If my ultimate goal is to be a professor, am I advantaged by going to the highest ranking school I can get into, or should I try to attend the school I ultimately want to teach at, or at least in the state(s) where I might want to live?
same. I think he is interesting because he this attractive slick traditional looking guy who has apparently a hard, stressful, high reward prestigious career going on. I feel like I can learn something special. Also I like the trend that people from all socialstrata make youtube videosJust an impression, also interessting how his first videos are very "youtube-professional". Also he spins into memes now, reviewing popular culture stuff, and must be shaking his head a bit from the million views difference to his core videos.
Those fold-able book-stands are invaluable in other fields as well. Actually, just about all these reccomendations are applicable to any rigorous field of study.
Damn I have a wooden one from amazon wish I had known they had metal ones! Not going to law school either but I like to use them for my undergrad studies...
Recent law school grad. I might add: multi-colored highlighters. Book briefing is the best way to be sure you’re ready when you get cold called, without using a bunch of time writing a physical brief. Highlight the holding in green, the parties in yellow, facts in pink, important sounding dicta in blue, etc. I recommend mild liners for blue and purple, since those highlighters are usually too dark with normal pens. Can attest that the book stand and paper planner/calendar thing works wonders for your neck and productivity! I still use a paper planner because it reduces the time I spend staring at a screen and is way less likely to pop up a text message to throw my concentration while working (unlike my phone)
These advises apply not only to law school, but to any other academic field either. I am an engineering student, but we face very similar problems as you described. Also as a side note, as a true engineer, I never trust a single piece of technology to wake me up, I always put on alarms on two separate devices.
When I took the LSAT this past February, the young lady next to me used earplugs. Then I thought, Genius! And it really is. I will buy some before the semester starts. Thanks!
You heard it here second! I forgot to mention in the video that the moldable silicone earplugs work better in certain circumstances (especially during sleep because the pillow doesn't poke them into your ear). They were designed for swimmers to keep water out, but I think they work just as well as regular foam earplugs. Link in the description.
I can also recommend the silicone ear plugs. They’re great at blocking sound, and I don’t know about y’all, but the foam earplugs always pop out of my ears after about 15 seconds...
Hi D, I have a suggestion for a video about a day/week in the life of your job specifically. How you prepare for a case, how you fit in time for taking care of yourself, how you juggle multiple cases. Also, have you ever taken a case that required you to go against something you valued, but your dedication to serving your client outweighed that? You seem to have a lot of integrity, so it would be interesting to know how you would handle that. Loving the channel and your earnest approach to helping people out. Happy Holidays, -Oliver
0:29 In the early 1980s, I made a book stand using a wine bottle and a coat hanger… this was before internet, cellphone and Amazon. How far we’ve come. All engineers should apply legal study methods because if the amount of detail involved. Blueprints and lab notes are legal documents especially when someone steals your project ideas and try to patent them.
I got an electrical outlet timer (the kind you use to make it look like you're home when you go on vacation) for $7 and connected it to a lamp I already owned. It turns on at 4:00AM every morning, and my alarm is set to 4:30AM. I am an extremely deep sleeper who only fully wakes up two or three hours into the day, but since I've DIY'ed the sunrise alarm, I've felt much better in the mornings and have been more likely to actually get up with the alarm!
0:56 I have been looking for ways to study from my textbooks , and then I came back to this video and saw the great advice of which book stand to get and why. Thank you for the great advice!
I'm not a law student. I'm a engineer student and still find your videos interesting and helpful. I always tried to find empty classrooms to write on boards. But now I'll take your tips and the earplugs genius, even the library gets noisy at times. You are awesome!
Totally recommend that book stand. I have issues with the discs in my neck that I think may have stemmed from spending hours with my head bent down reading (I'm a teacher).
A couple of important notes: 1) On the earplugs. If you do wear them every night, be very sure to also clean out your ears (not with q-tips). Use the water from taking a shower to help clean the inside of your ears. Your ears are constantly pushing wax out, and ear plugs actually block it in and interrupt the process. Daily cleanings (or near daily) are very useful to help prevent any wax issues. 2) On the phone. If you are too cheap to buy a separate alarm, look at the settings on your phone for a "night time mode". IOS definitely has this, and I am about 99% sure Android does too. The tl;dr is that you have a set time that notifications are disabled. Mine are from about 9PM through 6AM. While I generally sleep far less than that window, I like to have a buffer in case I go to bed early, or wake up a bit later. Keep that on, and consistent. Also, if you're bringing your cell/tablet/etc into the bedroom - *do not use it*, either one, at all during the time in the room. Personally, I still use my cell as an alarm, but I just keep it charged on my nightstand. Also, in the morning, when I get up, I do not check my cell phone (outside turning off the alarm) while in the bedroom. I leave the bedroom first, then check my phone. Bedroom is for sleep, only sleep, and nothing but to sleep (so help me sleep?)
@@Reofrax The best route I've found is to use something like a smart watch that can have some interaction with the alarm on the phone. In my case, I have an Apple watch. I can wear it at night, and any alarm I put on my phone will vibrate on the watch. That's usually enough to wake me up, assuming I got decent sleep. If you're really dead tired, or can't wake up very easily, then this doesn't work particularly well at first. It takes some time to get used to, but does work once you get used to it assuming enough sleep is gained. The main risk you would run into is hitting a REM cycle. Those happen every 90 minutes or so, so making sure you go to sleep and wake up at some time as close to divisible by 90 as possible should mitigate the REM issue.
@@David-bz7pi so. I dont get enough sleep, i never do, its just the way it is. I have to wake myself up with 5 alarms with black metal playing and even that isnt guaranteed. So I wont be trying ear plugs, the lamp alarm thing though, ive heard good things about those.
I have nothing to do with law, in a COMPLETELY different profession that I absolutely love, and yet. Yet I'm here, obsessed with your videos and advice for law students.
Honestly, I just keep my phone set on “do not disturb” between 11pm and 7am. Only emergency calls from my favorites list will get through. Also, I chose a really calm alarm tone so I don’t get shocked awake.
Ya, that's a great strategy. My only problem is that I can't be trusted not to check Twitter before I go to bed if my phone is anywhere near me. Better for me to just keep the phone outside of my bedroom. I put a charging dock on a small table in the hallway outside of my bedroom.
LegalEagle Fair enough. Thankfully, I have those blue light-blocking glasses that I wear in the evenings to limit phone-induced insomnia (since I am guilty as well).
I solve the problem of checking my phone by not having it next to the bed, even though it's what I use as an alarm. Goes back to my time in high school where I'd just turn the alarm off and go back to sleep if it was next to me. Put it across the room and it forces you to actually get out of bed to turn it off. Much easier to then not just go back to sleep.
I love the fact of the " physical calendar" yes. Lead, ink, paper are the basic means. Captains Log, Diaries, and notes give a tangible and physical history for many to follow
You don't have to have internet enabled on your phone to use it as an alarm lol. That being said, I also have a sunrise alarm and it's actually magic. Never feel shitty waking up, even after just 4 to 6 hours of sleep.
Interesting thing is, I'm not a lawyer, or even law student, but this channel brings an inside point of view of some things that are just so interesting to know that I'm addicted to it.
i'm not a law student and have no plans to go back to school any time soon, but all of these items are useful in so many other fields. i'm a payroll accountant, and i swear by my paper calendars. and i like that sunrise alarm; it could help with seasonal affective disorder. (and book stands are useful with cookbooks.)
I feel like this is good advise for anyone going to school or working in an intense field or one that requires a huge amount of mental energy and reading/study/paperwork. I work in healthcare and a lot of them could apply there. One I would add is a little clippy thing that sticks or clamps on to your desk top computer monitor(I suppose it'd work on a laptop too) it's a simple little contraption that has a horizontal arm that swings out with one or two clips on. Then you can secure paper in them and it holds it while you type. It saves your neck and saves time. It makes is so you don't have to look down at the paper, back up to the screen, back down at the paper trying to find where you left off. They make free standing versions also but they take up too much valuable real estate on my already crowded desk.
I have been looking for ways to study from my textbooks , and then I came back to this video and saw the great advice of which book stand to get and why. Thank you for the great advice!
I started with one alarm clock. I used to turn it off while still half asleep, and fell back into bed. So I bought a second alarm clock and put it on the opposite side of my room. I eventually bought a third alarm clock for the same reason.
Never knew about butcher paper! The dry erase boards are my FAVORITE something about standing up and writing helps me learn and it makes me feel liberated for some reason just makes me feel really good! I am a huge fan of learning on dry erase boards I’m obsessed, lol
There are giant post-it notes boards that are basically a cross between butcher paper and a dry erase. The giant sheets are sticky notes, So you can take a page off and hang it on your wall if you want to keep it visible.
The one time I brought earplugs to an exam, I missed a professor saying there was a typo in one of the questions that otherwise made it impossible to answer. Spent a ridiculous amount of time on it and ended up just skipping it.
@@LegalEagle where you have to give a detailed answer with case laws and judgements , bare acts and coustumary practices related to the legal problems provided . How do we frame the issues and everything else with our conclusion , what to mention and what not to mention ?
not a law student but I would recommend getting a fountain pen especially if you do a lot of physical note taking/writing. Pilot metropolitans are very good workhorse pens that only cost $10 and can work on non-fountain pen paper. It writes smooth and feels like a more expensive pen :) Plus you would be saving money using a fountain pen and not disposable pens in the long run and not polluting the environment with more plastic!
I’m actually surprised that earplugs are allowed during law school exams. For some reason, I was under the impression that they were not allowed during the LSAT.
It's very possible that the LSAT has different rules. I can imagine that the LSAT testers are more worried about cheating. But in my experience, ear plugs were allowed in law school exams (as well as things like snacks, water, and bathroom breaks). Individual professors might have idiosyncratic rules though.
@@LegalEagle My school didn't allow them, probably to prevent cheating with small in-ear wireless headphones. (At least, that's the only logical reason I can casually think of.)
I bought the first one my freshman year of university from a video from a law student's recomendation, and it has probably been my best buy, I've been usining it for about 3 years now and im extremly glad I bought it then, especially for how cheap it is.
You can still use your phone as an alarm! The trick is to have the phone charging across the room from you. It's still loud enough to wake a heavy sleeper (depending on the size of the room), and the fact that you have to get out of bed to turn it off is more effective than anything I've found.
I have a separate alarm (it is a radio at the same time, so the radio turns on and wakes me up) for more than 10 years. Used it through high school, college, and now that I work as a teacher!
Dude that bookstand should be essential buying for ANY college student. For me personally, it will come in handy for my games of dnd where I've got a few big books with secrets I wanna keep from my players 🤣
Thank you so much for making these videos! My mentors are helpful, but I think they don't remember to tell me about these kinds of details. Thank you thank you!
Nice. I've been meaning to do a video on the difference between part-time and full-time law school. The good news is that they are tested the same way, so most strategies apply.
Objection, you can set your smart phone for a dormant setting for no alerts, as in the morning I respond to my phone as an alarm/clock. But still have an alarm, and a backup for the alarm, and make sure all these things are battery powered, not connected to your house.
Honest to god get these things anyway. The calendar however should be one long one that shows the entire semester. That will show you when things are coming up that may be next month but also next week. It also shows how far along you are in the semester.
About the alarm, I do use my phone but I disable wifi and data. I also put it face down just in case. During the day my phone is on quiet but buzz mode, after 6pm I put it in quiet no buzz mode.
Side note... Wearing ear plugs every night dramatically increases your risk of ear infection, compacted earwax and other issues. Use with caution or get over the ear active noise cancelling headphones.
Ive had the sunrise alarm for over 5 years and it's fuckin awesome, I usually wake up right before the sound even goes off. The hue of the light is also really warm and pretty, much nicer for bedside reading and dimmed light during sex than a normal light. Phillips has several models, I recommend getting the big (more expensive) one, same as the one he showed.
Ear plugs while seeping, yes I have also done this because I was stationed on an aircraft carrier and... well I slept on an airport is what it was. 1 problem I had was the alarm clock. I would tend to over sleep because I could not hear it.
I know I'm 3 years too late to comment, but your suggestion about Ear Plugs is right on! I am totally in to avoiding noise pollution...but way back in school, I used to have a pair with me at all time...especially during exams...I could concentrate better than anyone else. Best Suggestion! BTW, I will buy those book stands as well...I like that idea. ...and I'm not in Law School, but your videos are educational. Best on UA-cam. Keep it up!
I swear law school is like ship life. Writing on the windows is a classic move. We write the next turn on the windows so we can keep our eyes staring out the windows and not miss our turn. No I am not making this up. I have also done onboard on the window. Just be sure to put an eraser on the sharp point of your compass
I set a daily "do not disturb" function on my phone so I don't have to deal with notifications over night. I like to use my phone as an alarm because since it doesn't bother my wife as much when it's in vibrate mode.
A lot of writing on windows happens in software. Actually not a pun. At Amazon, there were dry erase markers at most windows for impromptu brainstorming/diagramming.
...but how do you hear your alarm? o.O That sunrise alarm could be problematic for those who sleep on their stomach or for those who may nuzzle their face in the blankets as a reaction to it.
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Forget digital. Pens, post - it notes, wall board, calendar and an hourly appointment book. Organize all of your available time this way. Once wasted, you can never get time back.
Good stuff. The ear plugs? Often your brain just dials up to listen (I've got gun range level ear muffs. I can follow a conversation through them.) Try earbuds, if they don't work then I would suggest earbuds, but instead of your favorite music, have a some Mozart, Bach, Chopin tracks. If these classical composers are your favorites? Still okay. Don't get ersatz classical music or Muzak, Elevator music-- that's just insipid and you end up being distracted trying to 'name that tune' being melted. UA-cam has some 3 hours of Bach, etc. study videos that are good too. Part of any discipline is a regular sleep pattern. I always get up at 5, even on those days I then go back to bed to sleep in. To consistently fall asleep when you want, I think white noise is much better than earplugs. , but watch out for the bad, noticeably repetitious stuff. The apps I checked about 5 years ago were all like this, maybe they're better now. EcoTones machine I've had for ten years. Also good for falling asleep is an audiobook, something you've read, something good. Eventually I've found I begin to focus in on it, enjoying it even more; but it's no longer good for falling asleep. Whiteboard, butcher paper. A good whiteboard 2x3' is the missing component of your computer. I'm good with graphics programs, database, spreadsheet, word processing; they just don't do what a white board can do. I make too many 'skipped step' errors to be able to use butcher paper, meaning I'm listings the first four things so I can get to the next 4 I need to work on. I forget a step...Another good thing to do is once you've sorted out your whiteboard diagram, take a photo of it, but maybe make a neat copy on butcher paper. If you're in a study group and your handwriting sucks, get a digital projector. After you've whiteboarded, type out the sections on your word processor. Use a font like Chalkboard, then project the text onto the butcher paper and trace it. Sounds like a lot of work, but you quickly get really fast. If you have blocks of text arranged in a circle on your whiteboard, then just move the paper around instead of trying to lay it out on the computer. (I find that a lot of this additional work helps me remember, makes it easy for others to read it, but all this might not work for you. Also I did a lot of this as a school teacher, so it might not be relevant to law school. The earplug behavior mod? That's a good tip. Are their any recordings of final exam room noise?
I noticed you speak of a physical calendar in the video, but list Butcher Paper instead on the video info. I like the suggestion of both... but maybe remove the Butcher paper on this video, replace it with calendars, and then make another things to buy video, and be sure to include the butcher paper in it. I hope this didn't sound rude to say, I am just a fan of your channel and am offering a suggestion I hope helps you. Keep up the great work.
Ask your law school questions in the comments!
LegalEagle is there anywhere we could ask questions in private?
1:27 vertical? XD
If my ultimate goal is to be a professor, am I advantaged by going to the highest ranking school I can get into, or should I try to attend the school I ultimately want to teach at, or at least in the state(s) where I might want to live?
0:35 - Chapter 1 - Bookstand
2:25 - Chapter 2 - White board & dry/erase markers
3:40 - Chapter 3 - Ear plugs
6:05 - Chapter 4 - Physical calendar
7:25 - Chapter 5 - Alarm
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ok, im not going to law school, and i dont even want to be a lawyer but i cant stop watching these videos
Darkriver Farmer
What are you procrastinating? XD
Nooooooooo
yes
same. I think he is interesting because he this attractive slick traditional looking guy who has apparently a hard, stressful, high reward prestigious career going on. I feel like I can learn something special. Also I like the trend that people from all socialstrata make youtube videosJust an impression, also interessting how his first videos are very "youtube-professional".
Also he spins into memes now, reviewing popular culture stuff, and must be shaking his head a bit from the million views difference to his core videos.
Yes hahah
Those fold-able book-stands are invaluable in other fields as well. Actually, just about all these reccomendations are applicable to any rigorous field of study.
Glad to hear!
Damn I have a wooden one from amazon wish I had known they had metal ones! Not going to law school either but I like to use them for my undergrad studies...
Recent law school grad. I might add: multi-colored highlighters. Book briefing is the best way to be sure you’re ready when you get cold called, without using a bunch of time writing a physical brief. Highlight the holding in green, the parties in yellow, facts in pink, important sounding dicta in blue, etc. I recommend mild liners for blue and purple, since those highlighters are usually too dark with normal pens. Can attest that the book stand and paper planner/calendar thing works wonders for your neck and productivity! I still use a paper planner because it reduces the time I spend staring at a screen and is way less likely to pop up a text message to throw my concentration while working (unlike my phone)
These advises apply not only to law school, but to any other academic field either. I am an engineering student, but we face very similar problems as you described. Also as a side note, as a true engineer, I never trust a single piece of technology to wake me up, I always put on alarms on two separate devices.
i went for programming and do the same thing haha
One backup is none backup, so always have three alarms
“Don’t keep ur cellphone near ur bed” *me agreeing* whilst watching his video at 6am after not sleeping all night
Same
When I took the LSAT this past February, the young lady next to me used earplugs. Then I thought, Genius! And it really is. I will buy some before the semester starts. Thanks!
You heard it here second! I forgot to mention in the video that the moldable silicone earplugs work better in certain circumstances (especially during sleep because the pillow doesn't poke them into your ear). They were designed for swimmers to keep water out, but I think they work just as well as regular foam earplugs. Link in the description.
I can also recommend the silicone ear plugs. They’re great at blocking sound, and I don’t know about y’all, but the foam earplugs always pop out of my ears after about 15 seconds...
Earplugs are not allowed into the LSAT exam. Was she in an accommodated testing room?
Engineering student here
In the words of Muhamid Ali
"It isn't the mountains ahead to climb that wear you out; it's the pebble in your shoe.'
Hi D, I have a suggestion for a video about a day/week in the life of your job specifically. How you prepare for a case, how you fit in time for taking care of yourself, how you juggle multiple cases.
Also, have you ever taken a case that required you to go against something you valued, but your dedication to serving your client outweighed that? You seem to have a lot of integrity, so it would be interesting to know how you would handle that.
Loving the channel and your earnest approach to helping people out.
Happy Holidays,
-Oliver
0:29 In the early 1980s, I made a book stand using a wine bottle and a coat hanger… this was before internet, cellphone and Amazon.
How far we’ve come.
All engineers should apply legal study methods because if the amount of detail involved. Blueprints and lab notes are legal documents especially when someone steals your project ideas and try to patent them.
I got an electrical outlet timer (the kind you use to make it look like you're home when you go on vacation) for $7 and connected it to a lamp I already owned. It turns on at 4:00AM every morning, and my alarm is set to 4:30AM. I am an extremely deep sleeper who only fully wakes up two or three hours into the day, but since I've DIY'ed the sunrise alarm, I've felt much better in the mornings and have been more likely to actually get up with the alarm!
*Puts in earplugs at the beginning of a test* Brain: "Guess it's sleepy time"
hahaha exactly my thought
Looool I though exactly the same thing 😂😂
0:56 I have been looking for ways to study from my textbooks , and then I came back to this video and saw the great advice of which book stand to get and why. Thank you for the great advice!
I'm not a law student. I'm a engineer student and still find your videos interesting and helpful. I always tried to find empty classrooms to write on boards. But now I'll take your tips and the earplugs genius, even the library gets noisy at times. You are awesome!
I would have never thought about the book stand or the butcher paper! Great ideas!! I am heading to law school in the Fall!
Happy to help!
GOOD LUCK!!!
Totally recommend that book stand. I have issues with the discs in my neck that I think may have stemmed from spending hours with my head bent down reading (I'm a teacher).
Useful for med school as well...
and architecture! Or any demanding grad program, really
A couple of important notes:
1) On the earplugs. If you do wear them every night, be very sure to also clean out your ears (not with q-tips). Use the water from taking a shower to help clean the inside of your ears. Your ears are constantly pushing wax out, and ear plugs actually block it in and interrupt the process. Daily cleanings (or near daily) are very useful to help prevent any wax issues.
2) On the phone. If you are too cheap to buy a separate alarm, look at the settings on your phone for a "night time mode". IOS definitely has this, and I am about 99% sure Android does too. The tl;dr is that you have a set time that notifications are disabled. Mine are from about 9PM through 6AM. While I generally sleep far less than that window, I like to have a buffer in case I go to bed early, or wake up a bit later. Keep that on, and consistent. Also, if you're bringing your cell/tablet/etc into the bedroom - *do not use it*, either one, at all during the time in the room. Personally, I still use my cell as an alarm, but I just keep it charged on my nightstand. Also, in the morning, when I get up, I do not check my cell phone (outside turning off the alarm) while in the bedroom. I leave the bedroom first, then check my phone. Bedroom is for sleep, only sleep, and nothing but to sleep (so help me sleep?)
How do you hear the alarm when you have ear plugs in though?
@@Reofrax The best route I've found is to use something like a smart watch that can have some interaction with the alarm on the phone.
In my case, I have an Apple watch. I can wear it at night, and any alarm I put on my phone will vibrate on the watch. That's usually enough to wake me up, assuming I got decent sleep.
If you're really dead tired, or can't wake up very easily, then this doesn't work particularly well at first. It takes some time to get used to, but does work once you get used to it assuming enough sleep is gained. The main risk you would run into is hitting a REM cycle. Those happen every 90 minutes or so, so making sure you go to sleep and wake up at some time as close to divisible by 90 as possible should mitigate the REM issue.
@@David-bz7pi so. I dont get enough sleep, i never do, its just the way it is. I have to wake myself up with 5 alarms with black metal playing and even that isnt guaranteed. So I wont be trying ear plugs, the lamp alarm thing though, ive heard good things about those.
I have nothing to do with law, in a COMPLETELY different profession that I absolutely love, and yet. Yet I'm here, obsessed with your videos and advice for law students.
i pad book stand is amazing! i would add dark curtains. blocks out the light in the room so you can sleep. sleep is good before exams
That's a great tip too!
Honestly, I just keep my phone set on “do not disturb” between 11pm and 7am. Only emergency calls from my favorites list will get through.
Also, I chose a really calm alarm tone so I don’t get shocked awake.
Ya, that's a great strategy. My only problem is that I can't be trusted not to check Twitter before I go to bed if my phone is anywhere near me. Better for me to just keep the phone outside of my bedroom. I put a charging dock on a small table in the hallway outside of my bedroom.
LegalEagle Fair enough. Thankfully, I have those blue light-blocking glasses that I wear in the evenings to limit phone-induced insomnia (since I am guilty as well).
LegalEagle Your bookstand recommendation is top notch. It didn’t even occur to me, and it sounds like it’s going to save my neck. 10/10
I solve the problem of checking my phone by not having it next to the bed, even though it's what I use as an alarm. Goes back to my time in high school where I'd just turn the alarm off and go back to sleep if it was next to me. Put it across the room and it forces you to actually get out of bed to turn it off. Much easier to then not just go back to sleep.
Best video I've seen for school supplies recommendations, hands down. Thanks, Legal Eagle!
I love the fact of the " physical calendar" yes. Lead, ink, paper are the basic means. Captains Log, Diaries, and notes give a tangible and physical history for many to follow
You don't have to have internet enabled on your phone to use it as an alarm lol.
That being said, I also have a sunrise alarm and it's actually magic. Never feel shitty waking up, even after just 4 to 6 hours of sleep.
SpaghettiToaster If you use the Clock app then you can select music to wake up to.
Before I got my sunrise alarm I picked a song to wake up to that got gradually louder. But the sunrise alarm is even better! I wake up with a smile.
Interesting thing is, I'm not a lawyer, or even law student, but this channel brings an inside point of view of some things that are just so interesting to know that I'm addicted to it.
I have that exact book stand and sunrise alarm clock. I also use ear plugs and calendars all the time.
These tips are extremely good!
Forget law school. This would have come in handy when getting my bachelor's school. Still useful if I go for my Master's.
My anxiety towards law school after binge watching almost every single video 📉
Thank you LegalEagle! The Sunrise Alarm is what I needed to get through the horrible transition of Daylight Savings Time!
That’s just a good idea anytime.
The ear plug test thing is genius. I wish I would have thought of that when I was in grad school.
8:37 To be fair, I doubt any law student wakes up like this LOL
i'm not a law student and have no plans to go back to school any time soon, but all of these items are useful in so many other fields. i'm a payroll accountant, and i swear by my paper calendars. and i like that sunrise alarm; it could help with seasonal affective disorder. (and book stands are useful with cookbooks.)
Started watching you in the last 4 months great to see how far you've spread your wings legal eagle
I feel like this is good advise for anyone going to school or working in an intense field or one that requires a huge amount of mental energy and reading/study/paperwork. I work in healthcare and a lot of them could apply there. One I would add is a little clippy thing that sticks or clamps on to your desk top computer monitor(I suppose it'd work on a laptop too) it's a simple little contraption that has a horizontal arm that swings out with one or two clips on. Then you can secure paper in them and it holds it while you type. It saves your neck and saves time. It makes is so you don't have to look down at the paper, back up to the screen, back down at the paper trying to find where you left off. They make free standing versions also but they take up too much valuable real estate on my already crowded desk.
I have been looking for ways to study from my textbooks , and then I came back to this video and saw the great advice of which book stand to get and why. Thank you for the great advice!
Occasionally local newspapers sell the “end rolls” of paper for very cheap, it is thin paper however it’s quite useable. :)
I started with one alarm clock. I used to turn it off while still half asleep, and fell back into bed. So I bought a second alarm clock and put it on the opposite side of my room. I eventually bought a third alarm clock for the same reason.
Im in law school and i can honestly say you help my anxiety so much
Never knew about butcher paper! The dry erase boards are my FAVORITE something about standing up and writing helps me learn and it makes me feel liberated for some reason just makes me feel really good! I am a huge fan of learning on dry erase boards I’m obsessed, lol
Ya, it really helps!
There are giant post-it notes boards that are basically a cross between butcher paper and a dry erase. The giant sheets are sticky notes,
So you can take a page off and hang it on your wall if you want to keep it visible.
The one time I brought earplugs to an exam, I missed a professor saying there was a typo in one of the questions that otherwise made it impossible to answer. Spent a ridiculous amount of time on it and ended up just skipping it.
Please make more videos . Something on how to draft your answers in subjective exams.
What do you mean by "subjective exams?"
@@LegalEagle where you have to give a detailed answer with case laws and judgements , bare acts and coustumary practices related to the legal problems provided . How do we frame the issues and everything else with our conclusion , what to mention and what not to mention ?
not a law student but I would recommend getting a fountain pen especially if you do a lot of physical note taking/writing. Pilot metropolitans are very good workhorse pens that only cost $10 and can work on non-fountain pen paper. It writes smooth and feels like a more expensive pen :) Plus you would be saving money using a fountain pen and not disposable pens in the long run and not polluting the environment with more plastic!
I’m actually surprised that earplugs are allowed during law school exams. For some reason, I was under the impression that they were not allowed during the LSAT.
It's very possible that the LSAT has different rules. I can imagine that the LSAT testers are more worried about cheating. But in my experience, ear plugs were allowed in law school exams (as well as things like snacks, water, and bathroom breaks). Individual professors might have idiosyncratic rules though.
@@LegalEagle My school didn't allow them, probably to prevent cheating with small in-ear wireless headphones. (At least, that's the only logical reason I can casually think of.)
Just got accepted to law school and now I’m binging these videos…
hopefully I actually follow the advice.
I bought the first one my freshman year of university from a video from a law student's recomendation, and it has probably been my best buy, I've been usining it for about 3 years now and im extremly glad I bought it then, especially for how cheap it is.
You can still use your phone as an alarm! The trick is to have the phone charging across the room from you. It's still loud enough to wake a heavy sleeper (depending on the size of the room), and the fact that you have to get out of bed to turn it off is more effective than anything I've found.
I have a separate alarm (it is a radio at the same time, so the radio turns on and wakes me up) for more than 10 years. Used it through high school, college, and now that I work as a teacher!
Dude that bookstand should be essential buying for ANY college student.
For me personally, it will come in handy for my games of dnd where I've got a few big books with secrets I wanna keep from my players 🤣
Thank you so much for making these videos! My mentors are helpful, but I think they don't remember to tell me about these kinds of details. Thank you thank you!
Love your videos man! I've been watching them all in preparation for starting 1L this fall.
Sweet, glad to hear it. Where are you headed?
New England Law Boston, I work full-time so I''m doing the evening program. Will probably be purchasing one of your courses at some point!
Nice. I've been meaning to do a video on the difference between part-time and full-time law school. The good news is that they are tested the same way, so most strategies apply.
All of this is super helpful for me while in law school! Thanks!
Objection, you can set your smart phone for a dormant setting for no alerts, as in the morning I respond to my phone as an alarm/clock.
But still have an alarm, and a backup for the alarm, and make sure all these things are battery powered, not connected to your house.
My favorite alarm is my ADA alarm with bed shaker and power outlet for a lamp.
Honest to god get these things anyway.
The calendar however should be one long one that shows the entire semester. That will show you when things are coming up that may be next month but also next week. It also shows how far along you are in the semester.
That ear plugs tip is gold. I use them as an EMT.
About the alarm, I do use my phone but I disable wifi and data. I also put it face down just in case. During the day my phone is on quiet but buzz mode, after 6pm I put it in quiet no buzz mode.
Side note... Wearing ear plugs every night dramatically increases your risk of ear infection, compacted earwax and other issues. Use with caution or get over the ear active noise cancelling headphones.
3:03 chalkboard. The ancient tool of the math department. Butcher paper sounds better if you’re doing a numberphile video
Ive had the sunrise alarm for over 5 years and it's fuckin awesome, I usually wake up right before the sound even goes off. The hue of the light is also really warm and pretty, much nicer for bedside reading and dimmed light during sex than a normal light. Phillips has several models, I recommend getting the big (more expensive) one, same as the one he showed.
book stand is underrated not just in law school but in every school
Lol, bought all 5 of these over the summer, starting 1L in a few weeks. Thanks legal eagle!
Ear plugs while seeping, yes I have also done this because I was stationed on an aircraft carrier and... well I slept on an airport is what it was. 1 problem I had was the alarm clock. I would tend to over sleep because I could not hear it.
I know I'm 3 years too late to comment, but your suggestion about Ear Plugs is right on!
I am totally in to avoiding noise pollution...but way back in school, I used to have a pair with me at all time...especially during exams...I could concentrate better than anyone else.
Best Suggestion!
BTW, I will buy those book stands as well...I like that idea.
...and I'm not in Law School, but your videos are educational.
Best on UA-cam. Keep it up!
I swear law school is like ship life. Writing on the windows is a classic move. We write the next turn on the windows so we can keep our eyes staring out the windows and not miss our turn. No I am not making this up. I have also done onboard on the window. Just be sure to put an eraser on the sharp point of your compass
I set a daily "do not disturb" function on my phone so I don't have to deal with notifications over night. I like to use my phone as an alarm because since it doesn't bother my wife as much when it's in vibrate mode.
How about a review of The Paper Chase?
I'm not going to law school nor am I ever planning on it, but his videos are fascinating.
Thank you soooo much for making these videos!
So glad I found your channel :)
Bespoke earplugs. Wayyyy more comfortable, better for the environment, and they're easy to put in.
A lot of writing on windows happens in software. Actually not a pun. At Amazon, there were dry erase markers at most windows for impromptu brainstorming/diagramming.
...but how do you hear your alarm? o.O
That sunrise alarm could be problematic for those who sleep on their stomach or for those who may nuzzle their face in the blankets as a reaction to it.
It is a regular alarm too. It starts raising the lights for like a half hour and then does the classic beep hell.
Excellent, _Smithers..._
Can you react to an episode of suits? 😁
Ha! I've thought about it. It would just be me repeating a lot of "well, that wouldn't happen..."
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lol
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@@jenniferenright9735 They are just recommended phrases and words that pop up above the keyboard aren't they?
I've also heard that sleep masks help with falling asleep if you gotta sleep during the day.
6:00 or your body will associate earplugs with going to bed!
Forget digital. Pens, post - it notes, wall board, calendar and an hourly appointment book. Organize all of your available time this way. Once wasted, you can never get time back.
Thank you so much for your informative video!!
If I use ear plugs for sleep, for learning and for tests I might condition myself to go into sleep mode at a test!😅
Thanks for inspiring me to pursue a legal career!!
You can silence notifications & most phones have do-not-disturb.
Legal Eagle is the law school Messiah
3 years into law school already, and like i have none of these?😂 lemme just hop onto amazon reaaaaal quick
Problem with the earplugs is if you use them to sleep, the Pavlovian response at exam time is that you will become sleepy!
*going to bed*
*Puts earplugs in*
Brain: "TIME TO STUDY!"
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Nice! i Q wish I could knew these when I was in LSchool
But what if I get an alarm clock and I´m using ear plogs?
Do you have any recommendations for a lawyer from another country that wants to practice in the U.S.? Not necessarily on litigation.
Take the bar in the us. If you pass you can practice
You can turn off the sound and vibration of a phone even actually stop notifications
Good stuff. The ear plugs? Often your brain just dials up to listen (I've got gun range level ear muffs. I can follow a conversation through them.) Try earbuds, if they don't work then I would suggest earbuds, but instead of your favorite music, have a some Mozart, Bach, Chopin tracks. If these classical composers are your favorites? Still okay. Don't get ersatz classical music or Muzak, Elevator music-- that's just insipid and you end up being distracted trying to 'name that tune' being melted. UA-cam has some 3 hours of Bach, etc. study videos that are good too.
Part of any discipline is a regular sleep pattern. I always get up at 5, even on those days I then go back to bed to sleep in. To consistently fall asleep when you want, I think white noise is much better than earplugs. , but watch out for the bad, noticeably repetitious stuff. The apps I checked about 5 years ago were all like this, maybe they're better now. EcoTones machine I've had for ten years. Also good for falling asleep is an audiobook, something you've read, something good. Eventually I've found I begin to focus in on it, enjoying it even more; but it's no longer good for falling asleep. Whiteboard, butcher paper. A good whiteboard 2x3' is the missing component of your computer. I'm good with graphics programs, database, spreadsheet, word processing; they just don't do what a white board can do. I make too many 'skipped step' errors to be able to use butcher paper, meaning I'm listings the first four things so I can get to the next 4 I need to work on. I forget a step...Another good thing to do is once you've sorted out your whiteboard diagram, take a photo of it, but maybe make a neat copy on butcher paper. If you're in a study group and your handwriting sucks, get a digital projector. After you've whiteboarded, type out the sections on your word processor. Use a font like Chalkboard, then project the text onto the butcher paper and trace it. Sounds like a lot of work, but you quickly get really fast. If you have blocks of text arranged in a circle on your whiteboard, then just move the paper around instead of trying to lay it out on the computer. (I find that a lot of this additional work helps me remember, makes it easy for others to read it, but all this might not work for you. Also I did a lot of this as a school teacher, so it might not be relevant to law school.
The earplug behavior mod? That's a good tip. Are their any recordings of final exam room noise?
You just gave me an idea. People have told me that test centers can get loud and distracting. Can I wear ear plugs while I take the LSAT?
I have that alarm and it 100% worth it.
Wish I had a whiteboard/that paper while studying for my syntax exam...
I noticed you speak of a physical calendar in the video, but list Butcher Paper instead on the video info. I like the suggestion of both... but maybe remove the Butcher paper on this video, replace it with calendars, and then make another things to buy video, and be sure to include the butcher paper in it. I hope this didn't sound rude to say, I am just a fan of your channel and am offering a suggestion I hope helps you. Keep up the great work.
Hi guys in this day and age, many of us have amazon Alexa or Google home, they are EXCELLENT substitutes to using your phone as an alarm!
U r doing a great job
Woah, this just popped up in my recommended. Hello to tiny Devin from the before times!
Wow this has been on point...
Super infomative
How would you hear your alarm with ear plucks in