Quick, Study! Exams Are Fast Approaching
In the last weeks before exams begin you should really
be buckling down and studying for the exams.
Having a plan for the review sessions offered by professors will help
you guide your own study periods and let you know where the holes in your
semesters are. Additionally, now that
the legal research a writing classes are over, you have extra time during the
week to dedicate to reviewing for the final.
One
way to think about exams is to strategize which exams are worth more in the
scheme of GPA than others. If you have a
4 credit hour class, that should be your top priority because it weighs heavier
in your GPA. Vice versa, if you have a 2
credit hour class, it should be your lowest priority because it is weighted
less in your GPA. At the end of law
school, your GPA one of the biggest factors that employers are looking to in
the hiring process.
If all
of your classes are 3 credit hours, start reviewing with the class that you are
finding easiest or the most enjoyable. That will help to get you “in the mood” to
review for the other classes. If all of
your classes are equally difficult, start with the first exam or scheduled
review session and work in chronological order.
In any event, make sure that you are prepared to go to the review
sessions with at least a few questions.
Your questions will help you and get the conversation started so that
other people ask their questions. Also,
if you have a question there are probably several other people who are confused
about the same topic or issue.
If you
haven’t started your outlines, or if you are falling behind on them, now is a
great time to get started. As my mom
always says, “There’s no time like the present.” Get started so that you have time to practice
writing exams style answers and reviewing multiple choice style hypotheticals
during the time between exams. Don’t
leave everything until the reading week, get started now and finish strong!
