The first day of Cooley was ironic. I had just went through JumpStart and that was Cooley's fancy way of saying Orientation. I had no idea what the hell anyone was talking about. Luckily, I would meet my best friend in that orientation and through what was nothing more than a fluek Joe and I would have the same schedule. At that point I never envisioned tutoring but life will throw you some curveballs.
My first class was Criminal Law with Norman Fell. Fell was a "Bleeding Heart" liberal who had a career as a Criminal Defense attorney and while Fell was all about individual's rights, he was a brutal grader. Kind of ironic?
Fell was one of these guys who would tell you that he wanted you to think outside of the box but honestly, nothing could be further from the truth. Fell was the traditional Criminal Law Prof. who wanted you to argue both sides of every fact pattern which is rather unnatural but a tool you'll need to succeed at Cooley.
When dealing with Crim Law, you need to balance your time properly.
Look at the defense point of view and then look at the prosecutors point of view and argue both ways. Of coure, this won't help you succeed unless you do well on the your multiple choice which will count for about 50% of your grade at Cooley but we'll talk about that another time.
Bill Amadeo
AmadeowLaw@Aol.com
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