ADDED: I'd intended to delete that (after testing what was causing the problem described here ), but since commenters have gathered -- eager to take the professor's test -- I can't delete it now. Maybe in some way thi…
Right now, still pre-dawn. I think of the law students who must endure another 8:30 a.m. exam. The exams are always at 8:30 a.m. -- a tough time for a young person. It's easy for us oldsters to be up and sharp at dawn. I coul…
Who was it? Such vague information. No city, no state. Just Blackberry ... like the name of a place on a law school exam . Or is it somewhere near Witchita, Kansas ? Ah, well, thanks to everyone who is reading. Do you have any i…
Hilarious quote from a Stanford law student who thinks grading is "so subjective" and "has much more to do with how well you think like the professor than how well you actually understand the law." He, like ma…
Here 's some timely analysis by law and religion prof John Witte Jr. (It's especially timely for me because it's the subject of the Constitutional Law exam I'm working on grading right now... as I take a break to …
Do law students know (or believe) that we lawprofs mean for the exam to be a rewarding educational experience? UPDATE: In the comments, lots of students and former students express the disbelief I expected, though there are conce…
I just picked up one of my two stacks of exams, and I see we have snazzy new blue books. Before, you knew they were the blue books, because they were, like, blue , and they were books . Now each one says BLUE BOOK in giant bloc…
Recently I noticed that there is a collection of student-written, downloadable course outlines on my law school's website. It is a section of the website used by the Student Bar Association, but it is clearly a subsection of…
Would Shakespeare really blow the new SAT? Some Princeton Review people talk about what it takes to ace the new essay section of the SAT. To receive a high score a student should write a long essay of three or more paragraphs,…