1L Week 2 - if only reading burned calories
52 pages just for Civ Pro and another 22 pages and those briefs for Property. And a research assignment and case briefs for Legal Research & Writing. All due tomorrow. Yeah my life revolves around reading, highlighting, and briefing cases. That's it. I think when people say that law school is hard, what they really are saying is that law school is very time consuming and requires more dedication than you'd like to put into school.Faster notes
I've found that I like book briefing/ highlighting better because it's easier for me to just highlight as I go instead of rewriting and paraphrasing what the book says. If my professor asks what's the plaintiff's defense, I just look for what I underlined in pink. And for the defendant's argument, I look for what's underlined in baby blue. This is easier than awkwardly skimming through my note's for what I wrote about them.I can't tell if I'm getting more innovative or just more lazy, but I'm really working to streamline my note-taking process because when you have this many pages to read on a Wednesday you kinda have to get a system down so that you don't waste hours writing down what you just read. I've fallen victim to the Apple cult, and it's really helpful to have my laptop and phone on the same page. What I did was on my phone go to Settings > General > Keyboard > Text Replacement and set up some shortcuts that sync to my laptop. Or on your laptop, go to System Preferences > Keyboard > Text and add them there. All I have to do now is type the shortcut and press space and my word pops up. And although I have "dd" to say defendant, if I type a word that has that in it like "add," it won't do it. It's the little things that really help. I'm sure I'll add lots more, but here's what I have so far:
ac - appellate court
amt - Amendment
atty - attorney
bc - because
bt - between
cl - common law
cm - criminal
cn - Congress
amt - Amendment
atty - attorney
bc - because
bt - between
cl - common law
cm - criminal
cn - Congress
cr - copyright
cv - civil
cv - civil
dd - defendant
fed - federal
exec - executive
gr - general rule
fed - federal
exec - executive
gr - general rule
gov - government
hs - hearsay
info - information
jd - judicial
jt - judgment
jx - jurisdiction
kk - contract
litg - litigation
lege - legislature
mgr - majority rule
mnr - minority rule
neg - negligence
njc - injunction
pj - personal jurisdiction
rap - rule against perpetuities
info - information
jd - judicial
jt - judgment
jx - jurisdiction
kk - contract
litg - litigation
lege - legislature
mgr - majority rule
mnr - minority rule
neg - negligence
njc - injunction
pj - personal jurisdiction
rap - rule against perpetuities
reg - regulation
rs - Restatement Second
sc- Supreme Court
sg - something
rs - Restatement Second
sc- Supreme Court
sg - something
sof - Statute of Frauds
sol - statute of limitations
st - state
sm - statement
sol - statute of limitations
st - state
sm - statement
smj - subject matter jurisdiction
tc - trial court
tt - testator
wt - witness
also, here's some built-in shortcuts
∆ - option + J on a Mac/alt + 8710 on a PC
π - option + p on a Mac/alt + 227 on a PC
§ - option + 6 on a Mac/alt + 0167 on a PC
tc - trial court
tt - testator
wt - witness
also, here's some built-in shortcuts
∆ - option + J on a Mac/alt + 8710 on a PC
π - option + p on a Mac/alt + 227 on a PC
§ - option + 6 on a Mac/alt + 0167 on a PC
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