http://blog.mackleradvantage.com Tue, 28 Oct 2008 13:55:10 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 http://blog.mackleradvantage.com/index.php/2008/05/june-act-registration-deadline-may-9/comment-page-1/#comment-794 Cathy Tue, 28 Oct 2008 13:55:10 +0000 http://blog.mackleradvantage.com/?p=8#comment-794 Good post. Good post.

]]> http://blog.mackleradvantage.com/index.php/2008/06/two-year-law-school-northwestern-says-yes/comment-page-1/#comment-34 Wesley Profit Sat, 26 Jul 2008 01:26:06 +0000 http://blog.mackleradvantage.com/?p=44#comment-34 As a graduate of a two year law school program, (perhaps the first in the nation), I think people should investigate before speaking. The SCALE program at Southwestern University School of Law is over 30 years old. There are many graduates of the program now at every level of the legal profession. The program emphasizes the connectivity of different aspects of the law that are usually separated in 3 year programs. It encourages students to think creatively. The program also offered more practical, hands-on training than is usually available in 3 year programs. The small class size (approximately 25 students who spend two years together) encourages interaction with professors (no place to hide as in a large lecture hall). The result, among other things, is that you hit the ground running when you graduate. You have already done many things that 3 year students do not experience until after law school. For instance, we attended oral argument on 3 cases that were before the California Supreme Court. The assignment: write an opinion as if you were a justice of the Court. The payoff: reading the Court's published opinion and seeing how their thinking on the issues presented by the cases mirrored or differed from your own. Over the course of a class on property (possession and ownership), we were split into teams; the assignment: to negotiate the sale of a family owned property to a development company and get the best possible deal for your client. As the semester went on, each side was given additional information about what the purchaser and the seller wanted and what additional constraints had to be taken into account: environmental reports; the sale of mineral rights (which the family wanted to keep); restrictions on what the developer could build (the family wanted whatever was built to reflect on the family's long term concern for the larger community), etc. And all with a drop-dead deadline. If the deal wasn't completed (for whatever reason) both sides would receive failing grades. Great experience in negotiating; structuring a deal, etc. As part of the program I also spent 8 weeks, 40 hours or better a week, working with a federal judge's clerks writing bench briefs. Passed the California bar on my first attempt and have never looked back. For someone like myself (beginning at new career at age 53), the two year as opposed to 3 year program just made good sense. A well run, well funded 2 year program with small classes and lots of hard work is just what the doctor ordered. 30 years as a clinical psychologist working in prisons and maximum security mental hospital made law school seem like a piece of cake. I think a two year program, especially for people with some real world experience avoids many of the problems that people foresee. As a graduate of a two year law school program, (perhaps the first in the nation), I think people should investigate before speaking. The SCALE program at Southwestern University School of Law is over 30 years old. There are many graduates of the program now at every level of the legal profession. The program emphasizes the connectivity of different aspects of the law that are usually separated in 3 year programs. It encourages students to think creatively. The program also offered more practical, hands-on training than is usually available in 3 year programs. The small class size (approximately 25 students who spend two years together) encourages interaction with professors (no place to hide as in a large lecture hall). The result, among other things, is that you hit the ground running when you graduate. You have already done many things that 3 year students do not experience until after law school. For instance, we attended oral argument on 3 cases that were before the California Supreme Court. The assignment: write an opinion as if you were a justice of the Court. The payoff: reading the Court’s published opinion and seeing how their thinking on the issues presented by the cases mirrored or differed from your own. Over the course of a class on property (possession and ownership), we were split into teams; the assignment: to negotiate the sale of a family owned property to a development company and get the best possible deal for your client. As the semester went on, each side was given additional information about what the purchaser and the seller wanted and what additional constraints had to be taken into account: environmental reports; the sale of mineral rights (which the family wanted to keep); restrictions on what the developer could build (the family wanted whatever was built to reflect on the family’s long term concern for the larger community), etc. And all with a drop-dead deadline. If the deal wasn’t completed (for whatever reason) both sides would receive failing grades. Great experience in negotiating; structuring a deal, etc. As part of the program I also spent 8 weeks, 40 hours or better a week, working with a federal judge’s clerks writing bench briefs. Passed the California bar on my first attempt and have never looked back. For someone like myself (beginning at new career at age 53), the two year as opposed to 3 year program just made good sense. A well run, well funded 2 year program with small classes and lots of hard work is just what the doctor ordered. 30 years as a clinical psychologist working in prisons and maximum security mental hospital made law school seem like a piece of cake. I think a two year program, especially for people with some real world experience avoids many of the problems that people foresee.

]]> http://blog.mackleradvantage.com/index.php/2008/07/no-student-teacher-texting/comment-page-1/#comment-33 hall monitor Thu, 24 Jul 2008 02:44:33 +0000 http://blog.mackleradvantage.com/?p=54#comment-33 This story was featured on http://detentionslip.org! Voted #1 for crazy education news. It has some interesting Pro's and Con's about the topic. This story was featured on http://detentionslip.org! Voted #1 for crazy education news. It has some interesting Pro’s and Con’s about the topic.

]]> http://blog.mackleradvantage.com/index.php/2008/05/thoughts-on-college-admissions-2008/comment-page-1/#comment-3 jok Tue, 13 May 2008 05:56:51 +0000 http://blog.mackleradvantage.com/?p=12#comment-3 useful information indeed thanks useful information indeed
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