Guess who's back? Back again....

[SAVAGE-0]

Savage's back... call a friend

Europe was fucking amazing - I highly suggest everyone goes to everywhere!  I seriously didn't have a bad meal or a bad sightseeing day in all 35 days (ok other than day 2 of Amsterdam which was taken over by a bit too much hash haha)... Just incredible though.

pics are on my fb - and soon on a group shutterfly i think - I'll post that link later if you're interested...

anyway. HOW THE ENGI UPDATE???

Also I started law school last night - and until I get an apt in boston, it takes 10 hours with commute instead of 4.5... so not much tf2 will be happening on class days, but we'll see

missed you all...
/endgay

[[fr31ns]Karrde]

'bout damn time ;P  And GL with Law school.  I have a friend who just finished.  It's a pain in the ass, but worth it.

[Luinbariel]

Welcome back! Sounds like you had an awesome trip...


... also good luck with the law school, hope that nightmare commute is lessened soon!

[CaffeinePowered]

Post any good pics if you got em, and welcome back

[Surf314]

WB, what are your first semester classes?

[Duck, Duck, Goose]

Hey, I know you! :o

Welcome baaaaaaaaaack.

[Geoff]

welcome back

[shoopfox]

I wanna go to Europe

[Kirby]

I wanna go to Europe

[SAVAGE-0]

WB, what are your first semester classes?

contracts, civil procedure legal research and writing and torts... pretty generic methinks

hopefully I get out of evening division asap...

[SAVAGE-0]

also a few pics:
My friend the sphinx:

badass by the Eiffel tower:

what up at the Colosseum:

Me and my vacationship girl on the grand canal in Venice:

a bunch of us making fun of the French:

[beep beep diglett]

hi duder

[Chief]

also a few pics:
badass by the Eiffel tower:

this is your new social network picture, whatever it is

fucking badass indeed bro

[Surf314]

[quote author=Surf314 link=topic=4910.msg169674#msg169674 date=1282068694]
WB, what are your first semester classes?

contracts, civil procedure legal research and writing and torts... pretty generic methinks

hopefully I get out of evening division asap...
[/quote]

I got Professional Responsibility, Legal Writing, Property, Torts, and Crim law

[at0m]

vacationships pwn.

[Negate]

Welcome back dude.

[Radio Raheem]

man that eminem song sucked so bad. but that vacation looks pretty sick did you hit sweden?

[Surf314]

I set up a wiki and have been making some entries based on the important shit I've learned/read. Anyways this was super helpful at orientation and I figured you might need it. How to brief cases in a nutshell:

Case Brief
-analytical outline of a case
-prepared for your individual use
-technique will vey according to your own learning & recollection style

Anatomy of a case
-facts
--look for the legally significant facts

-procedural posture (history)
--summary of the procedure by which the case reached the court issuing the decision

-issue
--the legal question that the court answers in the opinion
--there may be more than one

-partie's arguments
--arguments advanced by each party to convince the court to reach its preferred result

-precedent/authority
--the legal principles (precedent, statutes, regulations, etc.) applied to the facts by the court

-reasoning/analysis
--explains how the court applied the legal principles or precedent to the facts of the case

-holding or "rule"
--the court's ruling, couched in terms of its legal significance
--often used to refer to the legal principle or rule resulting from the court's decision

-disposition
--formal result of the case, usually appears at the very end of the case, often in bold, italic, or capital letters
--affirmed, reversed, vacated, remanded, etc.

-separate opinions
--written for various reasons, e.g., to express disagreement or to emphasize a particular point
--dissenting, concurring, specially concurring, concurring in the judgment, etc.

Tips
-skim then read
-be flexible: the brief is for your preparation and reference.
-adapt to fit your learning style (and your professor's teaching style)

Basically every time they make you read a case break it down like that and it should really help when they call on you in class.

[SAVAGE-0]

nah no Sweden =\ no UK either - so I def have a bit more to do in europe... but it was a pretty good start.  I figure living in boston - i can make it over to uk pretty easy if only for a few days.

Not that it's happening anytime soon, but I think next will probably be asia again.  I went to Thailand like 10 years ago and would love to see china/japan

then again egypt has always really intrigued me, so who knows... guess it depends when and with who this happens.

regardless - yes the song sucked and yes the trip was absolutely fantastic.