Hang in there, Robert. You are almost done with law school. In many respects you will find that the practice of law is easier than law school.
I hated my bankruptcy class. It was as dry and dull as tax law.

I liked contract and property law best...especially future interests. Civil procedure and evidence were other favorites of mine.

I recently had a judge tell me that evidence had become an elective course at one of our law schools here in Connecticut. He and I both sat there shaking our heads in disbelief. He was kind of interesting. He had presided over the second wood chipper murder trial. If you are not familiar with it...the case involved a husband who had murdered his wife, and then ground her up in a rented wood chipper to get rid of the body.

As I am sure they have taught you in law school...you never ask a witness a question to which you do not already know the answer at trial...especially on cross examination. This judge indicated that the defense attorney decided to gamble made the mistake of violating that rule. The dealer that had rented the wood chipper to the defendant was on the stand, and the defense attorney was trying to establish that there was no way that the dealer could determine which of the wood chippers he had rented to the defendant....the dealer 's answer drove the last nail into the coffin of the defendant.

He tesified that he knew exactly which wood chipper he had rented to the defendant because it was the only one that had been returned cleaner than when he rented it. The testimony had a blood chilling effect on the jury. The defendant had thoroughly cleaned the blood away, but had overlooked one of his wife's finger nails that was caught in the blades.to post a reply: login - or - register