After receiving my grades my first semester in law school, I was disappointed and my disappointment included my grade in Dave Becker’s Real Property class. I knew his door was always open so I venture in to ask him what I had done wrong to windup in the middle of the pack in his class. He was busy at that particular moment but invited me to come back and spend some time going over my exam as well as what he was looking for in answers to his complex exam questions. He spent over three hours with me concluding that I had written a fine exam for a political science class but it was now time to think and write like a lawyer. The light bulb went on in my head and the rest is history. The rest of my law school career went very well. I have been blessed with an extraordinary career as a lawyer. I can’t be absolutely sure that Dave made the difference but there is a very good chance that he provided the turning point. For that I have and will continue to say “thank you” to Dave Becker, the consummate teacher.
Maury Poscover, JD’69