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App — “A computer program that performs a special function.” -Merriam-Webster’s Dictionary Since basically everything I do involves my phone in some capacity, it’s only right that I have a whole folder on my phone dedicated to law school. Here are my votes for the best apps for law school! Blackboard Learn My school uses Blackboard for class information, documents, syllabi, etc. Just so I don’t miss any important assignments for my classes, I turn on notifications for Blackboard. It does get a little annoying when a professor posts twenty different things at once, but at least I don’t miss anything. It’s also super helpful to use when I need to find a certain due date for a class quickly. Careers - Symplicity Looking for summer internships is something I do almost every day. My school utilizes Symplicity to post job openings for everything from summer/school year internships, part time work, and post-grad positions. It’s great because once you upload your resume, transcript, and writing sample, it’s easy to apply to jobs that only require those pieces of information. I also love that you can favorite job postings for future reference. Kindle I personally prefer paper textbooks, but a lot of people I know utilize Kindle for statutory supplements or other non-textbook books. However, I use the Kindle app to borrow books from my home library to read during the little “free time” I have. Also, pro tip: if you don’t use a class management platform (Blackboard) that has an app, you can save copies of your syllabi to iBooks and read them on there! Lexis Advance Research is a big part of what law students do. I downloaded this app during my summer internship because it was super helpful for looking up cases on the fly. It also helps in any research class if you forget to bring your laptop since it has all of the same features as Lexis online. LinkedIn Networking is key in law school. And LinkedIn is a great tool for this. I honestly connect with almost everyone I know and some of the people I’m interested in working with. The app makes it really easy to perfect your profile so employers can find you. It’s super easy to use and connect with others. Quimbee Quimbee literally saved my life 1L year when it came to briefing cases. The app is great if you need to look up a quick summary of a case during class or even to find out if you’re getting the right rule of law out of a case. Also, if you become an ABA member, you get three free months of Quimbee with your membership. Quimbee also has some great review videos as well as practice questions. Barbri Study Plan Just to let you know, Barbri isn’t just for bar review. If you’ve submitted your deposit for a bar course, you also get access to lectures and outlines for 2L and 3L classes, like Corporations, Federal Taxation, Evidence, Con Law, etc. And if you have the app, you can watch the videos on the go! So that means it’s great if you want a quick refresher of a topic on your morning commute or while you’re working out! TurningPoint Instead of using clickers for my classes, I personally use the TurningPoint app, which ends up being cheaper than buying a clicker. The app has all of the same functionality as a clicker, but it’s more convenient since I always bring my phone to school anyway. Also, it’s way easier to log into a session from the app than on a clicker. Law School’s App The number one app I recommend downloading for law school is your school’s own app. I honestly rely so much on this app during the beginning of the school year as it has my schedule and classrooms. It shows my grades and my account balances as well as a map of the school in case I have to go to the undergrad side of campus. What are your favorite apps for law school? I personally don’t use any timers to keep myself on track when I do work, but if you guys have any suggestions, I’ll try it out!
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I feel like it is no secret that law school requires a ton of reading. It is a huge part of being a lawyer so naturally, it should be a big part of the process of becoming a lawyer. I have always been an avid reader. I was not uncommon for my middle school self to check 20-30 books at a time out from our local library because I would buzz through them so fast. My parents had to take the nightstand light out of my room because I would stay up until the wee hours of the morning reading. When people warned me that law school was largely about reading and lots of it, I thought, "bring it on". Even though I knew I would be doing a lot of reading going into law school, the sheer amount was still a surprise and took some serious getting used to. 30 pages per class per night doesn't seem that bad at face value... but it is so much more than just 30 pages. Not only is the reading super long, it is super dense, it is often full of words you need to look up, footnotes that need to be referenced and sometimes cases that should be skimmed because they are mentioned within the reading. You also need to take notes as you go and sometimes read a section more than once to grasp the full meaning. Reading for law school is a skill that improves over time with practice. In my time in law school, I am certain that my reading skills have improved substantially. Below I have outlined a few of the tips and tricks that have helped me to improve my reading for law school to make it go faster with better retention of the material. 1. Practice Active Reading This is my number 1 tip: practice active reading when in law school. I cannot stress this enough. Staying engaged in reading is very easy when it is Harry Potter or your favorite trashy romance novel. Staying engaged in reading when it is a case about hunting foxes from the 1700's is a different story. I had a teacher in middle school preach about how important learning the skill of active reading was... I was already a nerd and a straight A student so I largely tuned her out because as a typical 13-year-old, I thought I knew everything. When I started law school and came to a very sudden realization that my reading skills may not be up to snuff, something in my brain reminded me of that 8th-grade teacher and active reading. I did a little research and my life has never been the same. Active reading simply means reading something with the determination to understand and evaluate it for its relevance to your specific needs. Passively reading and re-reading the material isn't an effective way to understand and learn anything (especially in law school). Actively and critically engaging with the content the first time you read it can save you so much time in the long run. When my middle school teacher taught us active reading, she said the best thing to do was to push your self to read it as fast as you possibly can while still reading and comprehending each word. Making yourself speed up and focus on the material keeps your mind from wandering. My teacher always said that if you finished a paragraph and had made a grocery list in your mind, you were not practicing active reading. Some of the best strategies for actively reading are: Ask yourself pre-reading questions. For example: What is the topic, and what do you already know about it? Why has the instructor assigned this reading at this point in the semester? Identify and define any unfamiliar terms in your notes Bracket the main idea or thesis of the reading, and put an asterisk next to it. Pay particular attention to the introduction or opening paragraphs to locate this information. Put down your highlighter. Make marginal notes or comments instead. Every time you feel the urge to highlight something, write instead. You can summarize the text, ask questions, give assent, protest vehemently. You can also write down keywords to help you recall where important points are discussed. Above all, strive to enter into a dialogue with the material instead of just passively highlighting. Write questions in the margins, and then answer the questions in your notes. Try changing all the titles, subtitles, sections and paragraph headings into questions. For example, the section heading “The Law of Gifting Personal Property” might become “What are the laws for gifting personal property?” Make outlines, flowcharts, or diagrams that help you to map and to understand ideas visually within your reading notes. Read each case carefully and then determine “what it says” and “what it does.” Answer “what it says” in only one sentence; this is basically your rule statement from an IRAC style case brief. Represent the main idea of the case in your own words. To answer “what it does,” describe the cases purpose within the section- why is this case important? Why is it in this part of the book? Write a summary of a section or chapter in your own words. Do this in less than a page. Capture the essential ideas and perhaps one or two key cases that are used. This approach offers a great way to be sure that you know what the reading really says or is about and can offer a quick and dirty summary of the reading. Write your own exam question based on the reading. Teach what you have learned to someone else! Research clearly shows that teaching is one of the most effective ways to learn. If you try to explain aloud what you have been studying, (1) you’ll transfer the information from short-term to long-term memory, and (2) you’ll quickly discover what you understand — and what you don’t. Meet up with your friends before class and teach them what the case was about or what alegal term from the reading means. Loosely adapted for law school from https://mcgraw.princeton.edu/active-reading-strategies 2. Take Notes As I mentioned several times in the first part, I take notes while I read. It helps to keep me fully engaged in the material as I practice active reading. It also provides a crutch to use when answering a cold call in class. My reading notes are generally pretty messy because I know I will be making adjustments during class. I make sure to include in my reading notes the main points of the section, any law mentioned, majority/minority rules, rationales of public policy, definitions for any words or phrases I do not know and of course case breifs for every case. I generally write my reading notes in black on about half of the page and only on the front side. Then my class notes are added in a contrasting color and I have plenty of space thanks to the back side of each note page and the space on the front- this helps me when I go back to outline and review because I know what information was from the book and what was from the professor in class due to the colors. Sometimes I will type up my reading notes and leave space for class notes in a contrasting color... it just depends on what I am feeling like doing when I am reading. Taking notes while I read is more beneficial for me than highlighting because I actually have to pause, think about how I want to write that in my notes and then proceed to write it down- it is a much more active process and helps me to synthesize and understand the reading better than if I was just highlighting passively as I went through and never really pausing to consider the material. Reading notes Reading notes + class notes in a different color More examples of my reading notes with class notes added in a different color: both typed and handwritten 3. Have a Plan I always like to plan out my reading into chunks. I pick out a number of pages or a "chunk" I want to get read before taking a break. I write this down on a sticky note and cross off each chunk completepelte it. This way I have a set break time and it helps me to focus and power through the dedicated chunk of reading because I know there is a short break on the other end. If I do not do this, I end up pulling my phone out after every few paragraphs and my reading will take three times as long because I am so distracted. I also strategically plan out when I will do my reading during the week. Sunday afternoons I read for my Monday and Tuesday Classes. Monday morning I read for my Wednesday and Thursday classes. This way, I do not stress about when I am going to fit my reading in because I already have time allocated for it in my weekly schedule. 4. Atmosphere is Key Understanding what time during the day you are at your best will help you read better. If you know you are most awake and focused in the morning, plan your reading for the morning. If you are a night owl and don't come alive until 10pm, read from 10pm-1am. If you have neighbors who always blare music in the afternoons, make sure that your reading is not allocated for afternoons because it will likely be very hard to focus. As for location, you know best what locations makes you the most productive. Some people study best at home; some have to be at school. Some people prefer a quiet coffee shop and others like to be outside. Whatever works best for you to be focused- do your reading there. If you like pure silence while reading, invest in earplugs or noise canceling headphones. If you need some background noise while reading, I highly suggest websites that play white noise like waves/falling rain or instrumental music without lyrics such as Hans Zimmer movie scores Pandora station (my personal favorite) or any classical music. Make yourself as comfortable as possible: have a comfy spot with good light, not too warm or too cold, ample water and snacks, make sure it is clean and tidy, have all your materials within arms reach and get to work. 5. Refresh Before Class Whatever reading you do, give yourself at least five minutes to refresh it before class. This way, you know where everything is in your notes, you are comfortable with the material and you will be ready for any cold calls. Flip through the reading in the books, read through your notes and have your materials ready to go when class starts. Helpful printables: https://www.etsy.com/shop/LegalDuchessShop?ref=seller-platform-mcnav Best of luck with your massive amounts of law school reading. I hope this is helpful!
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I want to recommend a somewhat old-school approach to building out your bar exam study materials (yes, you do need to build your own study materials). As we all appreciate, these days most of our work is done on computers. In law school you likely built most of your outlines on the computer. But I think there is a lot of value in turning off the computer and writing study materials by hand.
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Day two of my second semester of Law School is over and so far, so good! I like my new professors and I have one of my favorite professors from first semester for another class this semester. I am happy to be back to school and working toward my dreams but the reading has been a little slow these first few days.... I have had several people ask for a "what's in my bookbag post" so here is it: Law School Edition! 1. Books I, of course, carry the necessary casebooks for each day. They weigh a ton but are completely necessary. I rent or buy my textbooks from amazon- much cheaper and with an Amazon Student Prime account, usually I get free 2-day shipping! Love it! Join Prime Student FREE Two-Day Shipping for College Students 2. Binders My new habit is having a binder for each class and I have tabs inside for class handouts, notes, case briefs, etc. I take my class and reading notes on reinforced loose leaf paper and fit them into the overall flow of my notes after class. 3. Planner and Pens I LOVE my Plum Paper Planner- it is a lifesaver during school and it is never not in my bookbag. I am also a huge pen snob so I carry enough to help a small army write letters. I have Pilot G-2 pens in a million colors, Sharpie Pens, Gel Highlighters (the BEST thing for thin casebook page highlighting) and some pencils. Because I take color coded notes in pen, I keep a little white-out dispenser in my pencil bag for mistakes. I also carry a small flashdrive in my pencil case for printing things at school and backing up assignments. 4. Miscellaneous I keep a variety of random crap in my bookbag for those random emergencies. I have a Pinch Minimergency kit which is small but has a ton of options. I also keep Ibuprofen in my bag because Law School inevitably gives me headaches (and my classmates are always coming to me for it). I always have an Eos Chapstick and Handcream in my bookbag because the building is notoriously dry and I am constantly reaching for chapstick or putting lotion on my hands. I keep a charger (not pictured) and a power pack in my bookbag for those long days on campus. I have various sticky notes because sticky notes are just 110% necessary to life. I also love this little to-do list pad for when I sit myself down in the library to outline what all I need to get done. I tend to be messy so I keep some wet ones in my bookbag just in case of a coffee spill. 5. Computer I carry my computer and charger in my bookbag. I have a small, lightweight computer that is great for carrying around. I do not take notes on my computer (I retain more by handwriting my notes) but I use my computer in between classes, if I forget my book (casebook connect for the win) or whatever other reason. 6. My Bookbag I got my bookbag at TJ Maxx a few years back and I LOVE it (similar). It is sturdy, has tons of space, comfy to carry and a nice laptop area. I suggest a heavy duty bookbag for Law School- casebooks are heavy. Something that is comfortable to carry is also great because you will be lugging it around a lot. What's in your Law School bookbag?
Ever since I've started studying at the George Washington University Law School and finished my first semester, my study routine for Law School/University exams has definitely changed. Not only is it quite different to study in a new country with a new legal system in general, the American system in particular also varies a lot from the Dutch study system I am used to. Although I would say that the level of difficulty of the courses is the same, American Law Schools expect way more preparation, interaction, and discussion from you during their lectures based on the Socratic method, and you also have to juggle more law courses than in the Dutch system. So how do I do it?
