It's a new semester: my last year of law school (praise Jesus in heaven and all the saints). My first semester of law school, way back in 2009 (yes I've been in law school forever) it was amateur hour and I bought all of my books brand new. $700 and many tears later, I resolved that I would not be a fool again and that I would get all my book used. The next year, I only spent $150 on books for fall semester and the strategy served me well for my 2L and 3L years.
Now I'm in my 4th year. I'm a seasoned, bitter, veteran and generally, at least when it comes to law school, I know what I'm doing. So, the other day, I go to the bookstore to check out what books my profs are requiring, see if any of them are cheap there, otherwise I would turn to the internet. It turns out this semester all four of my professors are in a conspiracy to rape my wallet since they all ordered new editions of the books. In three of the four classes, the books are $200 a pop. My fourth class is a bargain at $100.
Are you freaking kidding me?! Has the law really changed that much in the last few years that I have to spend $700 on books again!? The only time I like spending $700 in one place is at Saks Fifth Avenue and it's on items I've convinced myself I'm going to use for the rest of my life. I can guarantee my Entertainment Law book will only make an appearance for the next three months and then will be completely useless. These books depreciate like new cars so it's not like I'm going to get my money back if I sell them. It's insanity.
Professors, there's a magical thing called the Internet where cases are available. How about you tell me what parts of the cases to read and I'll just read them off Westlaw. Same goes for articles. There are also old editions of the books where the cases from 1912 that I have to read are unchanged, so hows about you assign those and let me save my money for new sunglasses for me...which I'll totally use for the rest of my life.
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