Quote Originally Posted by runtheoption View Post
Bison 4 Life pm'd me after that little exchange on the "Wood is an idiot" thread. He asked if he was missing some inside joke, and I let him know Vet70's identity.

I think Bison 4 Life, and others that took his Constitutional Law 400/600 courses, would agree that Dr. Wood was an absolute master at the Socratic Method. My law school professors were not nearly as adept as he was at getting you to really question your thought process and logic right in class. It was almost as if the light bulb would go off above his head as he listened to your answer, waiting for you to finish so that he could ask you his next question. He would have people twisting themselves around to the point where some would be noticeably uncomfortable in class.

He was also famous for his "Jar of Death" in his upper level classes. It was literally a big jar, with everyone in the class having their name on an individual small slip of paper. He would draw a name, and that person drawn would be on the hot-seat for the next 5-10 minutes of discussion on a topic or Supreme Court case. You had to be very well prepared for every class, otherwise he would make you look foolish in front of everyone. There was no coddling in his classes, and I thank him for that!

I am so glad I had the opportunity to talk about all of this with him in the tailgate lots, and of course thank him in person for it.
Yes, he absolutely barbecued me a few times when I got something wrong about a case. I was pre law at that point and realized no way was I going to survive law school if anyone else was like him. I loved it for a few semesters but no way was I going to do that for a career.