Moot Court and Other Competitions
The reason this article is called "Moot Court and Other Competitions" is not to downplay the significance of...
790 viewsThe reason this article is called "Moot Court and Other Competitions" is not to downplay the significance of...
790 viewsThe term "moot court" is derived from the term "moot," which is defined as follows: "to argue a case at law...
5164 viewsThe title of this article will undoubtedly make many future first-year law students laugh. Extracurricular...
2 viewsMany editors complain that journal work keeps them very busy. They find that they have less time to spend on...
22 viewsMost law journals afford their members the opportunity to write short academic commentaries for publication....
33 viewsThere was a requirement that we needed to staple our entries to Manila folders, with the text on one side and...
28 viewsMany law schools have more than one journal. Most law schools will tend to have one "official journal” (such...
45 views1. CHOOSE BY PROFESSOR, NOT TITLE. Teachers make (or break) law school classes. Tax can be Chinese torture or...
3 viewsBefore you head off to take the exam, make sure that you have a few key items. To ensure that you have...
12 viewsMost fair-sized law schools have activities and groups run by and for minority students. If you are a minority...
11 viewsREAD THE QUESTION CAREFULLY AND ANSWER WHAT IS ASKED. Once you have IRAC down, it is critical to remember that...
85 viewsTHE RIGHT ROOMMATE Your living arrangements will have a big impact on your law school experience. Roommates...
1498 viewsCommercial outlines, often created by groups of lawyers or legal researchers, provide organized discussions of...
1421 viewsDON'T REINVENT THE WHEEL. You are not the first person to take Civil Procedure. Your law school bookstore is...
79 viewsTake-home examinations are often administered during one full day in which the student picks up the...
509 viewsBy now some of the elements of novelty have worn off. You're registered; you've made it through the...
10 views“My first year in law school, I studied for Constitutional Law and Criminal Law with four other people. We...
8 viewsORGANIZE YOUR VARIOUS NOTES AND STUDY AIDS. One common panic expressed by law students at the end of the...
11 viewsREAD YOUR ASSIGNMENTS REGULARLY. Make no mistake, law classes require a lot of reading. Sometimes...
2 viewsTo WORK OR NOT TO WORK Working during law school can be very rewarding if you find the right job, with the...
85 viewsAlthough first-year students have few scheduling choices, at most law schools, second- and third-year students...
8 viewsWelcome to law school. Now cough up the cash, please. Just because a school has lecture halls, libraries, and...
141 viewsEvery law student has heard at least one story about a stodgy professor skewering an unprepared student in...
197 viewsStudent organizations gain members through a variety of ways. At some schools, special sign-up days for...
113 viewsThis is, for obvious reasons, the best scenario. You've done the reading, the professor is going to ask you...
8 viewsJournals (or law reviews) are student-run publications that are home for almost all non-judicial legal...
56 viewsLaw schools revolve around the casebook. Before classes start, you will be asked to purchase a number of fat...
9 viewsThanks to the renowned creativity of the legal profession, you'll be taking the same first-year courses as...
10 viewsThanks to the proliferation of laptops, law school students are now able to take down nearly every word of...
21 viewsWhether you take time off before going to law school or go directly to law school after college, law school...
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