Just finished my last exam of the term today.  So, what should I do now?  RELAX!  I studied hard and did my best and I am not going to waste my time looking back.  I see law students every year rush to their backpacks and rifle through their notebooks and casebooks after the exam to [...]

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Well my fellow non traditional law students, it is that time again.  I will be taking my final exams in about two weeks.  If you are stressing over exams I have a few tips for you to stay sane.  Not all of them may work for you, but they certainly continue to help me.

The night [...]

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Law school is unlike most other educational endeavors we have undertaken.  In college it was many times just enough to “cram and regurgitate”.  This may have produced a good exam grade, but it did precious little more.  The reason is that cramming puts information into our short-term memory.  Real study and learning puts information into [...]

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I just received my MPRE scores today.  While many law students “blow off” this exam, I took it very seriously.  It is, after all, required to become a licensed lawyer in my state of Michigan.  Anyway, I was surprised at how nervous I was when I went to the download site to retrieve my score.  [...]

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It is that time of year again - exams!  On top of exams this year, however, I also have the MPRE this Friday.  But I am taking Professional Responsibility this year, so I think the class has prepared me better for the exam, and the exam has prepared me for the final in the class.  [...]

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This past weekend I spent a total of 8 hours taking MPRE review courses.  One I paid for and the other was offered free through the law school.  I am currently enrolled in Professional Responsibility and thought taking the MPRE and the reviews could’nt hurt me in that class on the exam either.
Without jinxing myself [...]

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I finally finished my ADA paper.  Curious enough, it still lingered in my mind even after I handed it in.  Why?  I had worked hard on it.  I had revised and then revised again.  And most importantly, I cannot change it now.  Why is it then that we continue to second guess ourselves even after [...]

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Many times we law students seem to sit through class without uttering a peep.  If you are in a class that utilizes the Socratic method heavily you probably sit in fear that the professor may call on you next to recite a case.  Why is that?
If you know the case (which you should) it should [...]

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Well, it finally happened to me. I have never taken a “bluebook” exam before. I have always taken them on my laptop. Today, however, I went to start up my exam software and it failed the security check! Yikes! My first reaction was that this was a mistake and I [...]

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Many times law students believe that if they know the law that they will do great in school.  This is partly true but not totally.  You must also know your professor.  Knowing the law is just not enough.  Remember that professors are people too.  And just like any other person on the planet they have [...]

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