Sunday, June 28, 2009

Self study is turning me into a hermit

I'm in a kind of weird situation. I'm studying for the bar exam at home while all my friends are taking a class to study for it. I can't take the class because I'm taking a different state's bar exam. Why not go back to my state to take the bar exam you ask? Good question. You see I couldn't find a job in my preferred state and managed to find a job in the state of my law school. By that point though it was far too late to change bar exams and I still don't want to practice in this state for long. Fortunately this state has a special rule allowing me to practice for a short period of time as long as I've passed any bar exam. So I'm studying for Awesome State's bar exam so I can practice in Sucky State for a little while.

Because of this I'm by myself most of the time. As a result my sleep schedule is a nightmare. It is currently 6 in the morning and I have not yet gone to bed. At this point I will probably stay awake as long as possible and then take a short nap and try and get back on a more normal schedule. It isn't like it matters though I don't need to leave the house. On Wednesday and Thursday I went 36 hours without even going outside. Today I will leave the house because I need groceries.

I haven't noticed any advantage to my studies on subjects I took in law school (except evidence, but I learned that from mock trial and practicing). I'm happy about this since I chose my law school classes based on professors first and subject matter second. I took every single criminal law class offered at my school (not that big of an accomplishment sadly) and nearly a full semester of practical classes (15 credits a semester, total I did 7 credits of trial ad, and 7 credits of clinic).

Wednesday, June 24, 2009

Evidence is my bitch

Seriously I sent an email to the guy who does my lectures correcting a mistake in his evidence outline. His sample answer had a mistake as well. Admission by party opponent and prior witness statements are not exceptions to the hearsay rule. They are NOT hearsay. There is a difference between saying the Prior Witness Statement is admissible as an exception to the hearsay rule and the Prior Witness Statement is admissible because it is not hearsay. The difference? The first one is wrong.

If the bar exam was Civil Procedure, Criminal Procedure, Con Law Trial Ad and Evidence I would pass with flying colors. Through in Torts and Family Law and I'd do pretty well. It's when you get to Contracts, Property, Admin Law, Agency/Partnerships, Sales, etc that I run into trouble.
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