTE=Lemur Catta] Arthur Miller–I do believe he’s going to be a visiting prof here next semester, teaching Advanced Civ Pro to 2Ls. [/QUOTE] Could be, are you in NY? I know he’s going to be in the city next semester but not teaching here. Congrats on feeling prepared. I think that’s half the battle. Have you read the Blum E&E? I found it useful for K’s. ---
**Author:** ![Richard\_Parker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/35a633/32.png) [@Richard\_Parker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Richard_Parker)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2006, 2:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-that-was-my-first-law-school-final/384019/13 "2006-12-14T02:44:43Z")
Oh, it’s a 4-class seminar that he’s teaching. Man, that guy really gets around. ---
**Author:** ![Cunctator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/43a26b/32.png) [@Cunctator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cunctator)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2006, 2:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-that-was-my-first-law-school-final/384019/14 "2006-12-14T02:57:30Z")
My end of year law exams were about a month ago. Now I’m sweating on the results that come out tomorrow. ---
**Author:** ![Spoons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spoons/32/3141_2.png) [@Spoons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoons)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2006, 3:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-that-was-my-first-law-school-final/384019/15 "2006-12-14T03:06:35Z")
Tomorrow, Evidence in the morning and Intellectual Property in the afternoon. Saturday, Administrative Law. Tuesday, Sentencing. What the hell am I doing surfing the Dope right now? Aaaaa! We really need a smiley pulling its hair out for situations like this. ---
**Author:** ![Jodi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/7feea3/32.png) [@Jodi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jodi)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2006, 3:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-that-was-my-first-law-school-final/384019/16 "2006-12-14T03:11:41Z")
As a former law student with vivid memories, let me just say, with all due sympathy and respect – HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAHAHAHAHAAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!! Better you than me! 🙂 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![anu-la1979](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/47e85d/32.png) [@anu-la1979](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anu-la1979)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2006, 3:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-that-was-my-first-law-school-final/384019/17 "2006-12-14T03:30:58Z")
I always just made it up. Never got less than a B+ except in Tax (that was the sole multiple choice exam I took in school). ---
**Author:** ![Heffalump\_and\_Roo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/heffalump_and_roo/32/7691_2.png) [@Heffalump\_and\_Roo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Heffalump_and_Roo)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2006, 3:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-that-was-my-first-law-school-final/384019/18 "2006-12-14T03:44:20Z")
[QUOTE=Random] Have you had the “Oh no, I slept through my law school final!” dream yet? [/QUOTE] Oooh! That was cruel! If they didn’t before, _now_ they will. ---
**Author:** ![Spavined\_Gelding](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/958977/32.png) [@Spavined\_Gelding](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spavined_Gelding)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2006, 4:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-that-was-my-first-law-school-final/384019/19 "2006-12-14T04:08:50Z")
[QUOTE=Random] Have you had the “Oh no, I slept through my law school final!” dream yet? [/QUOTE] It has been almost 40 years since they released me on an unsuspecting populace and I still have that dream. Also the final exam in the course where you never attended the lectures or did the reading. Cold sweat at Three O’clock in the morning. There are fears you never escape. Good luck to all! ---
**Author:** ![LawMonkey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/d6d6ee/32.png) [@LawMonkey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LawMonkey)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2006, 4:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-that-was-my-first-law-school-final/384019/20 "2006-12-14T04:21:59Z")
[QUOTE=Richard Parker] Could be, are you in NY? I know he’s going to be in the city next semester but not teaching here. Congrats on feeling prepared. I think that’s half the battle. Have you read the Blum E&E? I found it useful for K’s. [/QUOTE] Nah, Cincinnati. Now that I take a look at it, he’s just doing a week-long seminar, plus an “informal presentation.” I’ll have to try to make that–with it being the beginning of the semester, my schedule ought to be fairly well open. I haven’t, no. The root of all my problems, I feel, with contracts, is the way the course has been taught, which has been pretty short on structure. Plus the cases just haven’t been as memorable as the biggies from conlaw or even civil procedure–with certain exceptions, of course, like Leonard v. Pepsico and ah, the kid who sued Time to the tune of multiple millions over a plastic wristwatch. Nor, to finish my bitch-session, does it help that this is the prof’s first year teaching at this school, so I’ve got very little guidance for what to expect. I think I’m gonna swing by the bookstore tomorrow and see if they’ve got the Crunchtime for Ks. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-that-was-my-first-law-school-final/384019.md?page=2)