Getting supplemented
idwsj is one of the blawgs I check daily because the writing is just that good. Â Seriously.
So when I read this post from a few days ago, I figured I’d save myself the $$ and forgo buying supplements for my classes since it seemed they weren’t that useful. Â Especially when I almost feel comfortable in Contracts, Property and Torts. Â But Civil Procedure. Â Ohhh Civil Procedure…
I genuinely like CivPro. Â It’s basically the class on being a lawyer and doing lawyerly things. Â It’s rule-based. Â It’s fairly objective. Â And it’s the #1 source of 12(b)(6) jokes 
But I’m lost.
It’s not that the material is difficult to understand, we’re just blazing through so many Rules and statutes and case law that my mind is having a hard time digesting all the chunks of FRCP, USC and judicial commentary. Â So I broke down and dropped some cash on a copy of Emanuel’s CivPro law outlines. Â And then while I was at it made an impulse purchase of the Contracts, Property and Torts books also — just in case.
Final price tag: Â $$$$.
I’ll let you know if they’re useful at all. Â For my sake, cross your fingers 
This is damningly high praise that no person can live up to! But thank you.
I probably should have prefaced my post – my CivPro prof is great. When I turn to a supplement, it is to clarify a point, not to look for any structure (where a commercial outline may do that), because the prof has already laid that out for us.
My beef with outlines is that, first, a lot of it is stuff you don’t cover in class. Second, if the outline disagrees with something your prof says, that’s useless to you. But I imagine they could provide structure where class isn’t helping!
But seriously, Intro to CivPro by Freer. It’s written for the everyman.
Emmanuel’s! I swear you told me to remind you at some point that you were supposed to get those…
@idwsj: I think you vastly overestimate the value of my praise
In thumbing through a pair of these outlines, I also definitely see your point about material either (i) not covered or (ii) different from the prof’s commentary. We’ll see if they’re any good in studying for midterms — and I’m also going to check out that Intro to CivPro book you mentioned 
@JJC: I did, and those were them
I wanted to save the $$ and spend it on home theater stuff instead >_<
oh the home theater… :p