[quote=SK in CV][quote=briansd1] He’s not just a regular lawyer but a constitutional scholar.
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I’d be kinda inclinded to drop that argument. He was a guest lecturer. (And yes, at the school he lectured at, guest lecturers were considered professors, I’m not arguing against him using “professor” on his resume.)
It’s more an issue of what it takes to have that kind of job. My neice went to Boalt Hall at Berkeley. Graduated right in the middle of her class. She’s a bright woman. Practiced family law for a few years. Had a baby. Before she was ready to go back to work full time, she took a job as a family law lecturer at UCLA. She wasn’t a family law scholar. She worked for a firm that did divorces for three years. That was her experience. She didn’t write any deep intellectual analysis of family law. I’m sure it looks good on her resume for when she wants to get back to practicing law full time, but that little part time job doesn’t make her the go-to person on family law. It makes her someone that needed some part-time work for extra money. I’ve seen no evidence that Obama’s stint as a college lecturer/professor is any different.
I know Berkeley is not Harvard. And UCLA might not be U of Chicago. But they’re not far off.[/quote]
SK: Boalt might not be Harvard Law School, but, you’re right, it’s damn close. I know quite a few lawyers from both Stanford Law and Boalt, and Boalt is considered Stanford’s equal in many areas. Also, not all law schools are created equal and not all law students are, either. Area of practice is key, along with clerking/interning and where the bulk of your study and practice lies.
