No law course is boring

Law lecturers frequently encounter a common trend when asking students why they did not perform well in one course, as opposed to other courses.

The answer is this: well, it’s just too…boring! Tort law is boring, Public law is boring, Contract law is boring, etc etc..

My answer: there is no such thing as an (inherently) boring course.

A law course is made boring by either the lecturer teaching it, the method of delivery or the student’s preconceptions and preferences. Period.

It is your task, as a student, to identify what is interesting in your law course, and use that to motivate yourself to delve deeper into it. The better you become at it, the less boring it will appear to be.

In reality, anything can be interesting when you think about it long and hard. The power of observation is unfathomable, and can make anything appear intriguing. Even a…sunfish!

So, if you are bored of a law course, take it upon yourself to make it interesting. Observe it closely, study it more, try to link it to everyday life (e.g. tort law and car accidents) and endeavour to think of its effects on society (e.g. the effects of banking and antitrust regulation).

To conclude: do not allow yourself to get trapped in a never-ending excuse about how boring this or that course is. It’s up to you to fix it; so do it.