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Comment on Speaker Series – Program in Real Estate, Land Use, and Community Development by Law School Announcements 11/18/10 | University of Wisconsin Law School Student Bar Association

Thu, 18 Nov 2010 14:11:21 +0000

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Comment on DEAN’S CUP CELEBRATION!! by Tim Stewart

Tim Stewart — Thu, 28 Oct 2010 21:04:44 +0000

Glad to see that Law won the 15th Dean’s Cup. When we first started this back on ’95, the Med School dominated us. Keep up the great work!

Comment on SBA 1L Guide by Erin

Erin — Tue, 10 Aug 2010 21:12:22 +0000

I would disagree that commercial outlines don’t help at all because most of the professors do teach black letter law. All law schools have to teach the same basic things about property, crim, contracts, etc., and Wisconsin is no exception. I got the highest grade in my secured transactions class and I owe 80% of that to a commercial outline. Theh advantage of commercial outlines is that they allow you to see the big picture and the main concepts. You should then fill in the nuances that the prof has gone over in class on your own. I should note that I used commerical outlines to help me prepare my own outlines, which were tailored to the teaching of the prof. I never relied solely on a commercial outline.

Comment on Malpractice Bash! by kenneth david westphal

kenneth david westphal — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 23:32:58 +0000

Would you be willing to link to site that follows law student’s search for summer law clerk position? Thanks.

Comment on DRI Announces 2009 Law Student Diversity Scholarship by admin

admin — Thu, 05 Mar 2009 02:36:48 +0000

Hi Tommy-

I’m the webmaster for the SBA website and I wanted to let you know that we post all law school related announcements. You can submit things through the “submit announcement” tab, or email the secretary to send out an announcement with the tri-weekly emails. A number or organizations contact us to post their scholarships and events and we will publish anything as long as it is related to law school events or opportunities.

Comment on DRI Announces 2009 Law Student Diversity Scholarship by Tommy

Tommy — Wed, 04 Mar 2009 23:19:33 +0000

In other words, “white males need not apply.” Awesome. I’m so glad the law school cheerfully announces these totally non-discriminatory scholarships! Con Law 2 anyone??

Comment on Textbook and Bookmart Survey Information by Noah

Noah — Wed, 04 Mar 2009 20:19:41 +0000

It would be very interesting to have the bookmark present their side of the equation. With the Higher Education Opportunity Act, Sec. 112, Pub. L. No. 110-315, 122 Stat. 3078, 3109, I would assume that most students will purchase those books that are dramatically overpriced (when compared to Amazon’s prices) from Amazon. So, the Bookmart will lose this revenue. One presumes that these overpriced textbooks (compared to Amazon) drive much of the bookmart’s revenue stream. What is the bookmart’s strategy? Will they cut hours? Will they increase the prices of other texts?

So, it would be highly informative for the bookmart to present their current costs and also their plans for the future.

Comment on Applying to the Bar by Vic

Vic — Tue, 03 Mar 2009 01:24:18 +0000

oops…email me at vic.yanz@gmail.com (from comment #1)

Comment on Applying to the Bar by Vic

Vic — Tue, 03 Mar 2009 01:23:11 +0000

Take the MPRE your 2L summer. In my opinion, it doesn’t matter if you’ve already taken PR or not, so long as you put in a little time studying. The summer is a low-stress time to get it out of the way, and it’s nice to have a weekend freed up later in the year when all of your friends are stressing about taking the test.

Also, I have some good study materials for it (a 3-hour MPRE lecture broken up over 6 audio files, plus the handout to go along with it). E-mail me and I’ll be happy to forward you the materials.

Comment on Textbook and Bookmart Survey Information by i am mad as hell and i'm not going to take it anymore!

i am mad as hell and i'm not going to take it anymore! — Tue, 24 Feb 2009 13:12:08 +0000

1. The Bookmart is a non-profit organization that exists to “SUPPORT FOR STUDENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN LAW SCHOOL THROUGH THE OPERATION OF A BOOK STORE”. I encourage my fellow students to complete the SBA survey and answer whether they think that the Bookmart is fulfilling its mission. Personally, I would feel more supported if 1) I have access to a booklist in time to be able to purchase used and other lower cost books that the bookmart is unwilling/unable to offer for sale and 2) I would be able to purchase books with a credit card, especially since my loans are not always available to me in the few days prior to buying books.

2. Because the Bookmart is a nonprofit, I want people to know that they can view the Bookmart’s latest publicly available tax report (available at http://www.guidestar.org/FinDocuments/2007/391/739/2007-391739458-036476a6-9.pdf). I hope that the Bookmart and those on its Board of Directors (Dean Davis, Kevin Kelly, Prof. Clauss, and Prof. Irish) will improve their services to students by either offering used books for sale or releasing the book list earlier so those that students who will graduate with often $50,000 or more in debt (and in a terrible job market, nonetheless) will be able to save at least $1,000 dollars of debt.