Keep Up With Your Case Reading and Prepare for Cold Calls in Law School (Flipped Case Method)
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- Опубліковано 17 кві 2018
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If there is one law school complaint I hear more than any other is that it is impossible to do all the reading. When one professor assigns 30 pages of reading a night, it doesn't sound like much. But you have to realize that EVERY professor is assigning the same amount. If three professors assign 30 pages each, those 90 pages start to add up. Here is the worst part: the average reading speed for cases is 10 pages per hour.
Using the standard method of reading cases (diving head first into the case, reading the case three times, picking out the most important facts of the case, writing a case brief that is almost as long as the case itself, and then blindly heading to class), could take an entire day. That’s time you don’t have in law school.
So we came up with a better way. I got tired of trying to "stir cement with my eyelashes." I realized that the way I was reading my cases was backwards. I also realized that the single worst way to read a case was to dive head first into the opinion with no context.
The trick is to read the supplements and commercial outlines first. Read several of them. Then, once you have an idea of what is important about the case, and only then, read the text of the case itself. This “Flipped Case Method” will save you hours of time and make you far more prepared for class discussion.
Boom.
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how can i start preparing for law school before it starts?
I just emailed you about finding it hard to memorise cases. Thank you for sending me this video, it's helped calm my anxiety about cold calls a bit.
does this method help you think like a lawyer or does it just get you through reading the cases
The number 1 way to avoid getting cold called: Volunteer. When the professor asks a question that you do know the answer to, raise your hand. If you're one of the people who is always answering questions, the professor is far less likely to call on you with something you can't answer. At least that's been my experience.
#1 volunteer in class! Never cold called after that!
Thank you. Devin's advice is very tempting but it is making me nervous lol
I caught on to that. I would add do it early in the class session
He's right. Think about it like this: From your first day of kindergarten all the way through undergrad, you were given the concept first, and then that was backed up with examples. A is for apple, B is for ball, C is for cat, and so on. When you get to law school, that is suddenly reversed. They give you the examples in the case books, and you suddenly have to extract the law from that. Your mind simply has not been conditioned to function that way. Most students flounder around, trying to figure out what is and isn't relevant, without having any basis for making those determinations. It makes more sense to read commercial outlines first to get a handle on the basic concepts before going to the examples in the case books, because this is the way that your mind is used to learning things. Also, it would probably be better to skip the big, fat, fully fleshed-out commercial outlines like the Emmanuel's that he held up; those will only drown you in minutia. I believe that you'd be better off with the really basic outlines, like the 'Short Happy Guide', 'CrunchTime', or 'Acing' series. (You'll have to do your own outline anyway, which will end up being like the big commercial outlines.) Incidentally, you don't have to spend a huge pile of money on these; you can buy them off of eBay for only a few bucks each-- way less than you'd pay in a bookstore. And don't worry about getting the very latest edition; especially for 1Ls, the basic concepts will be the same. Save your money to reduce your stress level, making learning the law easier.
To any accepted 1Ls or aspiring law students out there, I cannot stress enough how much this method WORKS. This saved me hours and hours and hours of time each and every week. On days where I knew I'd be cold-called, I'd be able to confidently talk about an entire case in its broad strokes from doing about 30-45 minutes of work. Seriously, READ THE SUMMARIES FIRST. Almost every single named case out there has summary videos or articles about its main points. Let those guide you. I stopped using textbooks entirely from the second half of my 2L year onward.
Found this guy before starting my 1L this year. I’ve been using some of his methods, saving me a ton of time and reducing stress and brain hurt.
A month into law school, I can now say that this method works so well. It's saved me a ton of stress when reading cases as I already know what to look for. Great video and tips!
I think you can be way over-prepared for cold calls and do a worse job with them. Classmates are often asked to give the facts and give EVERY fact "steve smith was 42 years old, kissed his wife and kids goodbye, took his honda accord out, ran a red light and got into an accident"
Professor: "the only part of that which was material was that he ran a red light and got into an accident."
ME the first week of school!
I find the cases quite interesting tbh, well so far they have been, even my land law ones have been either sad or scandalous. I think of them like mini soap-operas, it makes them very interesting and memorable.
Eww landlord 😞 can’t stand it
1L is starting in about 10 days for me (orientation in 6) lol... so I’ve been binging a bunch of these videos on your channel. Invaluable resources!!!
How'd it go?
@@MilesNelgez I started slacking a bit on my outlines after first semester lol but 1L went fine in part because of these videos. I think I’m comfortably halfway through 2L now. Well I’m halfway through 2L for sure but I THINK I did fine lol
@@MilesNelgez i am also starting in a few weeks. For lectures, i am planning on using the Cornell method to write notes. How about you?
@@shadenyakoub671 I imagine something similar.
hows it going now? did u graduate?
I wish my professor didn't ask countless detail-related questions. To be honest I lose the deeper meaning when there are so many seemingly irrelevant facts. Is it better to just look like a fool and prepare more for the test and understanding underlying principles? I'm leaning in that direction...
You are doing God's work here, lol. THANK YOU!
Thank you! So helpful!
Thanks for watching.
This is very good advice alright..thank you sir!
This is a great video!
Thanks for the tips! I will definitely use these this fall.
Cool. It should really help.
how did law school go? update!!
I am a professor in a totally different field. But I mostly hang out with Law Professors. I would review my professor's scholarship, before the first day of class. You don't need to read it. You just need to review it. It will tell you a lot about the professor's proclivities. I find that to be the most satisfying way to get to know academics in general.
When you say scholarship, are you referring to their research? How would I find what you are referring to?
I was wondering if you could do a video on legal research
Hey James, I know nothing about law but love your videos. As an aside, you need to raise your lights. You're getting ghost lighting because your shadows are running slightly upwards
Well, I'm pretty happy that I will attend to law school in Germany after graduation. Cold calls are not a thing there. It is not mandatory to visit the lectures. In fact, nobody cares whether you come or not, in most cares the professor does not even know your name.
Damn you civil law countries! Common law or GTFO!
LegalEagle I'd rather read the law than look through thousands of cases on WestLaw ;-)
What is the point of classes if they aren't useful?
@@lukaseitel2233 I am scared of cold calls i will now move there
@@lukaseitel2233especially cases from the Kings Bench or Chancery Court in the 1500s!!
Oh yes exceedingly good advice. Otherwise a pivotal case can be dismissed as nothing important, the key line just missed because your eyes were glazed over.
I think you just saved my life 😅
passing paralegal classes---help --- thanks
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LEGALEAGLE and Learn Law Better i would love to see both of them in the same video
Cool! What would you want us to talk about?
LegalEagle on what are types of answers that are expected from students in the exams. Or on doing LLB hons at university vs going to law school, on how is it different.
t p man thats what I Said srsly?
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The Socratic teaching method got students terrified
Me with four years of door to door sales under my belt: pshhhhh
Do you know the differences between USA law schools and other countries law schools? like brazil?
This sounds sensible even though I've no idea about law. Like reading scientific journal papers but the abstract is right at the beginning with those.
I'm curious what 'procedural posture means', though maybe that's super obvious to anyone interested in law
Yeah. I usually just read the abstract for reading research papers, then I read the methodology(if well segmented and explained) results&discussion and conclusion. I almost never read the introduction section beyond the frist two sentences.
Procedural posture is how the case got to the court that’s reviewing it, a case always starts at the trial court but it may go through other courts for appeals. Procedural posture is this journey plus how each court found.
another great video! people check out his 2 ways to Ace exams, time waster video and this one
Glad you liked them!
Where is a good place to find practice lsats?
What is Weslaw?
Where can I find the (Flipped Case Method) info
U read them and did a short brief. Facts, issue, rule, analysis.
so its like reading sparknotes before your AP english reading hahaha
if it works it works
Any advice for UK law students wishing to practice in USA? Ie way of obtaining certification to practice in USA
I think it's pretty easy. You just have to get an LLM from a US law school and pass the bar of the state you want to practice in.
LegalEagle ahh sweet Harvard it is!, Thank you for your help :)
this is more or less how all nonfictional reading should be done
if I'm doing the flipped case method. should I write notes from the outlines or the textbook? Please help.
how did law school go? update!!
You have to study for class?
Random question but what law school did you go to?
I'm a proud UCLA Bruin!
its not free tho
Why reread? Why not just read it once and take notes of the big points and facts? The summary sounds like a good idea. Not a law student yet, but took many ap english classes and one history, twas a lot of reading and finding the best ways to study. The history exam was the hardest you have to know a lot of little facts, but the big picture was always more important
If you only get the big picture, you can miss the minutia of the case, hence the rereading. On the first read, you may get the basics of the big laws, but it may be the little stuff that you need for relating to another case. I'm starting to think hard about law school after watching a bunch of these videos. I have an associates in paralegal studies and a bachelor's in criminal justice and have been told I should really go to law school. The idea of doing that with dyslexia and adhd terrifies me, but with the case reading and applications of laws being such a prominent thing, I was practically a natural at that in all my legal classes (had to read tons of cases and write case briefs and get the basics of a case and apply law to it (the big major law and the little stuff too). When looking through tons of cases on WestLaw, trying to find ones that would apply to "current" cases, the summaries were perfect for a start, to get the idea of the case and if there was anything possibly relevant. Then, I'd glance through, skimming for particular mentions of what I needed that would work, then cited the case in my brief. Working this way, I found it very easy (it worked more to the strengths of my dyslexia), and somehow I managed to find more cases that applied than my classmates, and some of them even applied in ways my classmates never even thought of. The point from this that goes with your question, is that if I had only glanced at the cases once (like my classmates did), I would not have found as much that was relevant, and I would not have found information to apply more minor charges to a case. Say you have a murder case that involves breaking and entering, car theft, and a getaway. Sure, you'll find stuff with those charges, but would you find something about the illegal parking next to a fire hydrant by that vehicle after it was stolen, causing a ticket to be issued which could then be used for identifying the perp/clearing your client (depending on who your client is). Or perhaps a littering law for a dropped weapon. All sorts of minor infractions can used for many different purposes, including simply adding on more time/fees, or serve as fall back charges in a negotiation or addons to increase the severity of a higher crime. In contract law (where literally every word matters), you could completely miss a key item that could make a huge difference.
Umm hello sooo i talked to another lawyer youtuber and i was wondering if you want to make a video with him you guys are the best lawyers youtubers :) Hi name is "Learn Law Better" i talked to him and he wants to make a video with you :) So you should contact him . I really want to see a video with you two in it :)) Soooo do you want to make e video with him or not ??
Interesting idea!
What would you want us to do a video on?
LegalEagle I dont really know but he wants too so just contact him and make a video .... I dont know whats hard in law school you guys know so put some ideas and put the two communities to chose the best idea :)
it's not free. :/
Lawyer Aleen Rosario if your school hasn’t given you westlaw, you should reconsider going there. Lexis and Bloomberg are good too.
@@General8675 Thank you!!!
So, I am gathering that the case books should be read more like encyclopedias and not like novels? I am not an attorney but have read hundreds, if not thousands, of legal documents throughout my career. Reading thirty pages of this drivel per night, PER CLASS?!? I think I'd rather shoot myself. The method you share here sounds like a great way to cut through the BS and just get the essentials.
Lindsey Summers it matters on the case. I’ve had 3 page reading nights and 30 pagers per class. Some are easy and entertaining others are difficult. Newer is generally easier.
Hey good video but is it possible to cut down on the fluff at the beginning of the video.
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