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Studying and Exam Taking / Re: DOES THE PLS APPROACH WORK OR NOT?
« on: January 16, 2006, 02:06:07 PM »
pls2 does offer some good general advice, but the pls2 summer prep approach is a bunch of garbage and atticus' bitter and cynical view of law school is entirely outdated.
yes, i think that briefing cases is a giant waste of time. and yes you will need commercial supplements for some classes. but to say that you need to read and study them BEFORE classes start is a huge joke. all you need to do is reference them during the semester when you need to. contrary to popular belief, you WILL have plenty of free time in law school. its not like a giant tidal wave that will bury you and you wont have time for anything else in life besides reading the assigned cases.
his idea that prepping is necessary because the case method is some incomprehensible mess that is impossible to learn from is just wrong. i think its usually pretty damn clear from the cases, casebook notes, and class what the general rules of law are supposed to be. and for the subtopics that arent so clear, you have commercial outlines to refer to.
and his whole thing about "hide the ball" game is just wrong. most professors are there to see you succeed and learn so that you can go out into practice and reflect well on your school. not to mention the fact that you can just look up old exams, so even if they were trying, profs really couldnt "hide the ball."
i cant help but laugh and the whole frenzy this book has stirred up. atticus falcon will go down in history as one of the greatest trolls of all time. never before has a troll been so powerful as to make people spend hundreds of dollars and waste hundreds of hours of their lives.
yes, i think that briefing cases is a giant waste of time. and yes you will need commercial supplements for some classes. but to say that you need to read and study them BEFORE classes start is a huge joke. all you need to do is reference them during the semester when you need to. contrary to popular belief, you WILL have plenty of free time in law school. its not like a giant tidal wave that will bury you and you wont have time for anything else in life besides reading the assigned cases.
his idea that prepping is necessary because the case method is some incomprehensible mess that is impossible to learn from is just wrong. i think its usually pretty damn clear from the cases, casebook notes, and class what the general rules of law are supposed to be. and for the subtopics that arent so clear, you have commercial outlines to refer to.
and his whole thing about "hide the ball" game is just wrong. most professors are there to see you succeed and learn so that you can go out into practice and reflect well on your school. not to mention the fact that you can just look up old exams, so even if they were trying, profs really couldnt "hide the ball."
i cant help but laugh and the whole frenzy this book has stirred up. atticus falcon will go down in history as one of the greatest trolls of all time. never before has a troll been so powerful as to make people spend hundreds of dollars and waste hundreds of hours of their lives.