Sunday, April 18, 2004
Wednesday was great. It was my first class. There were a couple of technical glitches, but not too bad. I also made a friend. She was the first person in the room and I was the second (I got there 1 hour early). She had to leave early for an appointment, so I shared my notes.
The method we are going to use to learn is to study previous cases. These cases embody what the law had said on certain issues. In order to remember these (and prep for the bar in a few years), we are to brief the cases. There are a few techniques on doing this, and I expect that I may be attempting more than one way.
I may even (although I need to be careful of my time) put the information into a topic map.
hrm... that would be neat! A topicmap of legal issues... (getting back to the geek agin :>).
In any event. I kind of slacked off the rest of this week. I was on vacation and I spent the last few days doing stuff around the house.
I start me official study (from 6 to 9) tomorrow.
twyl.
Sil
The method we are going to use to learn is to study previous cases. These cases embody what the law had said on certain issues. In order to remember these (and prep for the bar in a few years), we are to brief the cases. There are a few techniques on doing this, and I expect that I may be attempting more than one way.
I may even (although I need to be careful of my time) put the information into a topic map.
hrm... that would be neat! A topicmap of legal issues... (getting back to the geek agin :>).
In any event. I kind of slacked off the rest of this week. I was on vacation and I spent the last few days doing stuff around the house.
I start me official study (from 6 to 9) tomorrow.
twyl.
Sil
Tuesday, April 13, 2004
I would have to say that the neatest thing I just learned is that we all can contribute to the law. The law (ours) is a body of knowledge that comes in various forms. As a student, I can contribute to the law by my participation in discussions about various issues.
Also, the law all comes down to the issues. Which reminds me... my wife's step-father (an attorney) mentioned to me; "What you need to do is spot the issues and argue both sides".
sil
Also, the law all comes down to the issues. Which reminds me... my wife's step-father (an attorney) mentioned to me; "What you need to do is spot the issues and argue both sides".
sil
3:14 AM in the morning, and I am starting my studies... well, sorta...
I began by getting a sense of what needs to be accomplished in the next week. Then, I started a time log. I initially set the entry for what I am doing now as my reading time, but the geek got ahold of me... I just had to start a blog to document this.
So I begin.
step 1: modify the timelog entry to say blog
step 2: get to my reading! :>
Oh, note: I warrant nothing you may happen to read, etc., et cettera. et cettera. blah, blah, blah. The fitness of any purpose is in your own mind... by the way... I didn't get anything for your reading this (nor did I expect to), so there has been no consideration... so truly no warranty...
And, all this stuff copyright 2004 Sil. All rights reserved.
oh, wait... the lawyer and the geek were merging in a bad way there (as well as my humor). Truly, I do hope to have fun in this process. The law is fuzzy logic because it considers the shades of grey versus the boolean true/false. That is, perhaps, what interests me the most.
Till l8r...
Sil
I began by getting a sense of what needs to be accomplished in the next week. Then, I started a time log. I initially set the entry for what I am doing now as my reading time, but the geek got ahold of me... I just had to start a blog to document this.
So I begin.
step 1: modify the timelog entry to say blog
step 2: get to my reading! :>
Oh, note: I warrant nothing you may happen to read, etc., et cettera. et cettera. blah, blah, blah. The fitness of any purpose is in your own mind... by the way... I didn't get anything for your reading this (nor did I expect to), so there has been no consideration... so truly no warranty...
And, all this stuff copyright 2004 Sil. All rights reserved.
oh, wait... the lawyer and the geek were merging in a bad way there (as well as my humor). Truly, I do hope to have fun in this process. The law is fuzzy logic because it considers the shades of grey versus the boolean true/false. That is, perhaps, what interests me the most.
Till l8r...
Sil
