Legal Commentary

I really enjoyed Jay's post about the scariest moment of any class meeting.  I've always thought of those first few minutes as deliciously awkward but not scary.  For me, the scariest moment is the first time one of your students points out that something you said in class was completely wrong.  Or when you hear yourself talking about some issue and you realize that you have no idea what your talking about it.  (For a wonderful discussion on the topic, see law prof William Ian Miller's book Faking It)

I think these woops moments are really important.  They help to set the tone for how you will run your class, especially with respect to how you will respond to student questions.  And it's always good to remind our students that we don't always have a good answer to their questions. 

It's nice to be back in the land of Prawfs.  Thanks to Dan and his fellow Prawfspeople for having me.