Starting Law School Right
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- čas přidán 3. 09. 2020
- When starting law school, there are 10 things you should consider doing. These are the things that most top law students do to succeed.
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What else are you doing, or did you do, to start law school right?
Taking a deep breath:)))
Pay attention on my zoom online classes 😓
Reading legal literature, engaging in historical and philosophical discussions, and researching cases. I plan to major in history and philosophy, so
Must pay attention
How did you have the patience to study for so many hours at a time when you were a law student?
Best advice I got before school was to “treat it like your job.”
Sit in the place in the classroom you are most confortable; if you are worried about being cold called constantly, class will be an anxiety filled waste of time.
@learnlawbetter I hope you consider phasing out strict cold calling.
I’ve tried other approaches but they don’t work. Most students choose not to prepare to the level that they should. So they are more comfortable during the semester and then do poorly on the final. Cold-calling improves final exam scores.
@@Learnlawbetter In the end, results are what matters.
Can't wait to see more videos from you! They are so good!
Thanks for the great advice.
Excellent video, Professor! The suggestions about outlining and exam preparation resonated with me. I learned these lessons quickly after my first semester of law school. I’ve found that outlining the previous week the night before class helps as a refresher of what we covered, especially since so many of our classes build on material covered the week before. What I’ve been trying to do this semester is start doing small hypos once a week related to what we covered that week. I’ve found the Examples & Explanations series gives some good, short hypos with helpful explanations. These usually take 30-45 minutes to write and review, so it’s manageable. I’m hoping this effort will pay dividends later this semester.
Wonderful and objective advice. Thank you so much!
Excellent advice and excellent video.
This is great, thank you so much :)
For me, I usually start doing practice exams two to three weeks before the final and that helps me use my outline better and make some edits to it to help me on the day of the actual final. I also make another outline of the exam answer structure to make sure I don't miss anything on the day of the final.
Thank you for sharing your approach. If you don’t mind sharing, where does this approach place you-top 10%, top 25%? I’m curious because it helps me understand not only what approaches help students pass, but also what works for getting students into a certain class ranking.
@@Learnlawbetter I graduated 49 out of 275, so that's around 17%. It may not work for everyone but for me it helped me a lot, I used to just make my own outline during the semester and then memorize it before the final, but when I started using my outline to do practice exams it helped me see what was more important and how to organize my ideas in a better way. It also made studying much more entertaining, for some reason I enjoy doing practice exams, it's kind of like a puzzle 😅
@@emmadiez4637 That's awesome! It helps other law students to know what successful law students did--thanks for sharing!
Always great lessons even for us non-lawyer laymen.
Great Video Professor! Can you please make one on staying positive while having to deal with the looming economic recession/depression as a Law school graduate/1st year associate? Also, please give us your thoughts on how technology/ remote work will impact the legal profession long term. Thank you for all that you do. Godspeed good sir!
I'm a first year undergraduate law student have been watching your videos before I started going to university and they have helped me a lot such that I know that I'm among the top 10 students who do well in class, my question is how do I improve my study skills and what's the best way to study law?
Thank you ❤️
It’s a matter of engaging with the material in different ways. It’s not enough to just read the law, but use the law in different ways. For example, complete multiple choice questions. Then, rewrite the multiple choice question in essay form. Each time you study differently, you get deeper insight into the law.
much love from Indonesia
beau you are such a king
Genial! I really like law but you have to get through a lot to learn deeply any topic.
Great 👍
Can you talk about how to learn how to read and understand US law who are not from the US? I'm planning on going to law school next year and would like to know to prepare myself before class. Thanks. Love your videos
The process for understanding the law is universal. You learn a set of rules and then apply facts to those rules. The rules vary from country to country, but once you know those rules you are set. What varies widely is the process for resolving a client dispute. If you aren't from the US, I strongly suggest you read or watch videos on "federalism." We have multiple tier governments, so it is important to know how our 50 States interact with the Federal government. That takes international students a while to figure out.
I need to pass my board exam to proceed law.
but thanks for your advices sir:)
Hope you do well.
Learn Law Better thank you sir
I’m an MA Philosophy student planning to go to law school. I wish I could sit in the front during class, but I have to sit behind the computer because all the classes I’m taking are online.😕
Strange times. Here at the University we just finished two weeks of in-person classes. Lots of precautions to try to keep us from moving online.
I wanted to ask if you think taking easy course in university to boast gpa is better or to take critical reasoning courses that will help with the LSAT? I could always take the rays course and then take prep course afterwards but I wanted your input. Thank you!!
Law schools look at GPA and LSAT score. If you have a good LSAT prep program that should be enough. I wouldn’t take a course that might jeopardize your GPA.
Learn Law Better Exactly what I was thinking thank you for all your help
Great Video. You've probably answered this before, but my girlfriend was wondering should you go to law school if you don't want to become a lawyer?
I've heard that before and think it is strange. Law school is a professional school, designed to help someone become a lawyer. I'm not sure why someone would spend three years of their lives and thousands of dollars for an education they won't use. Sure, it expands one's ability to think, but their are other ways to do that.
@@Learnlawbetter It's like going to medical school to not become a doctor. Not the correct higher education path.
simply means, studying law should become selfish interms of socializing right sir?
Yes, socializing is out for those that want to graduate at the top of their class. And that's where most of the job opportunities lie.
What happened to your eye?
Born blind in that eye. It began wandering recently, so I’ve started using the patch-less distracting for some.
@@Learnlawbetter While I do sympathize, at least be comforted in the fact that eye patches are very unique and full of character, and you look great with one!