Roughly how much assigned reading per day/week in 1L? Forum

[rawlsohard]

In total, I mean.

Also, if possible, how many words per page? 80 pages isn't much if it's ~150 words per page, but if it's ~500 that's another story.

edit: I suck at Google. This thread already answered my question -- about 200-350/week, or 40-70/day.

[ManOfTheMinute]

In total, I mean.

Also, if possible, how many words per page? 80 pages isn't much if it's ~150 words per page, but if it's ~500 that's another story.

If you care this much, LS probably isn't for you.

[jarofsoup]

Its not a lot of reading per week always it is just constant, and sometimes dense.

The truth is that it is the snowball effect, not the amount of work.

[rawlsohard]

If you care this much, LS probably isn't for you.

It's useful information, especially when you can prepare yourself emotionally for that commitment. You can know that you'll have to read a lot in law school, but that doesn't paint a picture of how much effort you're about to exert.

You could say the same thing about asking how many hours you should work as a lawyer: "if you care about how many hours a week you work, being a lawyer probably isn't for you." But there are a lot of legitimate reasons to ask that question.

[shock259]

Varies tremendously, but if I had to guess, I'd say I probably got 60-80pgs per 3 credit class per week. And there's exceptions on both ends of the spectrum.

Density and complexity of the readings is more important than overall page count. I'm in a policy class now that has an undergrad-esque textbook. I can skim those readings in no time. Also, unexcerpted cases usually go fast because there is a lot of preamble/stock language/headnotes/other crap. But sometimes 20 pages of contract reading can take hours and hours.

[slawww]

In total, I mean.

Also, if possible, how many words per page? 80 pages isn't much if it's ~150 words per page, but if it's ~500 that's another story.

If you care this much, LS probably isn't for you.

This is a completely rational question for a prospective law student planning on spending tens of thousands of dollars on an education to ask.

Edited for horrible internetting.