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noPatent2014 wrote:My typical day goes from 8am-9/10pm, but occasionally cut it short for an intramural or bar review. Classes will consume a few hours but then reading/briefing for each class usually takes ~3hrs, so that tacks on another 8hrs/day. I know many law schools give out less reading than mine on average, though. I usually have 25-30 pgs/class, which is 3-5 cases, and have on average 3 classes/day. Then you need to review your brief before class, so that takes a bit as well.
I dunno. Depends on your background. I'm guessing Patent2014 was a STEM student. First semester of law school can be a little rough for us since we never really had to write exams in UG. Took me a semester to learn how to study for LS.jk148706 wrote:noPatent2014 wrote:My typical day goes from 8am-9/10pm, but occasionally cut it short for an intramural or bar review. Classes will consume a few hours but then reading/briefing for each class usually takes ~3hrs, so that tacks on another 8hrs/day. I know many law schools give out less reading than mine on average, though. I usually have 25-30 pgs/class, which is 3-5 cases, and have on average 3 classes/day. Then you need to review your brief before class, so that takes a bit as well.
you do not need to do anything close to this much work
Regardless, 14 hour days as a 1L are not sustainable. And 25-30 pages of reading should not take 3 hours.InTheHouse wrote:I dunno. Depends on your background. I'm guessing Patent2014 was a STEM student. First semester of law school can be a little rough for us since we never really had to write exams in UG. Took me a semester to learn how to study for LS.jk148706 wrote:noPatent2014 wrote:My typical day goes from 8am-9/10pm, but occasionally cut it short for an intramural or bar review. Classes will consume a few hours but then reading/briefing for each class usually takes ~3hrs, so that tacks on another 8hrs/day. I know many law schools give out less reading than mine on average, though. I usually have 25-30 pgs/class, which is 3-5 cases, and have on average 3 classes/day. Then you need to review your brief before class, so that takes a bit as well.
you do not need to do anything close to this much work
Yeah, wtf? Where on earth do you go to school?jk148706 wrote:noPatent2014 wrote:My typical day goes from 8am-9/10pm, but occasionally cut it short for an intramural or bar review. Classes will consume a few hours but then reading/briefing for each class usually takes ~3hrs, so that tacks on another 8hrs/day. I know many law schools give out less reading than mine on average, though. I usually have 25-30 pgs/class, which is 3-5 cases, and have on average 3 classes/day. Then you need to review your brief before class, so that takes a bit as well.
you do not need to do anything close to this much work
Are you reading every case 5 times?Patent2014 wrote:My typical day goes from 8am-9/10pm, but occasionally cut it short for an intramural or bar review. Classes will consume a few hours but then reading/briefing for each class usually takes ~3hrs, so that tacks on another 8hrs/day. I know many law schools give out less reading than mine on average, though. I usually have 25-30 pgs/class, which is 3-5 cases, and have on average 3 classes/day. Then you need to review your brief before class, so that takes a bit as well.
It'll be exciting like any new experience, but the novelty will wear off a few weeks in and it'll be just like any schoolwork.lawschoolbound13 wrote:I'm wondering what I can expect on my first day of law school? I'll more than likely be attending Indiana Maurer and have always wondered if law school is as horrifying as people make it sound on this site. My guess is that the answer falls somewhere in between. I know my first year will be extremely work intensive but how difficult is it to keep up/ get good grades? For example, how much reading should you do a night to stay on track?
Any feedback much appreciated
ThisBigZuck wrote:Law school is pretty chill, you'll have tons of free time punctuated by days (maybe weeks around finals) of busyness.
Most of the scariness/intensity of it is self-imposed or comes from listening to people like one of our friends here in this thread. Just don't believe the hype and you'll be fine.
and thisIt's ridiculously easy and laid back IF you're making good choices in attending in the first place. If you're going to Indiana with the expectation of transferring/getting biglaw, you will be stressed and miserable - furthermore, you're playing against really bad odds. You have a 90%~ chance of failure if you consider biglaw your only opportunity for "success."
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