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Recording FAQ

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Default rule: No recording

The default assumption is that there is no audio or video recording of any sort during class.  Also, if you're a blogger and writing about your law school experience, please do not attribute statements to identifiable individuals. 

The goal here is to encourage a robust, uninhibited classroom discussion.  Surveillance chills speech and experimentation.   It's hard to try ideas on for size, even in an academic setting, if a clip of what you say will surface 20 years later at a job interview or a nomination hearing.   Moreover, I will often put students into specific roles regardless of their personal beliefs.  That means statements can be taken very much out of context.

Flipping out of the default: Express permission

That said, if you can't make it to class for a very good reason (medical appointment, personal emergency or tragedy), audio taping the class for personal usage is ok.  (The fact that you want to relive the drama of class every day on your commute back home onthe 405 is NOT a good reason.)  But get express permission from me first.

This is how to do it.  Please have a friend get a tape (yes, a physical audio tape) from the law school receptionist (this is not in the library, but where the faculty mailboxes are--to the right of the records window), and record the class using the tape recorder that is available in the classroom.  Don't ask me to do it because I'll forget.  Listen to the tape, then give the tape back to the receptionist to be recycled.  You may not keep a copy of the tape or use it for any other purposes than making up the class.  If you have any questions, please ask.

 



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