Tuesday, October 16, 2007

On Citations.

So my legal writing Prof. assigned us an online citations exercise that had 45 problems we needed to figure out. Everyone in my section was complaining about how long and tedious it was, so I decided to hunker down and attempt at least the first couple problems today. I LOVED IT! Not sure if that's a normal reaction, but my classmates made me think it would be hell on earth. I can honestly say these exercises were the most enjoyable part of law school so far. I got to FINALLY familiarize myself with the citations manual and realized that citations aren't the worst thing in the world. I know I don't have a chance in hell in making one of the top journals next year, but if I did I think I'd at least partially enjoy the citations portion of the work. I can't believe I worked on this for 5 hours straight! yay!!

In other news: midterms are coming up. I'm actually excited about this because I'll actually see what my Profs are expecting (esp. good for Torts Prof since he's a visiting Prof this year). I'm just starting to outline Torts and Civ Pro (hoping Ks will happen this weekend). No midterm in Crim, though! That's the class I feel the most lost in (since the Prof LOVES theory), but 2Ls and 3Ls keep saying I should just study the black letter law. This makes sense to me. Just mark-up the MPC really well and contrast it with whatever made-up statutes he gives me on the exam.

Anyway, I'm still liking the idea of law school and I'm so happy that I'm actually learning. Now I just have to see if I can actually apply all of this info (and if I've actually picked up all the minute details). The sad thing is, I know that no matter how much I study there will always be people who know the material better. I guess I just have to learn not to worry about this and embrace whatever I get. I hate that these classes are curved against only my section-mates! I guess that's the curse of having a small section.

Ok, more legal writing stuff to do (open memo has officially begun and this is the stuff I really want to learn well).

Good luck, everyone!

3 comments:

Anonymous said...

Well of course you love citations! ;)

It's far, far too early to count yourself out of the Journals race. Knowing citation formats in and out is crucial to doing well, at least at my school. And I don't know how your journals select, but most schools have a writing competition for at least some slots and trust me, not all the people with good grades can write their way out of a paper bag.

Whether or not it's sane or prudent to be on a journal, well, that's another story.

Good luck!

Anonymous said...

I'm glad it sounds like you're having an overall positive experience. I've been looking at a lot of blogs of 1L's, and there's nothing but complaints. Complaining is expected, but it's refreshing to see some positives. :)

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