Malpractice

I think that at this point in law school (and this goes DOUBLE DOUBLE DOUBLE for the bar exam) a closed book, closed note exam is absolute crap. Seriously. I've worked three law jobs. At no time did my boss come to me and say, "Without going on Westlaw, what is the common law rule on the Collateral Source Rule?" I haven't had one say, "Here's our client. He's been busted for distribution. While fleeing the scene, he swerved to intentionally run over a spotted owl while lighting a crack pipe with the Antonin Scalia's blazing fourth amendment novelty lighter in violation of federal law. Having a better hit than he intended he accidentally ran over his own grandmother. He stopped the car and robbed her. Without looking it up, what is our best defense based solely on the 16th Amendment?" Do you know why they haven't done that? Because doing legal work closed book, closed note, closed Westlaw is usually called malpractice!

I think all exams should be take home exams. These can be as complicated as you want to make it but make us show you that we can practice in this area if we had to! Worse case, make it timed with our notes.

Sorry, pet peeve.