1L Exam Prep and Motivation Thread Forum

[AlexanderSupertramp]

I just did last year's final torts essay and got all but .25 points! Why can't all classes be torts?

31 and no gray hairs (yet!) ftw.

[theavrock]

28 and plenty of grey, but its going to be that sort of salt and pepper grey and no baldness.

My gf is excited for me to look like George Clooney. It's weird.

Makes up for the fact that I have awful eyes and a bad back/knees

[NYC Law]

I'm having a hard time studying for crim. They both seem pretty easy so I'm just sort of blowing them off, not that much actual law we have to know, so it'll just come down to spotting weird issues (and 'being persuasive' for our torts class). I just keep studying for property...

I can't wait for this to be over, so much uncertainty. Sometimes I feel like I'm bound to end up in the bottom third, sometimes I think I should be top quarter secure.

[crossarmant]

I can't wait for this to be over, so much uncertainty. Sometimes I feel like I'm bound to end up in the bottom third, sometimes I think I should be top quarter secure.

Agreed. I'll fluctuate somedays and think "Fuck, man, this is easy... I have this in the bag." And then 30 minutes later I think "I'm going to FAIL EVERYTHING! I should just dropout now and become a gold miner in Nevada, I hear they make $75k."

[alicrimson]

I can't wait for this to be over, so much uncertainty. Sometimes I feel like I'm bound to end up in the bottom third, sometimes I think I should be top quarter secure.

Agreed. I'll fluctuate somedays and think "Fuck, man, this is easy... I have this in the bag." And then 30 minutes later I think "I'm going to FAIL EVERYTHING! I should just dropout now and become a gold miner in Nevada, I hear they make $75k."

I think this is relatively normal? I know I'll feel really good after I PT but then look at my outline and go "OH SHIT! If this was on the real test, I would definitely be looking at number 97/100 in my section." I think this is the majesty that is 1L.

[piccolittle]

It is actually impossible for me to find exams with model answers. My professor hasn't taught in a while so she gave us 7 short questions to look at with no guidance as to how much time they should take or any model answers. I can't find anything else to practice with, and all the links I've found are restricted access. Grrrrrrrr.... I can do practice questions, but I have no idea if I got anything right :/

[AlexanderSupertramp]

It is actually impossible for me to find exams with model answers. My professor hasn't taught in a while so she gave us 7 short questions to look at with no guidance as to how much time they should take or any model answers. I can't find anything else to practice with, and all the links I've found are restricted access. Grrrrrrrr.... I can do practice questions, but I have no idea if I got anything right :/

That sucks. Both my Property and Torts professors post old exams and rubrics on twen. Contracts posts her old exams and you can take your essays to her to review. It's been really helpful for me.

[Gettingstarted1928]

28 and plenty of grey, but its going to be that sort of salt and pepper grey and no baldness.

My gf is excited for me to look like George Clooney. It's weird.

Makes up for the fact that I have awful eyes and a bad back/knees

LOL. I think he has more going for him than grey hair.

[TatteredDignity]

It is actually impossible for me to find exams with model answers. My professor hasn't taught in a while so she gave us 7 short questions to look at with no guidance as to how much time they should take or any model answers. I can't find anything else to practice with, and all the links I've found are restricted access. Grrrrrrrr.... I can do practice questions, but I have no idea if I got anything right :/

Check the pepperdine database out. It's excellent.

[theavrock]

28 and plenty of grey, but its going to be that sort of salt and pepper grey and no baldness.

My gf is excited for me to look like George Clooney. It's weird.

Makes up for the fact that I have awful eyes and a bad back/knees

LOL. I think he has more going for him than grey hair.

shhhhhh a man can interpret his lady's words as he pleases

[TheFutureLawyer]

I got my hair from my mom's side of the family. Her dad, who is about 90, and on his way out, still has a full head of naturally black hair.

I'd give those genes away for a .2 gpa bump this semester (judging from the grades I've gotten so far, I'm straddling the min gpa I need just to keep my scholly).

edit; also, I've been sick for a few days and it's now starting to get into gear. I have a feeling that I'm going to wake up feeling like shit and be unable to concentrate on anything. I was already fucked as it was, I don't see why it was necessary to give me a cold on top of all this shit.

[ilovesf]

I got my hair from my mom's side of the family. Her dad, who is about 90, and on his way out, still has a full head of naturally black hair.

I'd give those genes away for a .2 gpa bump this semester (judging from the grades I've gotten so far, I'm straddling the min gpa I need just to keep my scholly).

edit; also, I've been sick for a few days and it's now starting to get into gear. I have a feeling that I'm going to wake up feeling like shit and be unable to concentrate on anything. I was already fucked as it was, I don't see why it was necessary to give me a cold on top of all this shit.

good hair and longevity? how you doin? also, if you guys are getting sick, take lots of vitamin c, zinc, drink tea with honey, and I swear by this Oscillo thing - http://www.oscillo.com/

[piccolittle]

It is actually impossible for me to find exams with model answers. My professor hasn't taught in a while so she gave us 7 short questions to look at with no guidance as to how much time they should take or any model answers. I can't find anything else to practice with, and all the links I've found are restricted access. Grrrrrrrr.... I can do practice questions, but I have no idea if I got anything right :/

Check the pepperdine database out. It's excellent.

Thank you!!! Hopefully I will be less grumpy in general tomorrow evening after getting a little more practice in lol. It's been pretty frustrating so far... good luck to all, congrats to those who've already done an exam, and good night

[Extension_Cord]

I got my hair from my mom's side of the family. Her dad, who is about 90, and on his way out, still has a full head of naturally black hair.

I'd give those genes away for a .2 gpa bump this semester (judging from the grades I've gotten so far, I'm straddling the min gpa I need just to keep my scholly).

edit; also, I've been sick for a few days and it's now starting to get into gear. I have a feeling that I'm going to wake up feeling like shit and be unable to concentrate on anything. I was already fucked as it was, I don't see why it was necessary to give me a cold on top of all this shit.

Lucky. Both my parents started to dye their hair in their 40s. No greys yet, but Im sure they are near.

I haven't been sick in close to 3 years though *knock on wood. Win some and you lose some.

[kalvano]

It is actually impossible for me to find exams with model answers. My professor hasn't taught in a while so she gave us 7 short questions to look at with no guidance as to how much time they should take or any model answers. I can't find anything else to practice with, and all the links I've found are restricted access. Grrrrrrrr.... I can do practice questions, but I have no idea if I got anything right :/

Check the pepperdine database out. It's excellent.

Thank you!!! Hopefully I will be less grumpy in general tomorrow evening after getting a little more practice in lol. It's been pretty frustrating so far... good luck to all, congrats to those who've already done an exam, and good night

Widner also has an excellent online exam bank.

[ocplaytime]

K final was BRUTAL today and I went in pretty confident... we cover unconscionability for 2 weeks and the first day we do 1 (yes 1) case on just PRICE unconscionability with 11 factors and the prof says to know it then doesn't bring it up..not on practice finals or in review either. first question............BAM 2 part question, 1st part an arbitration clause that business owner doesn't want to follow and 2nd part ------> price unconscionability.

good portion of the class discussed business compulsion as an answer for the 1st part and then just applied standard uncon for 2nd. I did uncon for the first and price uncon for the second except only had like 7/11 of the factors down because I barely prepared for it. kinda worried I didn't argue business compulsion/economic duress but the hypo just seemed more slanted towards uncon. hoping I didn't fuck it up..I mean for business compul there HAS to be coercive circumstances right?......right? worst feeling ever to worry about it now

[ocplaytime]

p.s uncon includes oppression (lack of meaningful choice) and one of the factors of business compulsion is injured party forced to agree to other's terms so when is it best to separate the two? if there was no coercive circumstances => oppression?

[Extension_Cord]

K final was BRUTAL today and I went in pretty confident... we cover unconscionability for 2 weeks and the first day we do 1 (yes 1) case on just PRICE unconscionability with 11 factors and the prof says to know it then doesn't bring it up..not on practice finals or in review either. first question............BAM 2 part question, 1st part an arbitration clause that business owner doesn't want to follow and 2nd part ------> price unconscionability.

good portion of the class discussed business compulsion as an answer for the 1st part and then just applied standard uncon for 2nd. I did uncon for the first and price uncon for the second except only had like 7/11 of the factors down because I barely prepared for it. kinda worried I didn't argue business compulsion/economic duress but the hypo just seemed more slanted towards uncon. hoping I didn't fuck it up..I mean for business compul there HAS to be coercive circumstances right?......right? worst feeling ever to worry about it now

Was it a 2-207 question, was there more than 1 form? My professor always has a 2-207 problem when arbitration is involved because you can mention the surprise factor under Klotcek. Arbitration = materially alter K when buyer is offeror...

DISCLAIMER: We didn't talk about business compulsion in class. What I say below is just off my general definition of compulsion.

I would think compulsion would include duress, undue influence, misrepresentation or unconscionability. Of course, I would think undue influence would be the big one.

[johansantana21]

I'm so glad our K class doesn't have 2-207 on the final. That shit's a bitch.

[Extension_Cord]

I'm so glad our K class doesn't have 2-207 on the final. That shit's a bitch.

I like 2-207!

I think the parol evidence rule is the bitch. I dont understand the exceptions, especially the subsequent agreement. If anyone wants to summarize what, when, how and why a subsequent agreement comes in or not under the PER I would be greatful.

[johansantana21]

I'm so glad our K class doesn't have 2-207 on the final. That shit's a bitch.

I like 2-207!

I think the parol evidence rule is the bitch. I dont understand the exceptions, especially the subsequent agreement. If anyone wants to summarize what, when, how and why a subsequent agreement comes in or not under the PER I would be greatful.

We didn't do parol evidence either.

Maybe this is why everyone is finding first sem contracts so easy here.

[ocplaytime]

we went over UCC but it had nothing to do with UCC. it was a hypo about a marketing firm that hired a solo attorney and after 2 years while involved in a case for the client the attorney joined big shot firm and made the client sign a new agreement or else he couldn't represent him anymore. marketing ceo and attorney were friends forever and ceo said he couldnt imagine working with anyone else. basically some people thought that was business compul but the ceo was never forced to sign it..he would have just lost what he had invested in the suit.

weird thing about my class is that we covered undue influence/duress/fraud/business compul as independent defenses to K formation

[Extension_Cord]

we went over UCC but it had nothing to do with UCC. it was a hypo about a marketing firm that hired a solo attorney and after 2 years while involved in a case for the client the attorney joined big shot firm and made the client sign a new agreement or else he couldn't represent him anymore. marketing ceo and attorney were friends forever and ceo said he couldnt imagine working with anyone else. basically some people thought that was business compul but the ceo was never forced to sign it..he would have just lost what he had invested in the suit.

weird thing about my class is that we covered undue influence/duress/fraud/business compul has independent defenses to K formation

Sounds like the CEO didn't have any other option but to sign it. I think it might be a bit coercive. At least worth mentioning it if you don't agree and explain why. Thats really all that counts that you aknowledge and explain, not what your conclusion says.

Even if you didn't mention it, if your other analysis is good then you won't do bad. I think alot of 1Ls put too much emphasis on the right answer when its your well-though out reasoning that counts the most. After all thats what attorneys do.

[Extension_Cord]

Also it sounds like you hit touched up on something the rest of the class didn't, price unconscionability. Im sure your professor will remember that more than you taking a different analysis on the first issue (which isn't wrong btw, maybe not the best answer but not wrong). I bolded the maybe because perhaps it is, I dont know because we didnt cover it in my class.

It sounds like you did well. Time to focus on the next one!

[SwampRat88]

Civ Pro Hypo: A wants to sue B. The dispute is between two farmers: A from WI, B from Illinois. They live just across the border from one another. B breeds a certain type of animal which can be trained and contained (but he fails to do so), and every once in a while the animals cross the state line and fuck with A's crops. Assume SMJ is not an issue, and A wants to know if she can establish PJX and venue in either her federal district in WI, or B's in MN. Assume A owns the farm in WI, and B resides at his farm in Illinois.

Would A want to bring quasi-in-rem type I action to sue B in her state federal district?