J-Dro

I have had a lot of great professors during law school, but only one fits the bill of e pluribus Unum. I've had Prof. Drobac 4 of the six semesters of law school. She was my first year contracts professor, as well as my family law and sexual harassment law professor. She wrote the textbook on sexual harassment law. I think that is cool because I can actually say I took a class from someone who wrote the textbook on that subject.

The reason I like her mainly is that she doesn't take herself too seriously. She has a doctoral degree from Stanford, but still likes to have fun. The margins of my notebooks from her classes are filled with one liners that crack me up. One time she lectured while eating a donut. It was fantastic.

I also like her because her exams are the fairest of them all. She doesn't try to hide the ball from you and she tells you upfront what she is looking for on her exam. She also has a rubric that she distributes after the fact to show you what she expected. No law school professor typically ever does that. You really can't ask for anything more and I've been relatively successful on them, which helps her likability factor.

The interesting part in all of this is that she is a flaming liberal. Almost completely opposite of where I stand. Her motto is "I will march in the streets for your right to march in the street" for points of view that she doesn't agree. She practices what she preaches. Even though she clearly supports same-sex marriage, she did the best job of any professor representing both sides of the issue, which I appreciated.

At the end of the day, I'm grateful for J-Dro. My first year of law school was tough, in many respects, but also grade wise compared to where I was at at BYU. Because I did so well in her class I realized that I could be successful at law school. My grade in first year Contracts helped me realize that if J-Dro thought I could do it, then I could. It was a pleasure being taught by J-Dro. I will miss her.