OFFICIAL 1L Exam Prep & Motivation Thread (CSWS) Forum

[gaud]

1st exam tomorrow

You're gonn ace it! Good luck!!

[BearsGrl]

Do most places have only 3 substantive course for first semester 1L? My school does 4 substantive plus a graded writing and a graded legal research (separate courses) for a grand total of 6.[/quote][/quote][/quote]

A lot of schools do, but some schools, like yours and mine have 6. I know someone at Akron who had 6 her 1L year.

[mr.hands]

Do most places have only 3 substantive course for first semester 1L? My school does 4 substantive plus a graded writing and a graded legal research (separate courses) for a grand total of 6.

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A lot of schools do, but some schools, like yours and mine have 6. I know someone at Akron who had 6 her 1L year.[/quote]

Yeah but it doesn't really matter whether you have 3 or 6.

If you have three then you just bust ass an get through all the material sooner. Your entire class is in the same situation. If you've got 6, you have less material per semester and a two exams for each class. But, again, everyone is in the same boat

[Blumpbeef]

One highly unrigorous school apparently only has 2 finals.

SMH

[BearsGrl]

Do most places have only 3 substantive course for first semester 1L? My school does 4 substantive plus a graded writing and a graded legal research (separate courses) for a grand total of 6.

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A lot of schools do, but some schools, like yours and mine have 6. I know someone at Akron who had 6 her 1L year.[/quote]

Yeah but it doesn't really matter whether you have 3 or 6.

If you have three then you just bust ass an get through all the material sooner. Your entire class is in the same situation. If you've got 6, you have less material per semester and a two exams for each class. But, again, everyone is in the same boat[/quote]

Sure, but I would rather have 1 semester and be done with it rather than it fall over an entire year. Less classes, more short-term stress. More classes, more long-term stress over the same material.

I felt bad for one of my section maters. There was a really bad accident that took place and closed down lanes. I know her and one other person in another section who didn't arrive to the final until 45 mins. into it. The school wasn't going to give them a re-do.

[005618502]

nvm

[splittermcsplit88]

Property --> Find --> Treasure Trove.

What effect does trivially trespassing have? I'm confused by my own notes lol If you're trivially trespassing, are you allowed to keep it or no?

[Maximized]

1 down, 3 to go. 2nd is tomorrow: my strongest class, Civ.Pro.

Just thoroughly analyzed a PT; broke that shit down issue by issue and owned its ass. Untimed, but I was able to get decent answers to timed PTs before - it was organization that was the problem. All my professor's question calls are the same (You clerk for the appellate judge. Assess the issues and basically see where there were errors in procedure or other ways to narrow down the mass of issues) so I'm pretty happy with doing IRAC for each issue. Next PT will be doing that, but timed and focusing on the issues in order of importance, not chronologically.

Everyone else with finals tomorrow better be ready to wreck shop with me. Remember: we're only in law school because we don't have any other marketable skills... But that means we're damn good at this. Make that final pay in more ways than one. CSWS

[gaud]

congrats to everyone who had exams today!

Good luck to everyone tomorrow!!

[shredderrrrrr]

Yeah but it doesn't really matter whether you have 3 or 6.

If you have three then you just bust ass an get through all the material sooner. Your entire class is in the same situation. If you've got 6, you have less material per semester and a two exams for each class. But, again, everyone is in the same boat

Yeah, I wasn't implying that I have more work, just thought everyone had that many classes. Thought that was the norm.

[gobuffs10]

At library, not studying. Five days until last final, hoping motivation kicks in before next week.

I've been learning contracts over the past 3 days. I'll let you know how it works after my exam today.

Also,

fml

Shit. I just started tonight. Exam Saturday. We can do this. I feel like organization will be key here, and having a good checklist.

[SEngland]

At library, not studying. Five days until last final, hoping motivation kicks in before next week.

I've been learning contracts over the past 3 days. I'll let you know how it works after my exam today.

Also,

fml

Shit. I just started tonight. Exam Saturday. We can do this. I feel like organization will be key here, and having a good checklist.

csws.

[Raiden]

Last final tomorrow, almost kind of hard to believe.

Where is swimmer at btw?

[005618502]

Last final tomorrow, almost kind of hard to believe.

Where is swimmer at btw?

Making you take a final on Saturday huh? I have one Monday and one Thursday. Cant believe how fast this semester went!

[JG7773]

Last final tomorrow, almost kind of hard to believe.

Where is swimmer at btw?

Making you take a final on Saturday huh? I have one Monday and one Thursday. Cant believe how fast this semester went!

I was just thinking the same thing! I spent the first month or so not really knowing what was going on, then next thing I knew we were in the middle of our reading week.

[005618502]

Last final tomorrow, almost kind of hard to believe.

Where is swimmer at btw?

Making you take a final on Saturday huh? I have one Monday and one Thursday. Cant believe how fast this semester went!

I was just thinking the same thing! I spent the first month or so not really knowing what was going on, then next thing I knew we were in the middle of our reading week.

Man, thinking back to the beginning.... I was sooo inefficient!

[Blumpbeef]

Last final tomorrow, almost kind of hard to believe.

Where is swimmer at btw?

Making you take a final on Saturday huh? I have one Monday and one Thursday. Cant believe how fast this semester went!

I was just thinking the same thing! I spent the first month or so not really knowing what was going on, then next thing I knew we were in the middle of our reading week.

Man, thinking back to the beginning.... I was sooo inefficient!

It's part of the process. There's nothing anyone could've told you that would've made you more efficient back then. I definitely learned how to read cases much more quickly now, and everyone has a different style of outlining and taking notes and stuff that you have to figure out on your own.

[Nova]

1st exam tomorrow

You're gonn ace it! Good luck!!

thx bro. 2 hours. AHHHH!!!!

[Raiden]

Going out with a bang brothers, I am actually looking foward to this civ pro final in a few hours.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V8rZWw9HE7o

[Jsa725]

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[swimmer11]

Good Luck everybody with your exams today!!!!!

I have my torts exam Monday and man it will be a monster.

Question: I like the LEEWS method for planning ten minutes, writing what I have outlined, and repeat. However, my torts exam on Monday is rumored to be a ten page fact pattern (heard she increases page size each year and last year it was 9 pages :/) should I read through the whole fact pattern first just to try and get a handle on what is going on and then proceed with the outlining writing process?

TYIA

Thoughts and prayers to anyone who knows someone involved in the CT incident.

[Blumpbeef]

Question: I like the LEEWS method for planning ten minutes, writing what I have outlined, and repeat. However, my torts exam on Monday is rumored to be a ten page fact pattern (heard she increases page size each year and last year it was 9 pages :/) should I read through the whole fact pattern first just to try and get a handle on what is going on and then proceed with the outlining writing process?

It depends on your professor and the fact pattern. If it's an overarching tort that she wants you to discuss policy about then ya read it. If it is a million different torts then reading it might be a waste of time. Maybe skim it real quick though.

[swimmer11]

Question: I like the LEEWS method for planning ten minutes, writing what I have outlined, and repeat. However, my torts exam on Monday is rumored to be a ten page fact pattern (heard she increases page size each year and last year it was 9 pages :/) should I read through the whole fact pattern first just to try and get a handle on what is going on and then proceed with the outlining writing process?

It depends on your professor and the fact pattern. If it's an overarching tort that she wants you to discuss policy about then ya read it. If it is a million different torts then reading it might be a waste of time. Maybe skim it real quick though.

The exam is three parts: 1) 15 multiple choice questions worth 12% 2) Policy question worth 28% 3) Long 10 page hypo worth 60%.

On the issue spotter from what she has said and form what the TA has said, it is just a typical racehorse exam. Everyone starts at 0 and gets points based on the issues they raise etc. However, sometimes she will include all of the injuries at the end of the issue spotter or have smaller questions within the larger issue spotter she will specifically ask. It is a fucking nightmare.

[005618502]

I have having problems focusing. Need to study for my final monday, yet I find myself on Fantasy football/FB/TLS every 5 minutes ughhhhh

[gaud]

I have having problems focusing. Need to study for my final monday, yet I find myself on Fantasy football/FB/TLS every 5 minutes ughhhhh

Same here bro. Since finishing my second final I've done nothing lol