Not that I have 28 spare hours...
But, in keeping with my love of podcasts, i'd recommend this evidence law class, which is on podcast.
It's a class full of hypos which is perfect for the bar exam.
I've only listened to about 4 classes (I had a long drive from Pittsburgh to Philadelphia) and two of them had bad sound but other than that, the class/professor/hypos really helped.
In fact, when I came home & did practice barbri questions, my score went up significantly.
just a tip!
Oh yeah, and to all of the law professors who read my blog (which I will estimate is about zero)...
Instead of an attendance policy, I think you should just podcast your lectures. I've listened to a few Berkeley lectures (Greg Niemeyer, Pamuela Samuelson (aka "Pam Sam")) and now Thomas Guernsey's, where it's a live class (a.k.a. professors performing in front of students! not in their office recording onto some sum & substance cd). Students look like such fools when the professors call on them by their full names and ask them a question and, in response, the students just make up some excuse as to why they didn't do the reading.
Gosh, do us law students really sound like that? we think we're so smart when we say "that wasn't in the syllabus" or "i'm actually not prepared for the day"...imagine if those responses were recorded on a podcast? Career Services (and the New York Times) talk about myspace or friendster or blogs, etc. but what if employers listened to podcasts of classes!
(Thankfully I've already graduated! not that it would matter anyway because i was *always* prepared! :-):-):-))
But, I've also philosophized why a lot of law professors don't have podcasts (this goes for any type of professor). You have to be a really good professor to keep people interested in listening to your podcast (whether these people be your students or just anyone in the virtual universe - people listen to podcasts in their spare time...even enrolled students). As a podcast professor, you have to make the material interesting and present it eloquently and efficiently. Podcasts, thus, have potential to separate the genuinely awesome professors (who stay on topic, engage students, and relate the material effectively) from those who are just famous "by name" through their published work.
Who knows? Maybe in a few years this can be criteria by which to judge professors instead of "US News and World Report." It let's pre-students decide and also takes these professors from "outside of their titles and from behind their desks" and pushes them in the real world to show what they've really got. (fine, i guess if you're on a podcast you're in the virtual world...still, same principles apply).
It's a class full of hypos which is perfect for the bar exam.
I've only listened to about 4 classes (I had a long drive from Pittsburgh to Philadelphia) and two of them had bad sound but other than that, the class/professor/hypos really helped.
In fact, when I came home & did practice barbri questions, my score went up significantly.
just a tip!
Oh yeah, and to all of the law professors who read my blog (which I will estimate is about zero)...
Instead of an attendance policy, I think you should just podcast your lectures. I've listened to a few Berkeley lectures (Greg Niemeyer, Pamuela Samuelson (aka "Pam Sam")) and now Thomas Guernsey's, where it's a live class (a.k.a. professors performing in front of students! not in their office recording onto some sum & substance cd). Students look like such fools when the professors call on them by their full names and ask them a question and, in response, the students just make up some excuse as to why they didn't do the reading.
Gosh, do us law students really sound like that? we think we're so smart when we say "that wasn't in the syllabus" or "i'm actually not prepared for the day"...imagine if those responses were recorded on a podcast? Career Services (and the New York Times) talk about myspace or friendster or blogs, etc. but what if employers listened to podcasts of classes!
(Thankfully I've already graduated! not that it would matter anyway because i was *always* prepared! :-):-):-))
But, I've also philosophized why a lot of law professors don't have podcasts (this goes for any type of professor). You have to be a really good professor to keep people interested in listening to your podcast (whether these people be your students or just anyone in the virtual universe - people listen to podcasts in their spare time...even enrolled students). As a podcast professor, you have to make the material interesting and present it eloquently and efficiently. Podcasts, thus, have potential to separate the genuinely awesome professors (who stay on topic, engage students, and relate the material effectively) from those who are just famous "by name" through their published work.
Who knows? Maybe in a few years this can be criteria by which to judge professors instead of "US News and World Report." It let's pre-students decide and also takes these professors from "outside of their titles and from behind their desks" and pushes them in the real world to show what they've really got. (fine, i guess if you're on a podcast you're in the virtual world...still, same principles apply).
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12:22 AM
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er, Pamela Samuelson!
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