Admin Law

I just want to take a moment to gripe about my admin law class, which is... not going well. (And boy is that a huge understatement.)

I'm not sure whether it's purely Prof S's fault, although his meandering style and monotone certainly do not help. The subject matter is kind of inherently dry and boring, and so far I haven't spoken to anyone who say that they like the subject. On the other hand, I enjoyed civ pro (at least in retrospect, or at least I could see how it may be an interesting topic), and that's procedural law too, right? So why, oh why, is admin law so unbearable?

I am leagues behind in my reading because I just could not muster enough motivation to sit down and actually work through the cases. I dread going to class because not only is Prof S boring but he's also socratic, so it's like long periods of tedium (while he's grilling some other poor guy or girl) punctuated by moments of sheer terror (as he finishes his grilling and looks over the seating chart.) Not a good combination.

I am trying to be proactive about this problem. Yesterday, while in admin law, I fired off an email to my three friends in class, RH, JM, and JJ, with the title "Help me stop hating admin law!" and proposed that we form a study group, read together, and talk about admin law. This will at least make doing the work more fun. Never mind about efficiency. Right now getting ANY work done in admin law, even at a slow pace, beats... well, not getting ANY work done when I'm sitting home by myself.

Ran into AG on Monday and he suggested that I get the Example & Explanation hornbook, which I did yesterday and have been perusing today, and so far it's been clear and helpful. Here's to hoping it will reignite my interest in supposedly the most important subject in modern law.