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Please give advice to incoming 1L |
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fair enough, but |
| Date Posted: |
07/12/2001 |
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You should show up to all of your classes during your first year. A big part of doing well in law school is understanding how a law professor thinks (they all think differently). Unless the professor has written the casebook, the only way to figure out your professor is by going to class and asking the professor questions.
I would make your own outline from scratch, that's how you learn (not by reading someone else's work).
I agree -- go out, but don't hang out with the party animals. These people have a death wish, and they are almost in the bottom of the class when the year is over. Avoid them at all costs. |
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...learning how your prof thinks is important, but class isn't always the best way - old exams are - especially if the prof publishes example answers or his own memo. also, many of the profs have different styles in class and different philosophy's but they all grade issue spotters the same, for the most part. I think it's much more important to keep up with reading even if it means skipping some classes.
outline from scratch is good (though use 1 or 2 other outlines to help get an idea of how to organize it). I always make my own, but for some people it simply takes too long - they can't help but put in a lot of unnecesary detail and fact.
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