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unsweetened · Post by **unsweetened** » Tue Sep 15, 2015 5:07 pm

Worstest

Is anyone still doing full case briefs anymore?

Minnietron · Post by **Minnietron** » Tue Sep 15, 2015 5:14 pm

unsweetened wrote:Worstest

Is anyone still doing full case briefs anymore?

Anymore...? Were we supposed to do them at all?

Minnietron · Post by **Minnietron** » Tue Sep 15, 2015 5:24 pm

Is it bad that Civ Pro is my favorite because we have made it fewer than 40 pages into the casebook?

ErgoSum · Post by **ErgoSum** » Tue Sep 15, 2015 5:26 pm

I just wanted to say hello

unsweetened · Post by **unsweetened** » Tue Sep 15, 2015 5:44 pm

Minnietron wrote:
unsweetened wrote:Worstest

Is anyone still doing full case briefs anymore?
Anymore...? Were we supposed to do them at all?

I bought into the hype for the first two weeks.

Poldy · Post by **Poldy** » Tue Sep 15, 2015 5:52 pm

unsweetened wrote:Worstest

Is anyone still doing full case briefs anymore?

I still brief mine except in con law. If I wasn't briefing cases I have no idea what else I'd be doing at this point other than reading.

buckiguy_sucks · Post by **buckiguy_sucks** » Tue Sep 15, 2015 6:35 pm

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hillz · Post by **hillz** » Tue Sep 15, 2015 6:37 pm

I'm still briefing all of mine. I'm still too nervous about my mind going blank during a cold call to not do it. Plus, it's easier for me to refresh before class if I have all of the relevant info in front of me.

DJM · Post by **DJM** » Tue Sep 15, 2015 6:59 pm

unsweetened wrote: Is anyone still doing full case briefs anymore?

Yah. I don't really know why I wouldn't. Read case, spend 5 min typing up a brief. Helps so I don't look dumb in class (sometime I still do). But the 5min it takes for me to make it doesn't seem like a big deal.

Gray · Post by **Gray** » Tue Sep 15, 2015 7:05 pm

unsweetened · Post by **unsweetened** » Tue Sep 15, 2015 7:09 pm

I'm finding myself jotting down a few bullet points, mainly the rule and holding. Some of my professors make cold calling pretty easy and others make everyone look like a dumbass, so I think it's a wash.

BVest · Post by **BVest** » Tue Sep 15, 2015 7:18 pm

Companion Cube wrote:
WokeUpInACar wrote:
buckiguy_sucks wrote:Non 1Ls ITT:
I'm finding I have little problem with remembering rules but am basically not at all remembering which case they are from when the professor asks in class discussion. Is this something I will need to memorize for exams anyway so should just start? Obviously big cases international shoe etc are no problem but the smaller points I pretty much never remember the case
You're fine. 95% of professors don't give a shit about citing case names on exams. Do confirm that your prof isn't one of the 5% though.
For my 1L the reverse was true. Only 1 professor explicitly said that they didn't give points for citing cases. For all others it was absolutely required to make a good grade. Btw I'm sure this is understood here, but you don't get (many) points for saying rule X, from case Y. You get points for reasoning by analogy: this set of facts is [like/different from] that case because XYZ. Therefore the court should rule ____

Citing Case Names and Citing Cases are not the same thing. All my profs wanted you to cite cases. All of them also said the name was unimportant if you clearly identified the case. Knowing the name, though, allows you to cite the case with one or two words rather than describing the case at length, e.g. "Hadley" vs "the case on incidental damages for late delivery of the drive shaft."

BVest · Post by **BVest** » Tue Sep 15, 2015 7:27 pm

Since y'all are already discussing what outlines should look like, I'll post this link here. Not saying these are perfect, but they got me through plenty well.

Bvest's 1L Outlines

legit · Post by **legit** » Tue Sep 15, 2015 8:03 pm

You swiped right on a guy who turns out to be an associate...remove?

(Asking for a friend.)

Hikikomorist · Post by **Hikikomorist** » Tue Sep 15, 2015 8:10 pm

legit wrote:You swiped right on a guy who turns out to be an associate...remove?

(Asking for a friend.)

But they keep harping on networking.

Minnietron · Post by **Minnietron** » Tue Sep 15, 2015 8:17 pm

Hikkomorist wrote:
legit wrote:You swiped right on a guy who turns out to be an associate...remove?

(Asking for a friend.)
But they keep harping on networking.

Is it a partner-track associate? If so, they could work on building a "permanent network."

Mack.Hambleton · Post by **Mack.Hambleton** » Tue Sep 15, 2015 8:20 pm

legit wrote:You swiped right on a guy who turns out to be an associate...remove?

(Asking for a friend.)

V10 no

Below yes

Gray · Post by **Gray** » Tue Sep 15, 2015 8:21 pm

Big Red · Post by **Big Red** » Tue Sep 15, 2015 8:37 pm

Minnietron wrote:
santoki wrote: but how many Lexis points for a Lexus
Ask Pepsi?

someone has contracts

anon180 · Post by **anon180** » Tue Sep 15, 2015 9:13 pm

Just noticing that no one has marked LRW as their favorite class............

Leonardo DiCaprio · Post by **Leonardo DiCaprio** » Tue Sep 15, 2015 10:46 pm

been experimenting with reading ahead. not really noticing much diff. if anything, it's even more time consuming because i gotta read all my shit again briefly before classes to refresh my memory.

also onenote on mac is garbage. can't save locally? fuck that.

foregetaboutdre · Post by **foregetaboutdre** » Tue Sep 15, 2015 11:03 pm

I still essentially brief although extremely short hand in word. I basically only underline/make limited notes in my CB and take like 5 mins to write down what I read. Then, I make sure to compare it to commercial briefs (to make sure I didn't f### up the rule). Helps retain facts better IMO, plus I can spit answers out a little faster when cold calling getting an essentially worthless ego boost.

Have a class that doesn't allow laptops....not cool.

xylocarp · Post by **xylocarp** » Tue Sep 15, 2015 11:08 pm

BVest wrote:Since y'all are already discussing what outlines should look like, I'll post this link here. Not saying these are perfect, but they got me through plenty well.

Bvest's 1L Outlines

Thanks for posting this!

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