Above the Law: From the Career Files: What Should You Take Notes On When Your Professor Won’t Discuss the Law?

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From the Career Files: What Should You Take Notes On When Your Professor Won't Discuss the Law? Jan 11th 2013, 21:21 Ed. note: This is the latest installment in a series of posts from the ATL Career Center’s team of expert contributors. Today, with the second semester looming, Alison Monahan offers some practical advice for law students dealing with a particularly maddening type of professor. At some point in your law school experience, you're likely to encounter a professor who — brilliant though he or she may be — just isn't that interested in discussing "the law." Sure, they'll go on for hours about their pet theory of justice, or an esoteric research problem they're working on, but good luck getting them to explain how Rule 4(k)(2) works. This can be a frustrating scenario. (After all, you are paying for LAW school.) Chances are good they're not going to change their teaching style (hooray, tenure), but you can develop some coping mechanisms. Continue reading at the ATL Career Center….

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