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how to succeed in law school? |
| Message Name: |
study |
| Date Posted: |
03/12/2002 |
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what are some tips for doing well?
also, i've heard about this pre-law school course from bar/bri but it's mad expensive. is it worth it, even just a 1 day course? someone told me it's the difference between an A and a C.
THANK YOU. |
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Read and outline the cases.
Try to condense the facts into 4 key sentences. Try to state the issues in one sentence per issue.
Try to work ahead if you can.
Use secondary materials to
help you understand what you missed from our own reading.
During the first part of your 1L year, look up every legal term in a case you don't know in the Black's legal dictionary. During class, listen to the points made during the class, especially the way the argument turns on the case during a socratic debate. Annotate your
outline with the things you missed during your prep.
Then, after school retype your case briefs as revised, and then outline the next set of cases.
Study aids help in law school, but for both grades and for law practice itself
working the case book is the best prep.
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