Law professor on Obama

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TheWriteAlex said:
I don't see anything damning there, but I was addressing the allegations of the blogger who said Obama was "lazy and hated by all the other faculty" among other things. This of course coming from someone who did not spend any time at all at Chicago U while Obama was there. No better than gossip, really.
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Gossip is all it is. Shame that so many seem to be quick to give it validity.
 
Must be nice when Obama's transcripts in all collleges and universities are sealed. Can't even get to see the grades he got. Must be an insecurity thing.
 
All trasnscripts are sealed.:roll: For everyone.
 
kokonut said:
Must be nice when Obama's transcripts in all collleges and universities are sealed. Can't even get to see the grades he got. Must be an insecurity thing.
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why do you want to know anyway?
 
Here's why she had to get a court order:

The last bit has caused quite a stir, however a paralegal with Illinois ARDC has just clarified for me that this is not an indication of wrongdoing. Rather, prior to 2000, attorneys who wanted to become inactive had to seek the permission of the IL Supreme Court, and that's the court order being referred to. Since 2000, no such court order is necessary, but prior to 2000 it was. Further, I'm informed that if there were any sort of disciplinary action taken against her it would be listed on that page.
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What Michelle Obama's "court ordered inactive status" as a lawyer means

Apparently, the state streamlined the procedure.

A disciplinary proceeding is before a a board (the Commission on Judicial Conduct in my state). The regular state courts do not have jurisdiction on attorney disciplinary matters. There is an appeal board as well.
 
When you're Editor in Chief of the Harvard Law Review, it doesn't matter what your grades are. Seriously! First year grades determine acceptance to law review (by section). Then, the previous board elects the editors. The Editor in Chief is the most prestigious position. Our Editor in Chief had little time to go to class. She got people's notes. Law review is called the "26 hour day." No one would take it if employers didn't value it so much.
 
jillio said:
All trasnscripts are sealed.:roll: For everyone.
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I thought this was common knowledge?

Anyway, notice the dirty little rhetorical trick Koko used there: Too bad his transcripts and college records are "sealed." As if some wrongdoing occurred and the truth must be suppressed. I guess the right to privacy is evidence of criminal activity...

By his choice of words, he can insinuate something without coming out and saying it. You really are a spin doctor, Koko.
 
thinking of getting this antique as christmas present.... for koko :aw:
 
sallylou said:
When you're Editor in Chief of the Harvard Law Review, it doesn't matter what your grades are. Seriously! First year grades determine acceptance to law review (by section). Then, the previous board elects the editors. The Editor in Chief is the most prestigious position. Our Editor in Chief had little time to go to class. She got people's notes. Law review is called the "26 hour day." No one would take it if employers didn't value it so much.
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Obama was president, not editor, of the Harvard Law Review.
President Barack Obama | The White House
 
If there were a real disciplinary action, it would have been published in the state bar journal. I'm not sure where else it would be published. It's a matter of public record.
 
Reba said:
Yet we've seen transcripts for Kerry, Bush, and Gore.
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Some were released voluntarily, others were obtained against the consent of the candidate. It is a person's personal choice to release their grades, and it should be respected. I know many people who did not do very well in college, but are still highly intelligent and successful people. Likewise, I know people who aced every single college class they took, yet they are still dumbasses.
 
TheWriteAlex said:
Some were released voluntarily, others were obtained against the consent of the candidate. It is a person's personal choice to release their grades, and it should be respected. I know many people who did not do very well in college, but are still highly intelligent and successful people. Likewise, I know people who aced every single college class they took, yet they are still dumbasses.
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Too bad I am neither.

I am the dumbass who did subpar.
 
Oh, I see, Reba. The President is the top person on the Harvard Law Review. That's the "Grand Poobah" there, I guess. I didn't go to such a fancy law school. lol It's interesting that they don't publish individual student articles like other law reviews.
 
TheWriteAlex said:
I thought this was common knowledge?

Anyway, notice the dirty little rhetorical trick Koko used there: Too bad his transcripts and college records are "sealed." As if some wrongdoing occurred and the truth must be suppressed. I guess the right to privacy is evidence of criminal activity...

By his choice of words, he can insinuate something without coming out and saying it. You really are a spin doctor, Koko.
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Yes, I thought it was common knowledge as well. Guess some have never bothered to request their own transcripts.:shrug:

Yes, I noticed it. That is why I pointed out that everyone's transcripts are sealed.
 
TheWriteAlex said:
Some were released voluntarily, others were obtained against the consent of the candidate. It is a person's personal choice to release their grades, and it should be respected. I know many people who did not do very well in college, but are still highly intelligent and successful people. Likewise, I know people who aced every single college class they took, yet they are still dumbasses.
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Exactly. One can voluntarily release their medical records, their mental health care records, or their transcripts. Voluntary release does not mean that the records are not sealed and cannot be released to the public without a written consent.

Agreed.
 
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