All posts tagged: Law School Time Management

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Begin as You Mean to Finish

Sometimes we put so much focus on finishing something, that we don’t give credence or attention to how we began. We look at the result, how we did, what we have to show for it, and don’t respect the first steps we took to make it to the end. As law students, it’s easy to use your grades as a measurement of your experience during a semester, but really the path to those grades started fourteen weeks before the exam. And now, with the spring semester just beginning, you have the opportunity to start off as strong as you mean to end. What do I mean by that? In order to do well on exams, you must approach the entire semester in a manner that will lead to success in the end. If doing well on exams takes hard-work, grit, and determination, then you must put hard-work, grit, and determination into your everyday routine. It’s early in the semester and exams seem far away, but that doesn’t mean you should take it easy. Take advantage of …

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All Seven and We Watch Them Fall: Combating Mistakes and Bad Habits with an Intellect and Self-Awareness

While the mistakes students make as they study law are not on par with the more famous seven sins, common mistakes and bad habits do affect students’ performance throughout the semester and ultimately on the exam. But, as with many things, a little self-awareness goes a long way. Learn the common mistakes law students make in the list below. Then make it your mission not to let them stand in the way of your success.