1Ls: What are you going to do differently next semester? Forum

[FeelTheHeat]

Drink more

[Antrim]

MOAR DRINKING

[Antrim]

MOAR DRINKING

I find it hard to believe that a human body could take moar drinking.

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[shoeshine]

Less practice tests. I was so burned out by the time the tests came. I will also focus more on possible policy questions.

[CactusPuppy]

No more briefs.

Outline outline outline.

Ya. Briefs are useless. Stopped doing briefs a month in.

[quixotical]

No more briefs.

Outline outline outline.

Ya. Briefs are useless. Stopped doing briefs a month in.

I'm so glad I never bothered to write a single brief... at first it felt weird since everyone else was spending hours on them, but I think it worked out for the better (although, not having received most of my grades, I'll leave that statement open for revision).

[merc280]

No more briefs.

Outline outline outline.

Ya. Briefs are useless. Stopped doing briefs a month in.

I'm so glad I never bothered to write a single brief... at first it felt weird since everyone else was spending hours on them, but I think it worked out for the better (although, not having received most of my grades, I'll leave that statement open for revision).

I didnt write a single brief and I still feel like I might have missed out and possibly have a lower grade because of it. Although for next semester im going to take detailed notes before class, and only add a little while in class.

[jess]

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[Redzo]

Do less for the first couple months and not stress over not doing anything aside from keeping up with the reading.
Though I would like to actually make my own outlines as I go, but we'll see if that actually happens.

This! Assuming that I am satisfied with my grades.

[TheFutureLawyer]

E&Es/Hornbooks.
Outline as I go.
Finish reading for all classes 4 weeks before exams.
3-4 weeks before exams: memorize/understand all the material.
2-1 weeks before exams: practice exams.

And still need to get my type speed up. Way up.

[Bildungsroman]

Gun more + learn to type faster.

[TheFutureLawyer]

Gun more + learn to type faster.

lol, this is my summary.

[MattThiessen]

Get cozier with all of my professors and convince them to give me the exams and model answers ahead of time.

[cinephile]

Meet people outside of law school.

Even though I don't have grades back yet, I think I'd address exams differently. If a professor really stressed something all semester and it doesn't seem like there's a question on that topic on the exam, I should try to force it and find a way to fit it into an essay. Maybe not, though.

Also, stop buying coffee at the law school.

[sparty99]

(1) Drink, socialize, and play sports more. Studying 8 hours a day is not what gets you a good grade in law school
(2) Outline from day one
(3) No more facebook between classes. Use that time to outline the cases that were just discussed in class. Use the night to read E&E.
(4) Skip more
(5) Go to office hours once every other week
(6) Look at practice exams at the beginning, middle, and end of the semester
(7) Read old outlines at the beginning, middle, and end of the semester

[D'Angelo]

Meet people outside of law school.

this mostly! the people are actually not that bad but there is not a large social circle...

[merc280]

Also do away with the computer completely, unless its for typing up my notes at night, but I've decided to do everything on paper next semester.

[Dany]

Meet people outside of law school.

God, this.

I hate law students. I need to figure out where to meet non-law student friends.

[CactusPuppy]

-read pre-written briefs instead of the cases
-only read footnotes in the casebooks
-start outlining earlier
-supplement confusing material as i go instead of teaching it to myself right before exams
-work ahead?? will probably fail at this
-work out more
-drink more
-shop less on amazon during study breaks
-take more practice exams
-start LRW papers earlier

sums up my strategy

[CactusPuppy]

Meet people outside of law school.

God, this.

I hate law students. I need to figure out where to meet non-law student friends.

I'm the opposite. I love my classmates and I love going out with them. I get irritated when I talk with non-lawyers about anything substantive.

[D'Angelo]

Meet people outside of law school.

God, this.

I hate law students. I need to figure out where to meet non-law student friends.

I'm the opposite. I love my classmates and I love going out with them. I get irritated when I talk with non-lawyers about anything substantive.

if you look in the dictionary under "talking past each other"...

[MrPapagiorgio]

Meet people outside of law school.

God, this.

I hate law students.

Considering that this seems to be the consensus, I am wondering if I am just lucky with the friends I've made or something about TLS is self-selecting towards hating their own kind. I really like going out or just chilling with most of my classmates. Most are pretty cool people (save for the few obligatory douches).

[cinephile]

Meet people outside of law school.

God, this.

I hate law students. I need to figure out where to meet non-law student friends.

I'm not religious, but I've decided to join a church. That's a good way to feel like part of a community. Also hoping to meet people by joining a jogging group.

[ahduth]

Meet people outside of law school.

God, this.

I hate law students. I need to figure out where to meet non-law student friends.

I'm not religious, but I've decided to join a church. That's a good way to feel like part of a community. Also hoping to meet people by joining a jogging group.

Hmm. That could be a good call - I bet there are some sweet cults in NYC...

[buchy2009]

Meet people outside of law school.

God, this.

I hate law students.

Considering that this seems to be the consensus, I am wondering if I am just lucky with the friends I've made or something about TLS is self-selecting towards hating their own kind. I really like going out or just chilling with most of my classmates. Most are pretty cool people (save for the few obligatory douches).

I feel somewhere in between. I like many of the people in my class, but I feel like when they go out, they go really lame places. I'm going to try to find people that like to do things other than go to bars with 80% 18-21 year old undergrads.