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USE of Internet for studying?

Posted: Fri Jan 28, 2011 7:54 pm
by seriously????
How often did everyone use the internet this past semester for the purposes of research and studying?

Re: USE of Internet for studying?

Posted: Fri Jan 28, 2011 8:01 pm
by fatduck
seriously????

Re: USE of Internet for studying?

Posted: Fri Jan 28, 2011 9:30 pm
by seriously????
yeah, I hope I do not get banned for admitting that I am a OL, but I am curious. Do you use the internet a lot, or very little?
I am a bit detached from the internet world, and just wondering how important it is in law school.

Re: USE of Internet for studying?

Posted: Fri Jan 28, 2011 9:31 pm
by thickfreakness
seriously???? wrote:yeah, I hope I do not get banned for admitting that I am a OL, but I am curious. Do you use the internet a lot, or very little?
I am a bit detached from the internet world, and just wondering how important it is in law school.

First: guard, tackle, or center?

Second: A typical law school syllabus contains a list of case names that you just Google and hope that you can get accurate case briefs for.

Re: USE of Internet for studying?

Posted: Fri Jan 28, 2011 9:33 pm
by JazzOne
seriously???? wrote:yeah, I hope I do not get banned for admitting that I am a OL, but I am curious. Do you use the internet a lot, or very little?
I am a bit detached from the internet world, and just wondering how important it is in law school.
It depends what kind of course you're talking about. For the substantive courses, you'll probably be using a case book with very little internet research. For Legal Research and Writing, you'll be doing a ton of research on the internet. Other courses that might involve a lot of research are Brief Writing, seminars (that require a paper), or some other skills courses.

Re: USE of Internet for studying?

Posted: Fri Jan 28, 2011 9:33 pm
by JazzOne
thickfreakness wrote:
seriously???? wrote:yeah, I hope I do not get banned for admitting that I am a OL, but I am curious. Do you use the internet a lot, or very little?
I am a bit detached from the internet world, and just wondering how important it is in law school.

First: guard, tackle, or center?

Second: A typical law school syllabus contains a list of case names that you just Google and hope that you can get accurate case briefs for.
You can get good briefs from Westlaw. I use the Westlaw briefs and head notes to create my outlines.

Re: USE of Internet for studying?

Posted: Fri Jan 28, 2011 11:54 pm
by kalvano
Best briefs are on Lawnix.com if they have that case.

Re: USE of Internet for studying?

Posted: Sat Jan 29, 2011 12:01 am
by vanwinkle
Westlaw.com will become your best friend in law school, especially as a 2L and 3L.

That said, GTFO 0L.