Comments on: The Art of Renaming

By: Pamela Jackson

Pamela Jackson — Thu, 10 Sep 2009 04:30:29 +0000

Clever…Miss Christina…maybe you should read the “short description” provided for every class at every college before you actually enroll for said class.

By: Christa

Christa — Wed, 09 Sep 2009 12:15:24 +0000

I am actually disappointed with the name changes; I find them misleading. I took a class called “Women Unite” that turned out to be an East German Literature Course.

By: Howard Wasserman

Howard Wasserman — Wed, 09 Sep 2009 01:57:28 +0000

Legislation: “I’m Just a Bill”
Civ Pro: Who to Sue, Where to Sue, How to Sue
Fed Courts: Learning to Love Judicial Activism

By: Dave Hoffman

Dave Hoffman — Wed, 09 Sep 2009 01:47:24 +0000

Contracts: How Lawyers (Really) Make Their Money

By: Frank

Frank — Wed, 09 Sep 2009 01:29:07 +0000

Intellectual Property: Drugs, Downloads, & Knock-offs

Health Care Finance and Regulation: Choose Your Own Death Panel Adventure

Administrative Law: Rulemaking, Adjudication, & Due Process, Oh My!

By: Dissent

Dissent — Tue, 08 Sep 2009 22:10:45 +0000

@William: brilliant!

I started thinking in terms of renaming courses and topics in terms of musical hit songs:

Torts -> You Broke My Heart So I Busted Your Jaw
Criminal Law -> Killing Me Softly
Trusts & Estates -> Knocking on Heaven’s Door
Corporate Law -> Taking Care of Business
Property -> You Don’t Own Me
Tax -> 1040 Blues
Bankruptcy -> Running on Empty
Evidence -> I Saw Her Standing There
Divorce -> Breaking Up is Hard to Do
Appeals -> Never, Never Gonna Give You Up

Of course, the course listings would now be accompanied by YouTube clips.

By: William McGeveran

William McGeveran — Tue, 08 Sep 2009 18:31:14 +0000

Information Privacy Law --> Nude Pictures of Jennifer Aniston

By: Chris Grundemann

Chris Grundemann — Tue, 08 Sep 2009 17:10:09 +0000

Great point, for me it raises the question of whether this has always been the case. Is this phenomenon truly unique to the modern age or are merely more aware of it, more eager and able to exploit it?

In other words, was there a time when slimehead was a popular dish and we only recently had to change the name to regain this lost popularity – or is it the case that no one was ever keen to eat slimehead and we only recently decided to market it?

Is the need to market a symptom of our age or do we simply have better tools with which to do it?

By: Woody

Woody — Tue, 08 Sep 2009 16:38:43 +0000

Evidence = CSI

By: Sarah L.

Sarah L. — Tue, 08 Sep 2009 15:30:40 +0000

Indeed. Also:

Tax -> Tax