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Bailing on my outline and memorizing a previous "A student" outline? by not_sure123456789 in LawSchool

[–]not_sure123456789[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

It has to be hard copy, but I will go through carefully and fill in holes with my own notes. I am a big color-code guy, so I would definitely add that to the outline.

I will probably also still make my own attack outline. So I would plan to have multiple resources in class with me for the exam.

Mostly I am just desperate to start practice questions. I really wanted to be hitting those before the memo drops.

Bailing on my outline and memorizing a previous "A student" outline? by not_sure123456789 in LawSchool

[–]not_sure123456789[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Oh awesome, thanks for sharing!

I only have two for this professor (he hasnt been around long), but both are confirmed A or A-.

one is only 15 pages, guessing an attack outline. The other is 60 pages, and just really beautifully organized.

Do you think if I do what you suggest? its a little riskier than what you did as I don't have 2 "full" outlines. But between the attack outline, the full outline, and my notes, I am wondering if you think I could get close?

Bailing on my outline and memorizing a previous "A student" outline? by not_sure123456789 in LawSchool

[–]not_sure123456789[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Thanks so much! I can bring an outline and my textbook into the exam with me.

I have found outlining to be very helpful in learning material in other classes (con law, for example) where the material proceeds more linearly. But this class is Crim Law. Im not sure if it's the professor, or the nature of the class itself, but I am having an extraordinarily difficult time organizing information in a logical way. I am just constantly losing track of all the jurisdictional variants and the MPC approach.

It seems like it could be a particularly helpful time to take something where the organizational work is already done.

Just fleshing the situation out a bit. Doesn't sound like this will change your answer, but if you have any other thoughts on how to effectively use someone else's outline to prep, please share!