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@Melissa: One of my thoughts is to have the students form smallish (4-5 people) law firms, give them a faux petition and schedule, and give each firm a different "backstory" (Firm A used to represent creditor A w/a s/i in X collateral and currently represents creditors B & C and vendor D; Firm B represents two of the debtor's directors in matters unrelated to the bankruptcy, etc.). What'cha think?
Commented Dec 20, 2011 on Revamping the Advanced Bankruptcy Class at Credit Slips
Revamping the Advanced Bankruptcy Class
Thanks, Bob, for welcoming me back. I'd like to start with a quick poll. Credit Slips readers, off the top of your head, what short writings (say 5 pages or fewer) should law students be doing that would be directly relevant to business bankruptcy practice? They can be related to business cases ...
I'd love to see them do a mock conflicts check. (No surprise there.)
Commented Dec 19, 2011 on Revamping the Advanced Bankruptcy Class at Credit Slips
Revamping the Advanced Bankruptcy Class
Thanks, Bob, for welcoming me back. I'd like to start with a quick poll. Credit Slips readers, off the top of your head, what short writings (say 5 pages or fewer) should law students be doing that would be directly relevant to business bankruptcy practice? They can be related to business cases ...
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"Mean test" certainly could have been an editorial comment, both in terms of my exam AND in terms of Congress's bankruptcy amendments!
Commented Dec 23, 2009 on It's that time of year again (classic exam bloopers). at The Faculty Lounge
It's that time of year again (classic exam bloopers).
As our grading for the year winds down (I hope), here's my nomination for the funniest exam blooper of the season. I'm halfway through grading my PR exams, and so far, I've seen two instances of "ad hoc vice" admissions. Like the "mean test" (my nomination from my last set of Basic Bankruptcy ...
Um, there's a nonfiction dean in Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room. :) http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1016268/ & http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1904564/
Commented Sep 4, 2009 on Deans on Film at The Faculty Lounge
Deans on Film
I am honored and delighted to join The Faculty Lounge this month. During my stint as a guest, I will focus primarily on "Law and Popular Culture" topics. The following issue is freshest on my mind because it took place less than two weeks ago. During my welcome address to incoming students, I...
I give up. Just go to YouTube, search for "EDS Cat-Herding Commercial," and enjoy.
Commented Jul 25, 2009 on Wanted: Cat Herder at The Faculty Lounge
Wanted: Cat Herder
Wanna be a law school dean? Wanna live in the Dallas area? If you answered "yes" to these questions, then perhaps you should apply to be the founding dean at the start-up law school at the University of North Texas. More info here.
Last link didn't work. Trying again: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1SmgLtg1Izw.
Commented Jul 25, 2009 on Wanted: Cat Herder at The Faculty Lounge
Wanted: Cat Herder
Wanna be a law school dean? Wanna live in the Dallas area? If you answered "yes" to these questions, then perhaps you should apply to be the founding dean at the start-up law school at the University of North Texas. More info here.
For all potential cat-herders, this YouTube video is, of course, required viewing: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1SmgLtg1Izw.
Commented Jul 25, 2009 on Wanted: Cat Herder at The Faculty Lounge
Wanted: Cat Herder
Wanna be a law school dean? Wanna live in the Dallas area? If you answered "yes" to these questions, then perhaps you should apply to be the founding dean at the start-up law school at the University of North Texas. More info here.
That's a good idea. I tried orienting them w/a lecture on the Code sections that the problems would be covering that day, but apparently some of them want more. I'll mull over your ideas, and I sure appreciate them!
Commented Jun 11, 2009 on Crossing over into the world of the grouchy at The Faculty Lounge
Crossing over into the world of the grouchy
So, I've been reading my student evaluations (for a related post, see here), and one disturbing theme I've noticed is the desire of some students in my upper-level classes to have me "go over" the readings. Not "work more problems" (I teach problem-based courses), which I'd understand--"go over...
Wow--we could also start a whole post on "nasty, unfair student evals." Of course, I haven't finished grading my other set of finals (I will! I will! Tonight!), so I haven't read the second set of evals yet.
Commented Jun 9, 2009 on Student evaluations I love at The Faculty Lounge
Student evaluations I love
Up until now, my favorite evaluations have included "Drinks too much Diet Coke" (not true any more) and (from an 11-year-old sitting with her mom in my class, when asked how I compared to other professors) "I don't know; I'm only 11 years old." But today, having turned in my grades for one of my...
This afternoon's joy in reading PR exams came when I read that a law firm (named after our cats, Grace & Shadow) could avoid a conflicts problem by establishing an "iron curtain." So that's why the former Soviet Union did it....
Commented Jun 6, 2009 on Fun while grading.... at The Faculty Lounge
Fun while grading....
As I wind up my grading (ETA of grades, next week), I've started keeping a list of my favorite lines from exams. Two so far from my bankruptcy exams: one student noted that "Ch 7 & 13 function relatively the same w/a few differences," which--if you're looking at chapters 1, 3, and 5 of the Bank...
Of course, my all-time favorite one was when I taught the "shaken faith" doctrine in contracts, and one exam writer wrote about the "Shake & Bake" doctrine....
Commented Jun 4, 2009 on Fun while grading.... at The Faculty Lounge
Fun while grading....
As I wind up my grading (ETA of grades, next week), I've started keeping a list of my favorite lines from exams. Two so far from my bankruptcy exams: one student noted that "Ch 7 & 13 function relatively the same w/a few differences," which--if you're looking at chapters 1, 3, and 5 of the Bank...
BTW, one of my buddies (Seymour) has this suggestion:
Even after 50+ years out of [his school] - advise the newcomers NOT TO TALK DOWN TO THEIR STUDENTS even when called upon and they are unprepared - treat them as equal human beings.
I still remember (after 50+ years) 2 of my professors [names snipped] who "talked down" to 1st year students. (I doubt if I remember all the names of my other professors.)
I agree. At some point, if you're too aggressive, students stop listening and therefore stop learning.
Commented Jun 4, 2009 on Some advice for the new folks entering law school teaching at The Faculty Lounge
Some advice for the new folks entering law school teaching
My buddy Tim Zinnecker has suggested that I start off my guest blogging with some advice for folks new to legal academia. (Thanks, Tim!) So here are some ideas, and I hope that lots of you will pitch in with your own ideas--both for newbies and for laterals who are heading off to somewhere new...
Thanks, all y'all, for your comments! Vladimir, I think that some schools are less focused on teaching than others, and there's something really rewarding about making those connections with students, even in the first year. I'm friends w/several former students, and I even IM'd with a former student last night. (Hey, beats grading!)
The fact is that there's only a limited amount of time, and EVERYTHING takes longer for a newbie academic, just as everything takes longer for a newbie lawyer. As with any other environment, find out what's valued, and focus on that first. PRIORITIZE. And don't forget to save a little time for yourself.
Commented Jun 3, 2009 on Some advice for the new folks entering law school teaching at The Faculty Lounge
Some advice for the new folks entering law school teaching
My buddy Tim Zinnecker has suggested that I start off my guest blogging with some advice for folks new to legal academia. (Thanks, Tim!) So here are some ideas, and I hope that lots of you will pitch in with your own ideas--both for newbies and for laterals who are heading off to somewhere new...
Thanks, y'all! After I grade another tranch (!) of bankruptcy exams, I'll start posting. Any suggestions?
Commented Jun 2, 2009 on Welcome Guest Blogger Nancy Rapoport at The Faculty Lounge
Welcome Guest Blogger Nancy Rapoport
We're very pleased to welcome Nancy Rapoport as a guest here at the Lounge. Nancy is the Gordon Silver Professor of Law at UNLV William S. Boyd School of Law. She previously served as the dean at the University of Houston Law Center and the University of Nebraska College of Law. She started...
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