OFFICIAL 1L Exam Prep & Motivation Thread (CSWS) Forum

[MauriceGains]

Been "working" on my brief today...

Yup.

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[RoseAberlone]

Drowning in con law. How important is the NFIB case to the big picture? It seems like it is all over the Commerce Clause and Taxing Powers, and none of my supplements (minus Crunchtime) is up to date enough to talk about it. Argh

Disclaimer: Stupid 1L a few weeks into con law. Seems pretty relevant since it's our most recent major interpretation of the commerce, taxing and spending powers. Also as Ginsburg points out in her concurrence it's the first time the court has struck down federal spending legislation as being coercive, so that may imply a shift in doctrine. Or just that the court is incredibly politicized. Might be good to go to your professor or a TA about it — I'm planning on doing that.

[20130312]

Been "working" on my brief today...

Yup.

Samesies.

[stillwater]

Been "working" on my brief today...

Yup.

Samesies.

Guilty of not doing this.

[Tiago Splitter]

Minimum length for argument section of first draft of brief: 8 pages.

Tiago's submission: 6 pages.

Getting a passing grade seems to require minimum competency, and if they ask for minimum competency by God we will give them minimum competency.

[Bronck]

Minimum length for argument section of first draft of brief: 8 pages.

Tiago's submission: 6 pages.

Getting a passing grade seems to require minimum competency, and if they ask for minimum competency by God we will give them minimum competency.

8 pages? holy hell. I'd be happy if I came up with 4

[gaud]

My professor just gave us a word limit...

[UnamSanctam]

Had to turn mine in a couple weeks ago, but I was also given a range of 8-10, with 8 being expected. 7 pages, started and finished the same day. That's why we don't schedule brief submissions for the day after the Super Bowl.

[mephistopheles]

Had to turn mine in a couple weeks ago, but I was also given a range of 8-10, with 8 being expected. 7 pages, started and finished the same day. That's why we don't schedule brief submissions for the day after the Super Bowl.

damn, jealous of these page systems.

we're given an incredibly tight word count.

[laxbrah420]

my section I of my argument took 17 pages and Im saving policy arguments for a whole different section. I think our profs make us write pretty weird though with big distinguished rule explanation spots.

[gaud]

Had to turn mine in a couple weeks ago, but I was also given a range of 8-10, with 8 being expected. 7 pages, started and finished the same day. That's why we don't schedule brief submissions for the day after the Super Bowl.

damn, jealous of these page systems.

we're given an incredibly tight word count.

How tight? (if you're worried it will out you, don't worry about it)

I haven't actually began to write mine and I'm not sure if ours is crazy or not. How many words are in 8 pages?

[Bronck]

Our instructor hasn't even told us how many pgs ours should be. He just said submit the first draft of arguments + statement of facts next sunday. My outline was less than a page long and I cited one case. Ready to dominate.

[UnamSanctam]

my section I of my argument took 17 pages and Im saving policy arguments for a whole different section. I think our profs make us write pretty weird though with big distinguished rule explanation spots.

The next brief I'm doing is far more substantial than the other one. We have to have a Table of Contents for it.

[mephistopheles]

Had to turn mine in a couple weeks ago, but I was also given a range of 8-10, with 8 being expected. 7 pages, started and finished the same day. That's why we don't schedule brief submissions for the day after the Super Bowl.

damn, jealous of these page systems.

we're given an incredibly tight word count.

How tight? (if you're worried it will out you, don't worry about it)

I haven't actually began to write mine and I'm not sure if ours is crazy or not. How many words are in 8 pages?

it varies. i'm working on our third assignment. we don't do submittable drafts, though. thank god.

[20130312]

it varies. i'm working on our third assignment. we don't do submittable drafts, though. thank god.

Submitting drafts is awesome. Forces you to get it out of the way early in the semester plus you can get feedback if you play your cards right.

[mephistopheles]

it varies. i'm working on our third assignment. we don't do submittable drafts, though. thank god.

Submitting drafts is awesome. Forces you to get it out of the way early in the semester plus you can get feedback if you play your cards right.

meh, i like that most people leave it for the last minute and fail miserably. i put a significantly smaller amount of work into legal writing than my substantive classes and don't suffer as much as a result.

[BlueLotus]

^Me after watching the Freer Civ Pro lecture...

[Doorkeeper]

Minimum length for argument section of first draft of brief: 8 pages.

Tiago's submission: 6 pages.

Getting a passing grade seems to require minimum competency, and if they ask for minimum competency by God we will give them minimum competency.

I really fucking hate that our legal writing class is graded.

[gaud]

All of our writing classes are graded

[Doorkeeper]

On my downtime over the weekend, should I: a) read supplements, b) start typing up notes for outlining, or c) read ahead?

[gaud]

I'd outline. Reading ahead never seems to help (IMO)

[stillwater]

I'd outline. Reading ahead never seems to help (IMO)

id do supps. i like outlining later on bc it serves the dual purpose of review at that point.

[gaud]

I'd outline. Reading ahead never seems to help (IMO)

id do supps. i like outlining later on bc it serves the dual purpose of review at that point.

I can get behind this. Anything but reading ahead lol

[stillwater]

I'd outline. Reading ahead never seems to help (IMO)

id do supps. i like outlining later on bc it serves the dual purpose of review at that point.

I can get behind this. Anything but reading ahead lol

i agree wholeheartedly. i never saw the benefit of reading ahead. reading mostly is a big flame, unless your prof is weird and loves random little details of cases.

[gaud]

reading mostly is a big flame, unless your prof is weird and loves random little details of cases.

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