Lawschoolopnik - Exams edition

"Rev Hang Slows My Roll" (RevHang) 04/20/2015 at 04:48 • Filed to: None

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Only two weeks from sweet, sweet graduation! Just have to fight my way through this exam period.

Here is how Secured transactions is going so far:

newsmctado > Rev Hang Slows My Roll 04/20/2015 at 07:31

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Perfection and Priority. That’s all you need to remember. That and purchase money security interests. And statutory priority. And super-generic collateral provisions. I guess there’s a lot to remember.

Good luck. (I finished in 2013, so those days are still fresh in my memory.)

GTiceman > Rev Hang Slows My Roll 04/20/2015 at 08:05

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I did not take Secured Transactions, but I finished in 2012 and do not wish law school on anyone.

Officer Jim Lahey is not a real cop > newsmctado 04/20/2015 at 10:25

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2013—twinsies!

Godspeed, OP.

R Saldana [|Oo|======|oO|] - BTC/ETH/LTC Prophet > Rev Hang Slows My Roll 04/20/2015 at 11:55

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Oh my goodness!

Dat Series III Landy with much overlanding. Get out of the way beetle!! I want to see an old British tractor

Wrong thread

JR1 > Rev Hang Slows My Roll 04/20/2015 at 12:26

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This is probably a naive question but how hard are the exams? I will be applying in the fall to law school

newsmctado > JR1 04/20/2015 at 14:40

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I don’t know how to answer that question. But they are different than other exams you’ve probably taken before. Usually (especially in your 1L year), 99% of the time, the answer to a law school exam is “maybe.” Maybe it will be X if the court considers these facts and elements, maybe it will be Y if the court considers these facts and elements. You are expected to be able to recite the “elements” of certain things (i.e., negligence = duty, breach, actual causation, proximate causation, and damages). But rarely are you asked to pick a thesis and defend it. It took me a while to figure this out, because my mindset from undergrad (history and a lot of political science) was to pick a thesis and use the facts you have to defend it.

If you want a good idea of how to answer a law school exam, read “Getting to Maybe”

JR1 > newsmctado 04/20/2015 at 15:06

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Great I come from a history and political science background as well sounds like I will have a rough time adjusting.

Sorry the question was so broad I was just curious. And I will look into “Getting to Maybe.” Books can be a wonderful way to learn something new. Good luck with your exams by the way.

Rev Hang Slows My Roll > JR1 04/20/2015 at 15:13

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The hardest part about law school exams is dumping an entire semester worth of material out in 3 hours

JR1 > Rev Hang Slows My Roll 04/20/2015 at 15:16

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I figure it is pretty rough. Why am I thinking about this again lol?

newsmctado > Rev Hang Slows My Roll 04/20/2015 at 15:16

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Word dump = worst thing ever. Word dump + computer freeze and having to switch to bluebook mid exam = minor existential freakout.

Rev Hang Slows My Roll > JR1 04/20/2015 at 21:11

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If you want to practice law, you have to go to Law School. Unless you want to practice law, there is no reason to go.

desertdog5051 > Rev Hang Slows My Roll 07/22/2015 at 18:00

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Lawyers seem to have a high drop out rate on Oppo. I guess that once they join a law firm or get made partners, the workload overwhelms them. I’ll say my goodbyes now.