January 14, 2000

Law Exams Often 'Farfetched'

To the Editor:

Speaking as a law professor, I didn't find George P. Fletcher's controversial criminal-law examination so odd (Footnotes, December 3). Because they must test an entire semester's material in a few essay questions, law examinations inevitably involve farfetched and often grisly constellations of facts. So, by the way, do many of the situations in real life that lawyers must deal with.

That Columbia University law students don't understand

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