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I feel like I am abusing this forum, but it has been such an invaluable tool for me thus far that I’m going to continue to use it..

A couple of questions about the readings…

There have been an increasing amount of cases in which I find the facts, issues, rules, holding, and reasoning rather quickly and then the court continues to ramble on forever.. Once I find the above components would it likely be alright to just skim through the rest of the case to make sure I’m not missing anything, or should I continue to read the remainder of the case in as much detail?

Also what about the “notes and questions” sections? Are those important to read in detail? I generally have been skimming them / looking at some of the questions and such, but not really reading them that well. I know they have some components of the policy in them, but I’ve found thus far that policy ends up being 1 of the main elements of discussion in class and I am usually able to have a decent amount of notes with others.

I always hear how much faster the assignments will become, starting to wonder if its because I can learn to just focus on what is important / if I don’t have to pay as much attention to these sections.. or if I’d be missing out on something substantial

Don't skim over, you never know when there's an important nugget of information later on. Especially don't skip over the dissent

I read the notes & questions for the classes where it's appropriate (my property professor discusses it; for contracts I have a good understanding through work experience, so obviously I don't need it)

One more tip: usually the cases you are assigned are also accessible on Westlaw or Lexis, and those sites have good summaries of the important parts of the case. I highly recommend using your Westlaw/Lexis accounts to study efficiently.