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who gets a better grade? |
| Message Name: |
addendum |
| Date Posted: |
01/05/2002 |
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In most classes, the person who gets the better grade in law school is the person who writes the best final exam. Period. A few exceptions exist--legal research and writing, trial advocacy, etc., but the traditional law school course is based on a grade derived solely from the final. |
| Message: |
Although grades are largely a function of the final, it is amusing to note that virtually every 1L class will have at least one eager student who raises his or her hand to (mis)answer every question and to challenge recitals of facts contained in 18th Century cases and the like. These would be gunners
decide that the best way to
exorcise their nervousness is by trying to "look bright" in class (rather like in 6th grade). Other would be geniuses usually develop an overwrought indignation at these folks, with even less benefit and purpose.
In my experience, those who got the high grades could not be described as "always contributes in class" or "never contributes in class", but instead were folks who
were just "ordinary" in class, but studied hard and
were good at the IRAC test format.
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