My Midterm

I teach a course on Analytic Methods for Lawyers. The idea is that there are a number of subjects, such as statistics, accounting, and economics, that lawyers cannot expect to be competent in but should be familiar with. We spend a week or two on each.

Wednesday I gave a midterm. The first question was on decision theory. Such questions usually deal with an attorney trying to decide whether to settle a case or go to court, whether to hire an expert witness, and similar issues, but I decided to do something a little more interesting. And topical.

If any of you would like to take the course virtually, you will find on the course web page recordings of the lectures, power points from the last time I taught it (I'm not using them this year), and related materials.