I took Administrative Law my 2L year and it was by far the worst class I have taken for reading assignments. It was a three-credit course two days a week, and my professor would assign anywhere between pages a class. It was insane and the readings were dry as a bone. No one ever did their readings, and I did not catch up until two weeks before exams.
Especially when you combine them with all of the extracurriculars going on at the law school. For the first few weeks of law school most students feel that they need to get everything down to a T out of anxiety for cold calls.
Luckily this feeling quickly dissipates and does not really come back until a few weeks before your Fall semester final exams. After the first few weeks of school you need to figure out a way to manage those pesky readings or you are going to go crazy spending all your time preparing for class. Here are some tips that I have used throughout law school and some others that I have seen people use effectively. I realized very quickly in law school that if I was going to perform well I was going to have to be dedicated in my readings.
Sounds crazy right, to ram through most of my readings for the week in one hour shift? Yeah it was crazy but it works for me. Writing a page case brief, however, takes far too long and it actually works against you when it comes time for exam outlining and you have to break down your gargantuan case briefs.
Try to keep your case briefs under 2 full-length pages. For some lengthy and important cases that may be impossible, but for the vast majority of case briefs, pages will do it.
Whether you bought the casebook or you are reading a pdf you can still write questions and comments on the side. If you are a 1L you are going to have questions as you read cases. I write questions all the time on the edges of my readings because it helps me better understand what I am reading.
Highlighting is a complete waste of time if half of your case is highlighted. This practice also makes it easier for you to respond on the fly to cold calls. Post by done » Sat Mar 03, am.
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How much do you read for classes in a typical day? Search Advanced search. In , full-time 1L students read for Full-time 2L students fell right in between with an average of Part-time students follow a similar pattern, except with a smaller drop-off across years. Certainly there are other ways to prepare for class besides reading. LSSSE also asks how much time students spend each week on non-reading class preparation, which includes activities such as trial preparation, studying, writing, and doing homework.
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