any 1L's out there?

[Rogmok]

First exam in 4 days.

any helpful advice?

[lethal]

Study hard. Go over your outline(s) and know it (them) inside and out.

I'm a 3L, but this summer will seem like a condensed version of 1L all over again.

Good luck!

[TyroneK(prettypretty)]

Isn't this your 2nd semester? By this time, I think you'd have a much better idea of what's involved. As my sister once told me, "Remember the time you studied at your absolute hardest during college? Now multiply that by 100. Then go beyond that. Study like you would have in college if you were trying to make Phi Beta Kappa your junior year. Maybe you'll make curve."

If you have 4 days and already have your outline, spend the rest of this time getting that information down cold and you should at least be able to assure passing the class. If you find yourself burning out on that, write some practice essays to sharpen up your timing.

If you don't already have your outline, take someone else's from years past, update it as quickly as possible with your notes (to the point where you're not going to violate your school's honor code) and then follow what I previously suggested.

Review and understanding is much more important than having everything cleanly tabbed out. Law school is one of the best filtering mechanisms to separate people who strike an ideal balance between working hard and working smart from those who excel only through brute force and those who normally slacked and get by on brains alone. The people who only know how to work hard often meander around the class curve while the slackers either get screwed or find themselves with the only A+ in the class. The ones who do consistently well in all their classes and end up on law review are almost always the ones who strike the balance between making sure their outline and study materials are comprehensive and actually spending time reviewing and incorporating that information into their heads.

Assuming your professor's not completely aribtrary, the best way to assure a good grade is by hard wiring the subject material into your brain to the point where you really know the issues and don't have to use the outline as a crutch to remember what you should be looking for when someone throws a case scenario at you. Spend as much of your study time making sure you understand the law so that you can quickly target which outlined information you need to use and immediately get cracking on your exam essays. I cannot emphasize enough that your outine should not be your end all and be all.

[Rogmok]

i'm a part time student, so in the fall i only had midterms that didn't count for a signifcant amount of my grades. So this is my first experience w/ finals.

I've been pretty good about getting my outlines done... but i feel like i know the materials, but i'm having trouble spotting all the issues in a fact pattern.

I duno, i guess i'll just keep taking practice exams...

[yoMAMA]

good luck and kick ass :)

[kasia]

i learn slowly, so my advice would've been to start studying a couple of months ago.