Time Management. One of the most important skills to master as a 1L.
Most of your first year professors will mention time
management at least once in the first few weeks of school. They are not saying it for themselves! Time management is a critical skill to grasp
and master as a 1L, if you think you are swamped this semester… wait until
second semester or your 2L year. Here
are a few tips to help you manage your time and the course work included in the
first semester of law school:
- Set up a schedule for all of your daily and weekly events. Include study time, time to work-out, and time to be social (don’t forget to add the Thursday night SBA bar reviews).
- Make sure there are times that are not completely scheduled so that you can take much needed breaks, or make up for something that you were unable to finish or missed during that day/week.
- Stick to the schedule as closely as possible, it will help you to stay on track with reading and keeping up with your outlines.
- Make sure that you have something with you to study while you are waiting on appointments and classes, have a draft outline to look at so you can use the waiting time effectively.
- The more organized you are with your schedule, the less stress you will induce into the last few weeks of school studying for finals.
Organizing your schedule
and your study time will help you be ahead of the curve on reading for the
week, outlining, and studying for finals. Half of the battle in the first year
is keeping up with the reading and using the time during the semester
efficiently to prepare for the final exams (some of your exams are worth 80% of
your final grade… no pressure).
Until next week--
Meggan
Until next week--
Meggan
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