Law School Discussion

I doubt you can ethically make up grades based on scores....

You don't understand the system, which I think is stupid, but not unethical. 

Midterm grades are not "made up." The scores correspond to grades on the school's grading scale, which basically means that there are grades for midterm exams.  However, because the courses are year-long, there are no final grades until spring (based on the midterms plus final exams), which are the only grades the registrar's office uses for transcripts.

Clear as mud?

AppleDuck, you won't get a grade from the registrar's office, but you will get your exams back with their numeric scores and a copy of the grading scale.  You can easily figure out your midterm grades from there.

I enjoy reading Scalia even when I think he's crackers.

I also enjoy reading Cardozo just to see some of his turns of phrase.

Not a Posner fan.

I used the E&E, which I thought was pretty good though not comprehensive.  I did not use it until the end of the course and I think I got better use out of it that way because the problems in earlier chapters (like problems on relevance) also had issues like character and hearsay in them so I could work out the problems on multiple levels (the answers in the book only covered what was in the chapter, but it was still helpful to work them out.)

I also used the Sum & Substance CDs to go over concepts and I thought it was useful.  If you're into mnemonic devices, the Sum & Substance guy seems to love them and has a few he throws out there.

I greatly dislike Civ Pro. How can I be more like you?

Alas for you, Civ Pro nerds are born, not made.