1L Exam Prep and Motivation Thread Forum

[Thirteen]

Lifted today then took a nap. Woke up feeling renewed. Hoped into my car to hit the library and the first song to come on in my car is I Want You Back - Jackson 5. I'm fucking motivated again. I am absolutely going to make law review after this semester is over. Ain't nobody stopping me. LETS DO IT.

The key to all success rests in the squat, bench and deadlift, young man

I just got back to the library from leg day at the gym. I feel super motivated to outline Property for the next 4 hours.

[GATORTIM]

I'm crushing hammerstrength equipment like it's my job...I can't do trad'l bench. for some reason it effs with my shoulder.

[Eco]

I honestly studied more last semester but I think I can safely say that barring any crazy meltdowns I will probably do better this time around. I just know what to expect. Last semester I basically aced the first 2 exams, did well on the third, and didn't do as well as I hoped on the fourth. Lack of sleep + over-stressing IMO was a big factor.

Should wait until the 11th hour before I make a judgment on my stress levels though, lol!

[stayway]

So, what is the best method to memorize for Ks?

[snowpeach06]

You know its finals when your eyes start to hurt from all the straining. Also, I'm concerned about how short my con law is. That class seems to basically just be cases.

[as stars burn]

Crackdown starts tomorrow. No more excuses. :(

+1. Sad but necessary. I feel a lot less prepared and motivated than I did last semester.

I feel the same way. My first final is in 16 days, and I still don't feel like busting my ass to prep for finals.

Same here. This semester just kicked my ass. Legal Writing sucked up more time (for less credit hours) and I hate Contracts and Property. I had 1 outline fully done by this time last semester and the rest almost done, but this semester I'm nowhere near done. I have lots of started outlines but I still have another week or two worth or so of solid outlining to go. I did too much this semester. I landed a law clerking position that I just could give up (but that ends on Monday, thank God), and I volunteered quite a bit of hours too. I don't know what I was thinking. I'm fatigued, overwhelmed, cranky, and I feel I feel like I'm on the verge of tears most of the time. I hope to do at least as well as last semester.

[Always Credited]

I've come to the realization that I'll never understand contracts

[Holly Golightly]

I've come to the realization that I'll never understand contracts any of my classes this semester

ftfm

[Thirteen]

I've come to the realization that I'll never understand contracts any of my classes this semester

ftfm

[BarbellDreams]

I've come to the realization that I'll never understand contracts any of my classes this semester

ftfm

+1. Ridiculous.

[goosey]

So, what is the best method to memorize for Ks?

was sucking at K's until I found a method--do law in a flash for X topic, outline section, do law in a flash for topic again and run fill in gaps in outline with info from cards.

has worked so far.

[Eco]

Contracts is the most straightforward class of them all. Just depends on your professor. Ours is so great--semester 1 all we did was common law, and semester 2 all we did was Article 2 U.C.C.. Really made learning all of it easier.

[BarbellDreams]

Idk, I loved K's. I had an "attack outline" where it was basically 15-25 different questions like: "Valid offer?", "Valid acceptance?", "Consideration?", "Subject to SoF?", etc. I also separated my real outline into those section to cover everything needed.

On another note, I cant seem to get the rule against perputuities very well. I haven't cracked open the supplement yet so maybe it will be cleared up by then, but just based on notes and class work I am wrong like 25% of the time whether the rule is violated or not.

[beach_terror]

Property is fucking simple. We're not doing RAP though (at least I don't think so). This test is going to be cake, this shit is right up my alley. It's basically Civ Pro, all rules. Just run that shit through, get an answer, supplement with analysis, get A.

[maf70]

This semester's exams are going to suck. No outlines allowed for contracts, torts, or property exams.

[stayway]

Fuck you Ks

[BarbellDreams]

Property is fucking simple. We're not doing RAP though (at least I don't think so). This test is going to be cake, this shit is right up my alley. It's basically Civ Pro, all rules. Just run that shit through, get an answer, supplement with analysis, get A.

Yeah, the rest of the class is thinking the exact same thing though. Minus RAP this was by far the easiest class of the semester. Con Law is another story, especially with my prof...

[Always Credited]

Idk, I loved K's. I had an "attack outline" where it was basically 15-25 different questions like: "Valid offer?", "Valid acceptance?", "Consideration?", "Subject to SoF?", etc. I also separated my real outline into those section to cover everything needed.

On another note, I cant seem to get the rule against perputuities very well. I haven't cracked open the supplement yet so maybe it will be cleared up by then, but just based on notes and class work I am wrong like 25% of the time whether the rule is violated or not.

After spending the entire day on breach/excusable breach/remedies-damages/warranties, I feel a lot better about K's.

[BarbellDreams]

Idk, I loved K's. I had an "attack outline" where it was basically 15-25 different questions like: "Valid offer?", "Valid acceptance?", "Consideration?", "Subject to SoF?", etc. I also separated my real outline into those section to cover everything needed.

On another note, I cant seem to get the rule against perputuities very well. I haven't cracked open the supplement yet so maybe it will be cleared up by then, but just based on notes and class work I am wrong like 25% of the time whether the rule is violated or not.

After spending the entire day on breach/excusable breach/remedies-damages/warranties, I feel a lot better about K's.

Did you (or anyone) get to the cases where the reliance damages end up being MORE than the expectation damages yet? Those took a few tries to figure out when we first learned them. A lot of math

[beach_terror]

Property is fucking simple. We're not doing RAP though (at least I don't think so). This test is going to be cake, this shit is right up my alley. It's basically Civ Pro, all rules. Just run that shit through, get an answer, supplement with analysis, get A.

Yeah, the rest of the class is thinking the exact same thing though. Minus RAP this was by far the easiest class of the semester. Con Law is another story, especially with my prof...

Yeah, the rest of my section thought CivPro was easy and straightforward too. Still did well.

[stayway]

Property is fucking simple. We're not doing RAP though (at least I don't think so). This test is going to be cake, this shit is right up my alley. It's basically Civ Pro, all rules. Just run that shit through, get an answer, supplement with analysis, get A.

Yeah, the rest of the class is thinking the exact same thing though. Minus RAP this was by far the easiest class of the semester. Con Law is another story, especially with my prof...

Yeah, the rest of my section thought CivPro was easy and straightforward too. Still did well.

I didn't think CivPro was "easy." You did well because you loved it, freak.

[beach_terror]

Property is fucking simple. We're not doing RAP though (at least I don't think so). This test is going to be cake, this shit is right up my alley. It's basically Civ Pro, all rules. Just run that shit through, get an answer, supplement with analysis, get A.

Yeah, the rest of the class is thinking the exact same thing though. Minus RAP this was by far the easiest class of the semester. Con Law is another story, especially with my prof...

Yeah, the rest of my section thought CivPro was easy and straightforward too. Still did well.

I didn't think CivPro was "easy." You did well because you loved it, freak.

Yeah, if I can find a way to "love" all the material this semester, shit should be EZPZ.

[stayway]

Yeah, if I can find a way to "love" all the tests this semester, shit should be EZPZ.

+1, srsly.

[BarbellDreams]

I hate civ pro FRCP but loved Civ Pro Jurisdiction. The more I am here the more I realize it really has a lot more to do with the quality of your professor than most give credence to.

[mths]

remember to relax

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