CP2 -- Woo Woo

Reason number 5,032 that I wish Edley had married my second cousin back when they went to New Rochelle High together:

To 1L and 2L Students Regarding Civil Procedure II:

In the past, we typically offered two sections of Civ Pro II each year. As you know, Civ Pro II is being phased out of the curriculum, and the 2009-10 offerings will be the last ones. This means that two years of student demand will be compressed into one. Because of an unfortunate coincidence of faculty leaves that resulted in staffing challenges, we scheduled only two sections in 2009-10, both in the fall. In recent days, however, many students voiced serious concerns about access to the course, so we reviewed the enrollment history. Typically, around 160 students per year have enrolled in Civ Pro II, which means next year’s offerings must accommodate roughly 320 students. This clearly justifies adding a third section. We were wrong to offer only two sections, and we’ll fix it. We will add a third section in spring 2010, with the instructor TBD.

A few students objected to Professor John Yoo teaching one of the sections, citing his controversial role in the Bush Administration’s policies regarding torture. My general view on this remains pretty much what I stated last spring. In brief, any alteration of Professor Yoo’s academic responsibilities would raise serious academic freedom issues, until and unless something more formal, official, and dispositive develops. As things stand now, it would be inappropriate for the Law School to make curricular decisions based on those objections.