And it starts to sink in..... I survived my first year of law school.....

[aphex]

Well, pending the release of my grades in 3-4 weeks.......

Only a year and a half left until i can start ambulance chasing and doing the "informative" commercials during Judge Judy... j/k

Anyone wanna join me for a beer?

:beer:'s all around.

 

[maziwanka]

congrats dude! (how was it) what are you doing for the summer?

three of us here will be off to law school this fall too

 

[aphex]

Originally posted by: maziwanka
congrats dude! (how was it) what are you doing for the summer?

three of us here will be off to law school this fall too

Thanks! Spending the summer semester abroad at Oxford... Actually some pretty interesting EU and International Intellectual Property courses over there...

Where are you guys headed to in the fall?

 

[maziwanka]

ill probably be at nyu (waitlist at harvard)

other two are at boston university and harvard

 

[aphex]

Originally posted by: maziwanka
ill probably be at nyu (waitlist at harvard)

other two are at boston university and harvard

wow, very impressive!

When do ya hope to hear back?

 

[imthebadguy]

where u at? i hope to stay at Michigan(if i can get in) or head out to nyu (east coast)

 

[maziwanka]

Originally posted by: aphex

Originally posted by: maziwanka
ill probably be at nyu (waitlist at harvard)

other two are at boston university and harvard

wow, very impressive!

When do ya hope to hear back?

dunno. im hoping soon but in the meantime i'll be sending them a bunch of things (letters, new recs, resume, etc.).

dude. keep me posted on your experiences in england. it sounds very exciting.

 

[gopunk]

Originally posted by: aphex
Well, pending the release of my grades in 3-4 weeks.......

Only a year and a half left until i can start ambulance chasing and doing the "informative" commercials during Judge Judy... j/k

Anyone wanna join me for a beer?

:beer:'s all around.

:beer:

any advice for incoming 1L's? (HLS '08 )

we should start an ATOT law students org

 

[aphex]

Originally posted by: imthebadguy
where u at? i hope to stay at Michigan(if i can get in) or head out to nyu (east coast)

Stetson Law in St. Pete, FL

 

[axelfox]

Originally posted by: gopunk

Originally posted by: aphex
Well, pending the release of my grades in 3-4 weeks.......

Only a year and a half left until i can start ambulance chasing and doing the "informative" commercials during Judge Judy... j/k

Anyone wanna join me for a beer?

:beer:'s all around.

:beer:

any advice for incoming 1L's? (HLS '08 )

Yeah, if you have Arthur Miller (if that guy is still alive) for Civ Pro, I heard that guy is one mean S.O.B. and will tear you a new one if you're not prepared.

Good Luck.

<-- 3L I'm outta here.

 

[aphex]

Originally posted by: gopunk

Originally posted by: aphex
Well, pending the release of my grades in 3-4 weeks.......

Only a year and a half left until i can start ambulance chasing and doing the "informative" commercials during Judge Judy... j/k

Anyone wanna join me for a beer?

:beer:'s all around.

:beer:

any advice for incoming 1L's? (HLS '08 )

we should start an ATOT law students org

Granted this could vary greatly by school but,

#1. Learn LexisNexis and Westlaw like the back of your hand. The better you are at it, the less time it will take you to research.

#2. Read before class (of course this goes w/o saying). There is nothing worse than having to stand up infront of a class of 80 of your peers and not know the case your getting called on for.

#3. In turn with #2, canned case brief's and nutshell's are your new best friend. Learn them well for they will save your ass when you didn't have time to read last night (or even just as a supplement to your reading). I prefer them greatly over the prof's suggested additional reading.

#4. Don't go to class expecting your prof. to talk the whole hour as you take notes, most classes are taught by the students as they go around the room. The nice thing is, each professor uses the socratic method a little differently. Some classes have a sign up sheet, so you know what day you are going to be called on, others go randomly around the room, but only call on you once a semester, while yet others call on whoever looks away from him. I have even had professors that don't believe in the socratic method, but honestly, i learned the most from the ones who did. Why you ask? If i know im getting called on a certain day (or not for that matter), i didnt work as hard the night before for that class. If i have no idea, i studied like i WAS getting called on. I noticed during exams, for the profs that were random i seemed to retain the info better.

#5. (if i can think of any more i'll post them here)



Forgive my ramblings, i'm on about 3 hours of sleep right now and just got back from a 3 hour exam..

 

[maziwanka]

nice advice so far

 

[gopunk]

Originally posted by: aphex
Granted this could vary greatly by school but,

#1. Learn LexisNexis and Westlaw like the back of your hand. The better you are at it, the less time it will take you to research.

#2. Read before class (of course this goes w/o saying). There is nothing worse than having to stand up infront of a class of 80 of your peers and not know the case your getting called on for.

#3. In turn with #2, canned case brief's and nutshell's are your new best friend. Learn them well for they will save your ass when you didn't have time to read last night (or even just as a supplement to your reading). I prefer them greatly over the prof's suggested additional reading.

#4. Don't go to class expecting your prof. to talk the whole hour as you take notes, most classes are taught by the students as they go around the room. The nice thing is, each professor uses the socratic method a little differently. Some classes have a sign up sheet, so you know what day you are going to be called on, others go randomly around the room, but only call on you once a semester, while yet others call on whoever looks away from him. I have even had professors that don't believe in the socratic method, but honestly, i learned the most from the ones who did. Why you ask? If i know im getting called on a certain day (or not for that matter), i didnt work as hard the night before for that class. If i have no idea, i studied like i WAS getting called on. I noticed during exams, for the profs that were random i seemed to retain the info better.

#5. (if i can think of any more i'll post them here)



Forgive my ramblings, i'm on about 3 hours of sleep right now and just got back from a 3 hour exam..

much appreciated

 

[aphex]

Oh, and i almost fergot... In case you haven't already, rent 'the paper chase'.