Fight The Hypo

So, I’ve spent a considerable amount of time thinking about how to improve upon my first semester (not that I know how I did yet). The result is this short list of tall tasks…

My classes this spring are Contracts (second half of a year-long course), Property (2nd half), Torts, and Lawyering Skills (writing and research). The kicker about this schedule is there are three finals here. Since Property and Contracts are year long courses, these exams were mid-terms - still difficult, but not the be all, end all of those courses’ grades.

The ultimate law school study tool is the outline. I actually really like the outlining process. It forces me to understand how things fit together and how concepts are developed. Fights over the outlining in The Paper Chase were classic, but it didn’t really work that way for me the first semester - thankfully. My goal on outlining is to do it more regularly throughout the semester, instead of waiting to the latter part of it. Hopefully, this will make our study group sessions that much more productive too!

The other goal is to get on a better schedule - doing all studying on weekends, waking up early to get some exercise in, and avoiding (as much as possible) late weeknights. 11 years after my undergrad freshman year, I’ve now learned that’s much easier to add weight.