Joe Biden Says His Fellow Syracuse 1Ls Gave Him A Standing Ovation In Their First Torts Class

Reuters, Biden Recalls Bluffing Through a Law School Torts Class in Special Counsel Testimony:

President Joe Biden shared a story about his first torts class when his professor at Syracuse University College of Law called on him at random — a teaching method known as cold calling in law school — to discuss a legal case, which Biden hadn't read. The story came up during Biden's October interview with Special Counsel Robert Hur, who investigated his handling of government documents.

House Judiciary Committee, Recorded Interview: Robert Hur, President Biden Transcript:

I didn't take law school very seriously, but I won the International Tort Competition. I was in -- matter of fact, the first time in tort class, we had a really difficult professor. I mean, very well- known, Professor at Syracuse, and -- he called on me to -- you know how they do in law school, discuss a case, you know, in your first torts class. And I had never read the case, and I stood up and I spoke for 10 minutes. The whole class stood up, started clapping. (Laughter)

And he said, Mr. Biden, you'll be a hell of a trial lawyer. He said, not a single thing you -- had to do with that. (Laughter)

Derek Muller (Notre Dame):  "I can't say much about the rest of the Biden transcript, but I guarantee that, in the history of American legal education, no classroom ever responded to an ill prepared classmate monologuing for 10 minutes with a standing ovation."

Update: Daily Signal, Biden Claims He Got A Standing Ovation At Law School, Critics Call BS