Survive in Law School

Study of Bachelor of Laws is one of the hardest courses offered. This is true no matter which country you attend law school in. Studying law is hard since it is time consuming. Several papers and tasks need to be done for every subject thus you need to obligate yourself to do such works in order to survive. Moreover, it is very expensive. Even if studying law is very expensive, there are always plenty of people enrolling, throughout the year. Some of these students are obligated to enroll on the course because of family pressures and some of the students enrol because they want to have a good profession. Some also want to study law only because they want to have title in their name.

They say that studying law is like a race where plenty numbers of people enrolled on the course and as days passed by, only small numbers of students pursue and finished the degree. Some of the students take different profession while others choose a different career. Those who survived the degree are those who were determined to become a lawyer. There are plenty of sacrifices you need to do in order to attain your goal. After you have attained your goal then it would probably the start of your new and better life. Lastly, after surviving in the School of Law, it is not still final since you are not yet a lawyer. You need to pass the bar examination in order to have the title. A lawyers are those persons who are practicing law. They are commonly known as counsels, attorney, barrister, advocate and the like. Lawyers in the broad sense are person who practice law and is vested with their right to represent their clients and to do all the means in order to win the case of their clients. They help their clients in attaining justice.

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   As a student of Bachelor of Laws, you need to read the books. You need to read the law books required for the specific subject. While reading it is advisable for you to highlight the important matters and write them in your notebook. You need to read books since most of the information needed in studying law are provided therein. Book is also a source of knowledge which provides important ideas. If you don't have the book then you can barrow from the library just to read it. Make a way in order to have one. This is part of your sacrifice in order to survive in the School of Law.

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   Every law student should have an advance reading with the topics. The law student should be ready for the next topics to be able to cope up and understand the professor discussion. The tendency when the student did not read his lesson is that he cannot relate with the professors discussion. You need also to prepare for future quizzes, seatwork or recitations in order to survive in the School of Law. In line with the future quizzes, seatwork or recitations, advanced reading of the topics are needed.

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   You should read cases assigned. The student needs to read the cases and know how the law was applied. In cases, there are different jurisprudence and this jurisprudence are helpful in the studies. Jurisprudence shows how the court resolved specific issue or issues over the case using the specific law. There are cases where there is no law applicable to such case so as to resolve the case. The judiciary has the ability to decide on the case by their own over the subject matter. They are presumed to have been resolving the case in accordance with justice.

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   You need to attend your class regularly. In attending your class regularly, you will encounter and learn different new ideas and lessons from your professor. Every single day is important when you are studying law since every meeting there is different topic being discussed by the professor. Don't absent yourself in nonsense things since you are just wasting your time. You should only absent yourself when it is necessary or for urgent need.

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   You have to take down notes. Write the important lessons your professor was discussing since you can make use of them for future purposes. You can also use the notes when reviewing the subject matter. Make use of legends when what you have taken down was very important. You can make use of asterisk or stars when making a legend. The legend will indicate how important that note was. When you are taking down notes, it should be clean so that you can review them easily. If it is steps then you can make use of numbers. You may also make use of diagrams to easily understand what you have written.

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   During the discussion, you need to focus in the discussion of your professor. You also need to be attentive to understand what he is teaching. You need to understand the explanation of the professor since it is very important that you understand the lesson. If you did not understand some, ask for clarification. This will benefit you. Be active in class as to impress your professor.

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   You should avoid peer pressure. You must focus in studying and avoid bad influence friends. You should know your priorities in life. Have time to make some fun but not always. You need to study well. Instead of hanging out with friends, it is better to read books and cases. In that case, you are not wasting your time.

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   You should review your lessons. Manage your time. You need to have allotted time for your review so that you will have something to write in your test paper. Review your notes with the books and the cases. You should memorize the law or if you can't memorize the law then at least you should understand the law. You need to read the cases to know the jurisprudence. Mostly, exams given by the professors are taken from the cases since the cases shows how the law was being applied.

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   During exam, you need to strictly follow instructions. You need to follow instructions to train yourself for the bar exams. You need to comply with the rules and regulations. Some of the professors fail students who do not know how to follow instructions.

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   Do not stress yourself with other matters. If you continue to think with other matters or problems, it will affect you from studying. In this case, you can't concentrate in reviewing your lessons. Act professionally, you need to disregard other problems from school in order to survive in the School of Law. If you are also stressed, you cannot think properly because you are affected by something.

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   Rest your mind for at least 15 minutes when you are tired reviewing. The best time to review is morning when your brain was relaxed. The tendency if you review your lessons when it is late at night and you are tired is that nothing will be absorbed by your mind. You just wasted your time using it for review.

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   Use only the specified pen in taking the exams. If they provided guidelines for the examination, you should strictly comply with it.
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