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Shelley’s Case

Purely personal blog written by a certain rambunctious law student attending an unnamed law school at an undisclosed location.
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Last Entry: July 18, 2010 at 03:06:48

Bar Prep - Day 18

Posted on June 05, 2008
Today I picked up the phone and called Bar Prep. After whining for 15 minutes, I felt a little less stressed and even managed to condense my notes in half the time of which it usually takes me. Bar prep told me that I should give myself time to adjust to the workflow and take [...

Bar Prep - Day 17

Posted on June 04, 2008
Today’s assigned reading is a classic case of legalese diarrhea. If I were a scholar in Old English, I would have been thrilled. I am not. Nor was I jumping up and down in joy while reading about recording statutes and mortgages. Thank goodness I have taken Secured Transactions before, else I would spend more [...

Bar Prep - Day 16

Posted on June 03, 2008
This is one bitter 16th day that started out well and ended in defeat. I paced myself with the reading and reviewing lecture notes. And then I started faltering in the essays. Ouch. Since I have never taken a course in Corporations before, I failed to spot the issues because I could not spot the [...

Bar Prep - Day 15

Posted on June 02, 2008
Sometimes I like to run with weights for the sake of toughing myself. The past weekend, however, represents an unintentional mental torture caused by my inability to comprehend directions. As it turns out, I was only supposed to outline all eight essays...

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Bar Prep - Day 14

Posted on June 01, 2008
Last night my muscle turned so stiff and achy I could not fall asleep until nearly 6 this morning. Around noon I groggily slithered out of the bed and fell onto the floor. Eventually I crawled into the shower and the warm water melted some stiffness somewhat...

Bar Prep - Day 13

Posted on May 31, 2008
Last night I slept blissfully for nine hours. I felt like a million bucks when I woke up, refreshed and ready to tackle some problems, that is, after lunch that consisted of mint chocolate chip ice cream and diet tea, and an hour of work out. After lunch and work out, my energy level shot up [...

Bar Prep - Day 12

Posted on May 30, 2008
Ever since bar review began, I have been steering clear of rumors and unsolicited advice from blawgs. Because I have gathered most of the bar exam information prior to May, looking at what other people are doing (or has said) will probably create more doubts about what I am currently doing...

Comparisons of LSAT, Law School Exams, and Bar Exam

Posted on May 30, 2008
Finally, a non-bar prep post — well, at least the topic of bar prep is less significant. When I first took the LSAT, I did not really see how it was relevant to the practice of law. The LSAT did not test on the subject of law. In fact, the exam (pre-2007) did not even [...

Bar Prep - Day 11

Posted on May 29, 2008
Today things took a turn for better. I am still tired, mentally and physically, but at least I am starting to see how the study load will be manageable. The purpose of the bar prep seem to be combination of memorizing the most frequently tested substantive law, and applying test strategies for formats such as [...

Bar Pre - Day 10

Posted on May 28, 2008
On the way home from class, I bumped into a classmate. S/he seemed calm and awake. I asked him/her what is the secret for staying so serene. S/he replied that “don’t think about the big picture. Just take it one day at a time.” I know about this philosophy...

Bar Prep - Day 9

Posted on May 27, 2008
Studying for the bar is 300x harder than studying for law school exams because there does to seem to be an end in sight. For law school exam period, you know it will be over within 2-3 weeks (and you can do a countdown of each exam you have taken). But with the bar prep, [...

Bar Prep - Day 8

Posted on May 26, 2008
Spent Memorial Day doing questions and memorizing Criminal Law, Criminal Procedure.

Bar Prep - Day 7

Posted on May 25, 2008
My brain hurts.

Bar Prep - Day 6

Posted on May 24, 2008
Study Strategy: 1. Memorize definitions for torts and crimes. 2. Study rules for property and contract and improve reading speed. 3. Memorize flow-charts for Evidence and Criminal Procedure. 4. Memorize the rules for Con Law. I am increasingly concerned about developing the essay for the MBE essay questions...

Bar Prep - Day 5

Posted on May 23, 2008
Itai, itai. Prior to bar prep, one of my strongest MBE subjects was Crim Law/Crim Pro, or so I thought. Today I was utterly crushed by the result, which fell far below even the dreaded Property question set. If there is any relief to today’s utter failure, the lecturer assured us that the test subjects given [...

Bar Prep - Day 4

Posted on May 22, 2008
It is only the 4th day but 2/3 of the people have bailed class. I have completed the assignments but have not even come close to condensing the lecture notes from the past few days. This weekend is make-up time.

Bar Prep - Day 3

Posted on May 21, 2008
Today marks the 27 hours I have spent in bar prep courses for the past three days. I am tired physically, but my brain is doing okay. I have not had time to condense my notes yet since there is a very short break between classes. Hopefully over the weekend I will have a chance [...

Bar Prep - Day 2

Posted on May 20, 2008
There are a lot of information to memorize. My priority right now is to organize and get used to the test-taking strategies.

Rapid Transition

Posted on May 19, 2008
I had very little time to enjoy the afterglow of graduation before I was shoved into the PMBR program. Tonight I received the 10th book for bar review. If I stack up all of my bar review books, it will be about 1/3 of my height. Ouch. There is very little time to [...

The Last Law School Exam*

Posted on May 14, 2008
*Lest one day I decide to go back for more (e.g., L.L.M., etc.) With great relief, I am pleased to announce that I am DONE with the LAST law school exam. It was hard waiting the day of the exam to arrive, but the exam itself was even harder than expected...

Strongman Maneuver

Posted on May 13, 2008
Although it has only been days since the last update, it sure feels like years. I stayed up until wee hours of the morning working on part of the last final (take home portion). After careful editing, the six page paper ballooned into a twelve-page monster...

The Anti-Strategy

Posted on May 09, 2008
To reduce the level of stress this year during the exam period, I have decided to continue with my daily activities: work, exercising, eating, sleeping. I have tried to cut down my study hours. Yes, you have read it correctly. I have been staying away from the books...

Just One More

Posted on May 07, 2008
One more exam and it will be all over. For the past few days I have been studying and working. I find it difficult to study for the closed-book exams for health classes because there are over 500 pages of facts that could appear in the test, and over 30 chemical compounds I need [...

Closing the Loop

Posted on May 02, 2008
Today is the last day of law school. As I wandered around the empty building, my back seemed to weigh more and more. It is not quite time to sell my law books yet, at least not after my last final exam is finished. I still have Westlaw print outs littering my [...

What Comes Around, Goes Around

Posted on May 01, 2008
Law school is a miniature scale of the professional network. What you say or do will impress upon your peers and potential employers starting day one. This means that you should watch what you say and what you do to anyone at anytime, anywhere. You want to keep your reputation pristine and [...

Tick, Tock, Hiccup

Posted on May 01, 2008
There were several classes that struck fear in my heart just by their title alone. Secured Transaction was one. Advanced Civil Procedure and Civil Practice were the other two. This semester, the winning course is Wills, Trusts, and Estates. As much as I enjoyed the Property class during my first year, there were [...

Preparing for the Exams

Posted on April 28, 2008
Ding, dong, exam time is here. This is the sixth round of law school exams for me. I guess that would make me a law exam veteran, would it not? There are lots of ways you could study for exams. Some people prefer Crunch Time. Others prefer Law Summaries...

Tickle Me in the Right Places

Posted on April 21, 2008
I went to Westlaw training. I was seduced. At the end of the training, not only did I receive 500 points, I also received a nice practice handbook. In addition to the lovely perks, I learned how to “save” money for a hypothetical firm. Did I ever mention how much I like to “save” money? [...

Mark of a Warrior

Posted on April 17, 2008
I was registering for an event at the SBA office and was about to identify myself when the law student in charge of the event said, “You are a 3L, right?” The charge surprised me, especially since I do not know this particular law student, and I do not spend enough time around law school [...

Distinguishing Between Law and Policy

Posted on April 06, 2008
As an 1L, there were several questions that puzzled me. One of them is the role of policy and why it is not effective legal reasoning. I did not understand why substantive law professors constantly asked about the underlying policy of a law, but research and writing professors constantly told us students not to use [...

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