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ATL is a great site!

Agreed, ATL rocks.

Is ATL really funny? I've grown bored of it.
Even L2L stopped posting here.

If you enjoy ATL, you'll probably also enjoy Buffalo Wings and Vodka.

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If you want something that's funny in a different way, search Google for "Wings and Vodka." Mike is hilarious.

Is Wings & Vodka at market? Do they have a chicago office?

Stolen from Wings and Vodka.

A Brief Taxonomy of Classroom Participation Strategies

The Preemptive Strike

A calculated move to pick off low-hanging fruit early in a given class period, with the hope that you'll be able to avoid being called on later to talk about something you haven't read. Caution: If done too well, can sometimes backfire; the professor may like your answer so much that he drags you into being his Socratic punching bag for much longer than you'd intended. See Operation Iraqi Freedom.

Falling on the Grenade

If your professor has a semi-predictable pattern of calling on people, and you have reason to believe that one or several of your friends are a) unprepared, and b) about to be called on, the Christ-like thing to do is to raise your own hand in order to draw the professor's attention away from other students. Also known as The Rodeo Clown.

The Mercy Kill

Sometimes called the Ben Stein, this strategy is best employed to put an end to the deafening silence following a question that is either too hard or too easy, or to silence a professor that has said "Anyone?" more than four times in a row.

Playing Possum

For gunners finding it particularly hard to get called on, feigned distraction and boredom can often provoke the desired response. Pretend to be asleep, or obsessed with your navel, or masturbating in class, and more often than not the professor will call on you, thinking you easy prey. Make him regret it.

Playing Foreign LLM

If you happen to be unprepared, disaster can often be avoided by answering in a language cooler than English, like Korean, or Portuguese, or Canadian.

The Admiral Stockdale

Most professors will simply move on to the next student if faced with an answer like "POTATOES! I LIKE POTATOES! WHERE'S MY PONY? MOM? ARE YOU THERE? POTATOES!" Also known locally as "The Shawn Rutherford?"

The Marvin

I don't know Marvin. I've never met Marvin. And I'm pretty sure that he doesn't even go by the name Marvin. But I have been told that once, when called on by name, while sitting in his assigned seat, Marvin successfully pretended that he was not, in fact, in class, and that a slightly confuzled professor was then forced to move on to the next student. For that, Marvin, we salute you.

Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Haven't Read

Answer the prof's question with another question. If he fires back with yet another question, it's on. If not, he loses, and you should tell him so.

The Paige Pipkin

Really just a stalling tactic, forces the professor to clarify as many parts of the question as possible while you frantically flip pages in your case book: "Could you repeat the question?" "Could you say that one word again?" "Could you give me the language of origin?" "Could you use it in a sentence?" "Could you use it in a sentence other than the original question?"

Scorched Earth Policy

If the professor is going to take you down, then you're going to take him down with you. Pull in an unrelated law review article. Cite Blackstone. Bring up the war in Iraq. Or abortion. Calling your professor a racist is also good for this, though it often takes a little bit of creativity in some of the drier classes. Trust your instincts.

Scorched Nuts Policy

1. Spill coffee. 2. On crotch. 3. Run away.

Beautiful! You never see stuff that good on here.

12:05 - That's because it's a trite and played-out rehashing of jokes that should be old to anyone who's gotten past their third semester in law school.

If Lat wins, he should thank the WGWAG guy in his speech.

Yes, ATL is funny, sometimes hilarious—and the reader posts also have their moments. Some of the most humorous (in a biting NY way) comments I have ever read were posted in re the Maury-Strook-email fiasco. (E.g., Anon | May 9, 2007 03:18 PM: “Surely Strook has automatic spell-checking of outgoing email? Did this dumbass have it turned off?”; anon | May 9, 2007 03:38 PM: “why does the language in the email remind me of the nigerian email scams?”; May 9, 2007 03:38 PM: “I like this part: Do not wait for me to provide additional information. You have enough information. Enough information, indeed. I can't wait to start using this in my practice.”; May 9, 2007 03:42 PM: ” This is serious people. YOU are now all on notice, and bound to report it.”; May 9, 2007 04:06 PM: “What kind of low-rent firm doesn't publish photos on its bio pages?”; May 9, 2007 04:25 PM: “why oh why is it not the sensei? why is the world so cruel?????”; May 9, 2007 04:42 PM: “Cocaine is a hell of a drug.”; May 9, 2007 08:05 PM:” That email really smacks of mental illness, not just extreme fatigue”; May 9, 2007 08:57 PM: “don't go to work tomorrow, check yourself in to rehab -- even if you have don't have a problem feign one.”.)

when this site stops focussing on tierist bullshit and clerkship bonus crap and stops being such a fucking nerd fest, then maybe it'll deserve to be ranked #5

Is anybody else tired of the giant green dollar signs on the Vault ads all over ATL lately?

Me!

better that then ads for NBC shows that have been cancled

12:44: Harsh, but fairly accurate. Still, it's not like genuinely funny law sites are easy to come by.

12:48 -

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