Probably all of you have already experimented high levels of stress when
it comes about preparing a final exam or an oral test or a week with several
evaluations. “Nothing surprising”
would say a person that knows you’re studying Law, but there’s actually a long
way between that idea and our hard reality as law students.
The article published by The Guardian presents “A guide to surviving law
school” with 6 tips to make the student’s life easier.
On the basis that legal training requires students to absorb vast
amounts of fairly dry information in a short timescale, the first recommendation
is “to see the years of university as the first years of the professional lives”.
The second recommendation is to: “Find the
quickest route to completing the work in a way which means you have learned
what you need to learn”. The third tip is to never lose sight of the end
game, preferring find a good job that collect good marks. “If the endpoint is a training
contract and a few marks less, then so be it”.
From a social point of view, the author advices
that it is a good idea “to make allies in your class” because it will help you
to socialize but also can make you a better teacher.
In other hand, something that could be very
useful for us, it is the tip about “blogging with care”. This means that “Participation
in these mediums is a great way for students to enrich their law school
experiences and forge useful contacts by engaging with practicing
lawyers, although it's unlikely to land them a job directly” But in my
opinion, this advice is looking for students providing justification
for whichever opinion or view is claimed.
Finally, and not less important, the
article encourages law students to take pro-active steps of their own to keep
themselves in good mental shape, in order to prevent the road into
madness derivate from the stressful subjects to study, like in my experience,
Commercial Law.
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great article, it helps a lot for a new law student. I hope the local newspaper do the same
ResponderEliminarYou write about the same news that I!!I think we both are stress out and this article give us hope for a better life when you are studying law
ResponderEliminarha, i did'nt see this article! Really interesting, i wasn't aware law school was everywhere known to be streesful. For me the most meaningful tip there is the last one.., everybody kinda knows how to be a good student, the hard thing is to be good students without losing our mind/life...
ResponderEliminarThis article made me remember a Nickelodeon's TV progam : "Manual de Supervivencia escolar de Ned" (the spanish title). Acually, I tought you were going to write about this xD
ResponderEliminargreat article! it'd be very useful for my next years studying. And I agree, we must have something to amuse ourselves!!
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