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2L vs. 1L study schedule
Posted: Sun Oct 19, 2014 1:00 pm
by doctoroflaw91
Did your study schedule vary greatly between 1L and 2L year? I feel as though I have significantly less work as a 2L, due in part to the fact that I have a lot of seminars that do not require casebook readings.
Of course, as a law student, I feel that this isn't normal, and that I should be studying from 8 am until 9 pm like I did as a 1L.
Re: 2L vs. 1L study schedule
Posted: Sun Oct 19, 2014 1:13 pm
by Mal Reynolds
I love how you know the answer to your question but still need it spoon fed to you. I bet you still won't even listen after you get the advice that 2L doesn't require a lot of work. My instinct is that you're asking to justify your striverism and secretly hope other people are trying as hard as you.
Re: 2L vs. 1L study schedule
Posted: Sun Oct 19, 2014 2:05 pm
by jbagelboy
Completely different ballgame. I read when I'm on call for panel but that's it. Many of my friends haven't read for weeks. Besides the occasional reading and attending class most 2L's aren't "studying" or "outlining" or anything absurd like that. Maybe the inner striver will emerge from some folks around thanksgiving, idk.
That's not to say 2L isn't busy and annoying. all the extracurriculars, i.e. clinics, student orgs, journal/LR, that you sign up for as a 1L (if you were foolish enough to let law school dupe you into signing up for them) take up a lot more time than I thought they would.
Also if you feel that "normal" is studying from 8AM to 9PM daily, then 1L really fucked with your head bro. Get that checked out. You'll have the rest of your life as an attorney to grind away to the wee hours of the night.. enjoy your last two years of relatively fluid free time.
Re: 2L vs. 1L study schedule
Posted: Sun Oct 19, 2014 5:02 pm
by banjo
jbagelboy wrote:haven't read for weeks.
Re: 2L vs. 1L study schedule
Posted: Tue Oct 21, 2014 7:01 pm
by doctoroflaw91
jbagelboy wrote:Completely different ballgame. I read when I'm on call for panel but that's it. Many of my friends haven't read for weeks. Besides the occasional reading and attending class most 2L's aren't "studying" or "outlining" or anything absurd like that. Maybe the inner striver will emerge from some folks around thanksgiving, idk.
That's not to say 2L isn't busy and annoying. all the extracurriculars, i.e. clinics, student orgs, journal/LR, that you sign up for as a 1L (if you were foolish enough to let law school dupe you into signing up for them) take up a lot more time than I thought they would.
Also if you feel that "normal" is studying from 8AM to 9PM daily, then 1L really fucked with your head bro. Get that checked out. You'll have the rest of your life as an attorney to grind away to the wee hours of the night.. enjoy your last two years of relatively fluid free time.
Thanks for this. Your intuition that I've been tainted by 1L is certainly correct: I did well using that ridiculous study schedule and now I feel that I have to repeat it. I seriously need to find a way to free myself of those self-imposed shackles without letting my anxiety get the best of me.
Re: 2L vs. 1L study schedule
Posted: Fri Oct 24, 2014 4:55 am
by SLS_AMG
Pretty much what jbagel said. I have one class that I consistently read for, two classes that I occasionally read for, and one class I have literally never read for.
If you're working from 8 am till 9 pm you're doing it wrong (and did it wrong last year). 2L is annoying, but not stressful.
All that said, I'm sure I'll be burning the midnight oil come Thanksgiving.
Re: 2L vs. 1L study schedule
Posted: Fri Oct 24, 2014 4:59 am
by sublime
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Re: 2L vs. 1L study schedule
Posted: Fri Oct 24, 2014 7:14 am
by Frothingslosh
SLS_AMG wrote:I have one class that I consistently read for, two classes that I occasionally read for, and one class I have literally never read for.
...are you me?
Re: 2L vs. 1L study schedule
Posted: Tue Oct 28, 2014 10:14 am
by Easy-E
I read when I know I'm on call (one class has it split by last names), or for the one class that has a very small group. I haven't even bought/looked at a book for 2 classes.
Re: 2L vs. 1L study schedule
Posted: Tue Oct 28, 2014 12:56 pm
by First Offense
We still have classes?
Re: 2L vs. 1L study schedule
Posted: Tue Oct 28, 2014 12:59 pm
by BigZuck
jbagelboy wrote:attending class
Yeah, please tell me this isn't something we have to be doing consistently
Re: 2L vs. 1L study schedule
Posted: Tue Oct 28, 2014 1:17 pm
by toothbrush
BigZuck wrote:jbagelboy wrote:attending class
Yeah, please tell me this isn't something we have to be doing consistently
i skipped 4 in a row of a 10 person bar class until i had to break the streak because i felt guilty ( on top of regularly skipping 1/3 every week since it started)
Re: 2L vs. 1L study schedule
Posted: Sat Nov 01, 2014 8:30 pm
by iliketurtles123
Wait are 2L's really not attending class?
I'm so behind this year and I'm getting worried but is everyone else behind?
It doesn't seem like it... People are raising their hands left and right in some of my classes. I hate them.
Re: 2L vs. 1L study schedule
Posted: Sat Nov 01, 2014 8:42 pm
by AReasonableMan
Never read even when on cold call. You could normally buy time asking the professor how they are doing and going somewhat in depth about your day when they parrot back, "Good. How are you?" By adding some comedy, you buy enough time to wikipedia the facts or elements to plug into whatever the hell is going on. The difference of a ton of work versus a tiny bit of work isn't that big for many people. If you can get an A on an exam, you likely have a definite floor. The benefit of an A versus an A- or A- vs. B+ is too remote after OCI that it's hard to care. At least with work, you're always being quietly judged, and the judgments have a direct impact on your future.
Re: 2L vs. 1L study schedule
Posted: Sun Nov 02, 2014 12:34 am
by Avian
I feel the same way as OP. I've been doing the readings for class and I'm taking the same number of non-seminar classes this semester, but for some reason it still feels incredibly laid back. I think it's not having to deal with LRW which took up a disproportionate amount of time for the amount of credits. I haven't outlined at all and I feel like I've had huge amounts of free time all semester.
Re: 2L vs. 1L study schedule
Posted: Fri Nov 07, 2014 12:56 pm
by doctoroflaw91
Avian wrote:I feel the same way as OP. I've been doing the readings for class and I'm taking the same number of non-seminar classes this semester, but for some reason it still feels incredibly laid back. I think it's not having to deal with LRW which took up a disproportionate amount of time for the amount of credits. I haven't outlined at all and I feel like I've had huge amounts of free time all semester.
I just turned in my paper drafts so now I have my one substantive law class...and the exam is over 4 weeks away.