Best study method

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Total Members Voted: 8

[carrie]

What would all you pro's recommend?

[Mary]

Good question!!

[lawgirl]

Outline. I either try to keep up with my outlines over the course of the semester, or if that is not possible b/c of time constraints, I at least try to have them done at least two weeks before my study period.

I study my outline in chunks. Example to explain my process to you is how I handled my 1L class in Torts.

I separate the specific class into topics (ex: Torts: Intentional Torts first). Under intentional torts, I study each tort separately (battery, then assault, then IIED, etc.). I make sure I know each specific intentional tort separately and then make sure I know intentional torts as a whole. Then I move on to the next topic in that course (ex: negligence). I study each element of negligence separately and then together as a whole. And so on, and so forth.

It usually takes me three days per class to learn an entire class outline for my final exam. I pretty much learn it to the extent that I can recall the entire thing from memory.

If you have any other questions, email me.

LawGirl

[joe]

You go girl! I just commended you!

Outline. I either try to keep up with my outlines over the course of the semester, or if that is not possible b/c of time constraints, I at least try to have them done at least two weeks before my study period.

I study my outline in chunks. Example to explain my process to you is how I handled my 1L class in Torts.

I separate the specific class into topics (ex: Torts: Intentional Torts first). Under intentional torts, I study each tort separately (battery, then assault, then IIED, etc.). I make sure I know each specific intentional tort separately and then make sure I know intentional torts as a whole. Then I move on to the next topic in that course (ex: negligence). I study each element of negligence separately and then together as a whole. And so on, and so forth.

It usually takes me three days per class to learn an entire class outline for my final exam. I pretty much learn it to the extent that I can recall the entire thing from memory.

If you have any other questions, email me.

LawGirl

[carrie]

So did I!  18!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

You go girl! I just commended you!

Outline. I either try to keep up with my outlines over the course of the semester, or if that is not possible b/c of time constraints, I at least try to have them done at least two weeks before my study period.

I study my outline in chunks. Example to explain my process to you is how I handled my 1L class in Torts.

I separate the specific class into topics (ex: Torts: Intentional Torts first). Under intentional torts, I study each tort separately (battery, then assault, then IIED, etc.). I make sure I know each specific intentional tort separately and then make sure I know intentional torts as a whole. Then I move on to the next topic in that course (ex: negligence). I study each element of negligence separately and then together as a whole. And so on, and so forth.

It usually takes me three days per class to learn an entire class outline for my final exam. I pretty much learn it to the extent that I can recall the entire thing from memory.

If you have any other questions, email me.

LawGirl

[lawgirl]

LOL. Thanks!!! 

[rezipsa]

Practice exam writing.  Look at old exams from your profs.  You may know your law but if you cannot put it down in your "blue book" then you will be SOL.

[lawgirl]

Practice exam writing.  Look at old exams from your profs.  You may know your law but if you cannot put it down in your "blue book" then you will be SOL.

I don't do it (and I know I should) but it hasn't hurt me. For some reason, I seem to do fine without doing it. I think it was the training my law school gave me during 1L year prior to exams, but not all schools do what they do for new students.

BUT, I would still highly recommend it anyway, especially for 1L's.

[Mary]

Any books, etc., you can recommend for pre-law students to practice their outlining amongst other things?

Outline. I either try to keep up with my outlines over the course of the semester, or if that is not possible b/c of time constraints, I at least try to have them done at least two weeks before my study period.

I study my outline in chunks. Example to explain my process to you is how I handled my 1L class in Torts.

I separate the specific class into topics (ex: Torts: Intentional Torts first). Under intentional torts, I study each tort separately (battery, then assault, then IIED, etc.). I make sure I know each specific intentional tort separately and then make sure I know intentional torts as a whole. Then I move on to the next topic in that course (ex: negligence). I study each element of negligence separately and then together as a whole. And so on, and so forth.

It usually takes me three days per class to learn an entire class outline for my final exam. I pretty much learn it to the extent that I can recall the entire thing from memory.

If you have any other questions, email me.

LawGirl

[ormachea]

Lawgirl, where do you go that prepped you so well in terms of exam-taking?