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Timestamp: 2019-04-18 23:09:56+00:00

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What do a Master Sommelier, an Olympian, & a Lawyer All Have in Common?
Grit: a noun, meaning courage and resolve; strength of character.
1. You typically learn more from your failures than you do from your successes.
2. Getting back up and trying again, especially when you're exhausted, is essential.
3. You should strive for perfection, so that if you fall a bit short, you'll still be successful.
4. You should want to succeed for yourself, not to please someone else; internal motivation is key.
SOMM "takes the viewer on a humorous, emotional and illuminating look into a mysterious world—the Court of Master Sommeliers and the massively intimidating Master Sommelier Exam. The Court of Master Sommeliers is one of the world's most prestigious, secretive, and exclusive organizations. Since its inception almost 40 years ago, less than 200 candidates have reached the exalted Master level. The exam covers literally every nuance of the world of wine, spirits and cigars. Those who have passed have put at risk their personal lives, their well-being, and often their sanity to pull it off. Shrouded in secrecy, access to the Court Of Master Sommeliers has always been strictly regulated, and cameras have never been allowed anywhere near the exam, until now."
SOMM puts the effort needed to pass the bar exam into crisp perspective. Law students will undoubtedly identify with one, or several, of the study strategies employed by the sommelier hopefuls. Students may also appreciate the various outsiders' viewpoints offered by each test-taker's significant other.
WINNING is one film about "five legendary athletes. The compelling and inspiring story of the journeys of tennis champion Martina Navratilova, golf great Jack Nicklaus, Olympic gymnast Nadia Comaneci, track and field star Edwin Moses, and Dutch Paralympian Esther Vergeer. Through candid interviews and footage of their most exciting championship moments, WINNING reveals their dreams, challenges and triumphs and explores why some athletes achieve greatness."
If you have not discovered the series that is currently running on C-SPAN about historic U.S. Supreme Court decisions, you will want to check it out. The show is on Monday nights at 9:00 p.m. Eastern Time. The series continues through December 21st. For programs that you have missed, you can go to Landmark Cases.
Each program combines background information on the case, the important points from the case, information on the attorneys and the justices, and video clips of interviews or location tours. Two experts (usually one law professor and one historian) join the moderator each week and a few questions from callers/social media are interspersed with the prepared portions of the program. There is a companion book for purchase.
If you have an ABA Journal for October or November lying around, it will have a full-page ad for the series near the front. Cases that have been discussed already are: Marbury v. Madison; Scott v. Sandford; the Slaughterhouse Cases; Lochner v. New York; Schenck v. United States; Korematsu v. United States. Upcoming cases are: Youngstown Sheet & Tube Company v. Sawyer; Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka; Mapp v. Ohio; Baker v. Carr; Miranda v. Arizona; Roe v. Wade.
I recently attended the last of the summer films offered by our Teaching Learning and Professional Development Center here on campus. The film showing was an edited version (1 hour) of Waiting for Superman, a 2010 documentary by Davis Guggenheim which looked at the crisis in K-12 public education.
New York Times Article; Time Article; Washington Post Guest Blogger; Huffington Post Article.
I have watched this classic law school film multiple times over the years and vividly remember seeing it in the cinema when it first came out (long before I ever ventured across a law school threshold as a 1L student). Recently I decided to watch it once more because it had been several years since my last viewing.
A study group needs to have members with the same goals and purposes to avoid logistical and group dynamic problems.
A study group needs to have some ground rules so that each member knows the responsibilities and etiquette of the group.
A study group will falter if each person is assigned one course to specialize in because only that one person learns the course well and the others suffer if the expert drops out of the group.
A study group will have conflict if its members become overly competitive, are argumentative, refuse to negotiate on tasks, or hold others hostage by refusing to share information.
A study group does not belong to the person who invites others to join; it belongs to everyone and should be cooperative.
A study group will be disrupted by members who become overwhelmed and are unable to pull their weight in the group.
If one does not study outlines all semester long and distribute learning the material, it may require holing up for days with no sleep at the end in order to cram.
Learning styles within a group vary; one person will consider an 800-page outline a treasure while the others will view it as a curse.
Always have a back up copy of your outline in case your computer crashes (or your outline is accidentally tossed out a window).

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