Comments by "Ginny Jolly" (@ginnyjollykidd) on "Real Law School Horror Stories" video.

Or the professor might well have gotten this gunner's number (realized what he was doing) and taken him down a peg or 2. Class participation is rather a subjective evaluation. Then again, it was up to the professor to decide class participation. In my blood banking class, my professor would go through the class, slide by slide, and ask one student questions till they got an answer wrong, and then the next student had to answer. If they got it wrong, then the next and the next. (And one question went through several people.) people next in succession had to listen carefully, because they might be the next to answer. It was grueling but effective. Your basic lightning round of Clinical Lab Sciences.
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To students of law intimidated by gunners, I know this works in undergrad Academia, and it might well work in Law School: talk to your professors about subjects you are concerned about. If you need to understand a concept or want to get a law reference recommendation (a passage or Lexis Nexus refers), although that might not go well as too trivial. Ask for opportunities for outside participation like mock trial. (I saw one at our State Fair, and I heard the lawyer build a case on one undeniable point after another. Wish I'd been able to stay for the whole thing. Maybe sometime.) Get to know local judges. Maybe go ride with a police squad for a shift to see what transpires. My biology department dean (also professor of several classes) always invited us to visit him in his office. Indeed, when I registered for classes, I needed his signature. So it was easy to have an excuse. He would talk about the latest fascinating thing in biology, and he'd pass on opportunities like joining the Pre - Med Honor Society. (He would sponsor candidates, and he would know their academic levels.) So I recommend casual (but respectful) hobnobbing.
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