i dont know why i want to do it like this but here goes

If you = Mac user
then http://macfreedom.com/

%"Freedom is an application that disables wireless and ethernet networking on an Apple computer for up to three hours at a time. Freedom will free you from the distractions of the internet, allowing you time to code, write, or create. At the end of your selected offline period, Freedom re-enables your network, restoring everything as normal.

Freedom enforces freedom; a reboot is the only circumvention of the Freedom time limit you specify. The hassle of rebooting means you’re less likely to cheat, and you’ll be more productive."


else "SOL"

end

I find it under "my school" and then "key 1L resources".

Does anyone know if there is a PC equivalent of this program? Google and download.com weren't really pulling up anything.

i've looked, i've tried to write one. no dice. just need the willpower to turn the radio off

Restatement's are just rehashed caselaw. If you know the rules (re)stated, your casebook is an incredibly in-concise set of examples/analysis/applications of the restatements. Over simplification ftw!

So for Contracts I feel like the E&E kinda sucks. It seems to be all over the place and not easy to find what I need. I've been heavily leaning on the hornbook, a recommended primer and the actual Restatement and UCC sections to go along with the BLL. I would like to continue using the E&E for Contracts if anyone has any advice on how to approach the book because trying to search through it to find relevant sections sucks. Should I just read it cover to cover?

i've had generally the same experience. i'm going to stick with just reading Chirelstein (i'm guessing this is your "recommended primer") and maybe doing the occasional CALI lesson and i'll come back to the E&E in Oct/Nov when we've done enough to make it worthwhile.

You have 12,000 posts and just started 1L this semester?

Hmm...I was just about to dig into the E & E, but maybe I'll outline Chirelstein's stuff instead? I'm gonna have to take a look at this and see what's up....

I recommend Chirelstein's supplement as well (Concepts and Case Analysis in the Law of Contracts), it has really helped me to understand what we've done so far.

I haven't read most of this thread - just the first couple of pages. However, I just want to add that my first semester (which went very well), I briefed - and read very carefully, spending a lot of time stopping to think about hypos, etc. I realize now that this was beneficial - not because of anything I directly gleaned from the reading - but because it's very similar to taking an exam. In fact, I think it is second only to taking practice exams (but careful case reading is something you do so much that it can have an equal impact). Learning to figure out exactly which facts are relevant and which are not, how the rules function, etc. can be very well learned through careful case reading. It's not a matter of picking up the right information from individual cases to use on the exam, but of practicing the skills. Some pick this up equally or almost as well through use of E&Es, etc., but I find that those materials spoon feed analysis too well, thus not allowing the reader to really learn how to do on his/her own. Hence, the logic of briefing, carefully reading first semester, but then using supplements more heavily and ceasing briefing after that point (which is exactly what I did - ending at top 2% T10).

Any suggestions for supplements for a Crim Law class that isn't doing common law? Prof and his finals confirm we're only worried about the MPC in this class, and interpreting statutes, but most of the supplements and hypos seem geared towards compare/contrasting MPC and CL. Anyone use/find one that is mostly MPC geared? I don't want to waste time wading through Common Law if I don't have to.

Yeah it seems good so far...I'm only a little way through it though.

short hypos from E&E and gilberts, sometimes the big ones off planet law school, or looking through old tests

LOL, I have the casenotes series too.

guys for those of you who hate to brief (like me!) canned briefs found on google are the absolute nuts. i still read the cases, but i feel like if i had to i could get by with SOME (not all) of these canned briefs if cold-called

I can vouch, I've done it with 2 already. I did read the cases myself, but copied the brief straight into my notes for reference and successfully made it through two cold calls. I also usually read the briefs for the same case on two different sites just in case they have a different 'main point'.

Dude, seriously?

Unrelated:

In week 1, I've been reading cases slower and slower... taking notes in the margins, no briefs. Working less than my classmates, I think, but I still feel like I'm still spending too long on individual cases. Have not been cold-called yet, which is like, extra nerve-wracking cause I feel like my system has not been "tested". I know the answer to professors' cold calls on other people - idk, half the time? But the other half is either tiny details (still figuring out what's important, I guess :/ ) or unrelated to cases.

I have checked a couple of supplements out of the library. I hope to start attacking them this weekend and tone down the case reading - I trust you, TLS!

Yup. I do the same exact thing. I've not only survived 2 cold calls, but I've been complimented by my classmates on how well I did. I didn't even read the whole case cover to cover!

just got it today, this book is pure Gold

how do you get hornbook in lexis?

http://www.lexisnexis.com/lawschool/con ... &topicid=6

it's nice because they are searchable, so you can cut straight to the chase.

If this has been addressed already ITT I apologize: When reading the supplements, reading it cover to cover isn't necessary right (especially hornbooks). I really like Chemerinsky's Con Law (teaching me the subject better than the prof) but come exam time will it matter that I can cite a case that wasn't even covered in class? Trying to find the balance here...

Citing cases at all = rarely necessary (though con law is a major exception to that rule). Citing non-assigned cases = major party foul. There's about a 99% chance you won't get bonus points, and as a result a 99% chance that you're going to wast valuable time mentioning/discussing the point.

Thanks for the quick response! Looks like I can relax the hornbook load a little...

Quick derail: I don't have a supplement for Crim Procedure and I haven't found an E&E. The class uses the Israel, Kamisar, LaFave, King book... thoughts?