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CLS: Dorf for Fed Courts?

Anyone taking Dorf for Fed Courts? I didn't have him for Ci...
very tactful water buffalo trailer park
  11/17/06
He's pretty unclear, but he's very funny, and pretty obvious...
Shaky station brethren
  11/17/06
Dorf Goes Fishing was my favorite
Avocado 180 Range Trust Fund
  11/17/06
i laughed.
Know-it-all Stag Film
  11/17/06
I'm not looking forward to the 24 hour final exam in it, but...
Vivacious Space Dog Poop
  11/17/06
...
Boyish Slap-happy Sweet Tailpipe Ratface
  11/17/06
If you like taking risks, however, it would be badass to go ...
Shaky station brethren
  11/17/06
This is what I was thinking, too.
pungent piazza
  11/17/06
Dorf is clearly brilliant, but in class he has a way of maki...
embarrassed to the bone rehab
  11/17/06
titcr
walnut nudist home blood rage
  11/17/06
The CLS Registrar does it again (i.e., make the office look ...
Vivacious Space Dog Poop
  11/17/06
Yeah, uh ... they're special.
pungent piazza
  11/17/06


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Date: November 17th, 2006 4:25 PM
Author: very tactful water buffalo trailer park

Anyone taking Dorf for Fed Courts? I didn't have him for Civ Pro, but have heard mixed things about his teaching style.



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=528313&forum_id=2#7013385)





Date: November 17th, 2006 4:47 PM
Author: Shaky station brethren

He's pretty unclear, but he's very funny, and pretty obviously a genius. Also, he's one of those profs that doesn't make any sense while you're taking his class, but his way of thinking sort of sticks with you. That is, he starts to make sense months later. I hated the experience of taking civ pro with him, but I appreciate it in retrospect.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=528313&forum_id=2#7013521)





Date: November 17th, 2006 4:50 PM
Author: Avocado 180 Range Trust Fund

Dorf Goes Fishing was my favorite

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=528313&forum_id=2#7013545)





Date: November 17th, 2006 5:21 PM
Author: Know-it-all Stag Film

i laughed.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=528313&forum_id=2#7013805)





Date: November 17th, 2006 4:51 PM
Author: Vivacious Space Dog Poop

I'm not looking forward to the 24 hour final exam in it, but I think I'll be taking it.

Moving aside from the Dorf issue: Are you a 2L or a 3L?

If you're a 2L, there's no need to take Fed Courts now, since it's a really hard class and you don't need to have taken it before clerkship interviews. Take it as a 3L if you can.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=528313&forum_id=2#7013554)





Date: November 17th, 2006 4:57 PM
Author: Boyish Slap-happy Sweet Tailpipe Ratface



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=528313&forum_id=2#7013613)





Date: November 17th, 2006 5:37 PM
Author: Shaky station brethren

If you like taking risks, however, it would be badass to go into clerkship interviews with an A in fed courts. But yeah, probably not worth the risk.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=528313&forum_id=2#7013932)





Date: November 17th, 2006 5:54 PM
Author: pungent piazza

This is what I was thinking, too.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=528313&forum_id=2#7014049)





Date: November 17th, 2006 5:04 PM
Author: embarrassed to the bone rehab

Dorf is clearly brilliant, but in class he has a way of making things more difficult than they need to be. Granted, I had him for Con Law, which is a muddy area, but instead of helping you wade through the mud, he pretty much tosses you in it and tries to drown you.

He's funny and entertaining, but you may not understand 50% of what he's talking about.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=528313&forum_id=2#7013667)





Date: November 17th, 2006 5:56 PM
Author: walnut nudist home blood rage

titcr

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=528313&forum_id=2#7014058)





Date: November 17th, 2006 5:41 PM
Author: Vivacious Space Dog Poop

The CLS Registrar does it again (i.e., make the office look like a bunch of idiots):

"Please be reminded that Spring Pre-Registration closes at 5pm on Monday, November 20. If you do not pre-register by the deadline, you will have to wait until the change of program period (September 5-September 19) to add/drop classes. The lottery will be run later this summer and schedules will be posted in Lawnet in late August."

What's even worse is that they have the correct information further down the email and no one proofreading wondered why the dates didn't match up.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=528313&forum_id=2#7013958)





Date: November 17th, 2006 5:54 PM
Author: pungent piazza

Yeah, uh ... they're special.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=528313&forum_id=2#7014045)