Comments on: A 1L Guide to Hornbooks http://eagleionline.com/blog/2007/08/14/a-1l-guide-to-hornbooks/ Fri, 30 Jul 2010 12:02:56 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.2.1 By: To Jesse http://eagleionline.com/blog/2007/08/14/a-1l-guide-to-hornbooks/#comment-6666 To Jesse Mon, 27 Aug 2007 10:29:58 +0000 http://eagleionline.com/blog/2007/08/14/a-1l-guide-to-hornbooks/#comment-6666 I do know Scott, and I in no way called him lazy or meant to suggest it. I said that I disagreed with his characterization of "99%" of the BC population. I felt that that his description of the study body suggested we (at least 99% of us) are lazy students who don't take things as seriously as we could or should. I do know Scott, and I in no way called him lazy or meant to suggest it. I said that I disagreed with his characterization of “99%” of the BC population. I felt that that his description of the study body suggested we (at least 99% of us) are lazy students who don’t take things as seriously as we could or should.

]]> By: Jesse Stellato http://eagleionline.com/blog/2007/08/14/a-1l-guide-to-hornbooks/#comment-6644 Jesse Stellato Sun, 26 Aug 2007 20:21:50 +0000 http://eagleionline.com/blog/2007/08/14/a-1l-guide-to-hornbooks/#comment-6644 <p>Do you know Scott Kleepcamp? He is one of the smartest and hardworking people at Boston College Law School, and his tireless contributions to the entire student body are basically legendary. Lazy? I don't think so.</p> Do you know Scott Kleepcamp? He is one of the smartest and hardworking people at Boston College Law School, and his tireless contributions to the entire student body are basically legendary. Lazy? I don’t think so.

]]> By: To Scott http://eagleionline.com/blog/2007/08/14/a-1l-guide-to-hornbooks/#comment-6639 To Scott Sun, 26 Aug 2007 18:54:31 +0000 http://eagleionline.com/blog/2007/08/14/a-1l-guide-to-hornbooks/#comment-6639 I normally don't respond to individual posts on here, but for the benefit of possible BC students and other people who read this blog, I wanted to reply to your comment: "However, if you are like 99% of the rest of us, and find that you occaisionaly (or pretty much consistently) just “skim” the readings, surf the internet during class, and miss a few classes here or there, hornbooks are absolute lifesavers." I wouldn't agree that such a lazy attitude towards work embodies almost the entire student body. Perhaps 2L year might be very different, but the majority of people I know take school much more seriously than that. I normally don’t respond to individual posts on here, but for the benefit of possible BC students and other people who read this blog, I wanted to reply to your comment:

“However, if you are like 99% of the rest of us, and find that you occaisionaly (or pretty much consistently) just “skim” the readings, surf the internet during class, and miss a few classes here or there, hornbooks are absolute lifesavers.”

I wouldn’t agree that such a lazy attitude towards work embodies almost the entire student body. Perhaps 2L year might be very different, but the majority of people I know take school much more seriously than that.

]]> By: Skip for now http://eagleionline.com/blog/2007/08/14/a-1l-guide-to-hornbooks/#comment-6637 Skip for now Sun, 26 Aug 2007 18:50:54 +0000 http://eagleionline.com/blog/2007/08/14/a-1l-guide-to-hornbooks/#comment-6637 There is such a huge temptation to load up on hornbooks, especially when you see everyone else lugging them around. I didn't use them at all during the course of the year until finals, and then only selectively to help me organize or figure out a particular concept. In most cases, your prof tells you want you need to know. Adding extra stuff from hornbooks isn't going to give you extra points. A couple of tips on particular Fall professors: Bilder (Property): There is NO need to get a hornbook for her class. She is incredibly clear and explicit, and will give you a huge amount of information as it is. Bloom (Civ Pro): E&E was helpful towards the exam to run through practice problems. FitzGiboon (Contracts): This is one of the few classes where I used a commercial outline to put my outline together at then end. I liked Emmanuels (sp). Hashimoto (Torts): Completely unnecessary. He tells you exactly what you need to know very clearly and even summarizes what he covered the next day. There is such a huge temptation to load up on hornbooks, especially when you see everyone else lugging them around. I didn’t use them at all during the course of the year until finals, and then only selectively to help me organize or figure out a particular concept. In most cases, your prof tells you want you need to know. Adding extra stuff from hornbooks isn’t going to give you extra points.

A couple of tips on particular Fall professors:

Bilder (Property): There is NO need to get a hornbook for her class. She is incredibly clear and explicit, and will give you a huge amount of information as it is.

Bloom (Civ Pro): E&E was helpful towards the exam to run through practice problems.

FitzGiboon (Contracts): This is one of the few classes where I used a commercial outline to put my outline together at then end. I liked Emmanuels (sp).

Hashimoto (Torts): Completely unnecessary. He tells you exactly what you need to know very clearly and even summarizes what he covered the next day.

]]> By: Austin Evers http://eagleionline.com/blog/2007/08/14/a-1l-guide-to-hornbooks/#comment-6514 Austin Evers Fri, 24 Aug 2007 04:14:57 +0000 http://eagleionline.com/blog/2007/08/14/a-1l-guide-to-hornbooks/#comment-6514 One thing I would recommend is to avoid the urge to buy all the hornbooks, or even to buy them before you feel you need them. It's tempting to go onto Amazon and order 20 pounds of extra reading but it may be overkill. I never took this advice and sometimes wound up with a hornbook that wasn't as good as another. Seriously, check the library first to see the different style of each book; 1L books cost enough as it is and there's no reason to spend more unnecessarily. One thing I would recommend is to avoid the urge to buy all the hornbooks, or even to buy them before you feel you need them. It’s tempting to go onto Amazon and order 20 pounds of extra reading but it may be overkill. I never took this advice and sometimes wound up with a hornbook that wasn’t as good as another. Seriously, check the library first to see the different style of each book; 1L books cost enough as it is and there’s no reason to spend more unnecessarily.

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