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how to succeed in law school? |
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Lying Law Professors |
| Date Posted: |
03/12/2002 |
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<< go to class to learn what your professor wants to see on an exam. >>
Listening to the professor will hurt your grades. Law professors lie, hide the ball, tell you one thing and grade based on something else entirely.
I know this sounds very confusing to people who aren't in law school yet.
Trust me. I ended up my first year at top 18%, but was in top 10% at end of second year. I learned what it takes to do well in law school.
My lowest grade in law school was in a class where I paid lots of attnention to the professor volunteered a lot in class, etc.
My highest grade in law school, highest grade in that particular class, was a class that I never attended.
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I'm currently in the top 10% at my law school. Of course law professors lie but a smart student knows how to see through their lies to see what they think is really important.
So once again, go to class. But participating is a waste of time unless your professor gives class participation points. My lowest grade would have killed my top 10% dreams had I not been curved up for class participation. And all I did was talk once every few classes. And in the classes where I did well based solely on my exams, I repeated back to them what they said in class. Law professors love to hear themselves talk.
But I have to give credit where credit is due and say that Bob's right in one regard. Don't go to class expecting to learn what you need to know for the final. You have to know everything before the final. You go to class to find out what topics most interest your professor, what black letter law they think is stupid, the catch phrases they use, and what policy issues they think is most important. Sure there are some classes where you don't have to go at all but you won't know that until it's too late.
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