- Familiarize law school vocabularies.
- Read the full text always, and if possible. See the flow of thought of the Court and the interplay of related topics.
- See the arguments of both parties and dissenting opinion. This way, you know how to argue both sides.
- Be kind. Whom you meet could be your future client, colleague or lifeline on a bad day. – Grace
- Stay humble, you’ll never everything. – Grace
- Paper is better for old school. Avoid eye strains. But can easily be lost or get cluttered.
- In answering tests, generally, quoting the exact article number in exams is not advisable. Some professors may find it boastful. Usual answer, “Under the law, Under the ______ Act of the Philippines”, “Under the Rules”, “Under the law on Statute of Limitations.”
- Choose your circle wisely. – Grace
- Although some people prefer to read on paper, practice answering exams on laptops because this is the norm for the bar exams.
- Strengthen your social support. Make time for friends and family.
- Make time for things that you enjoy each day
- Protect your idealism. – Grace
- A doctor protects lives, but a lawyer protects three- life, liberty and property. – YTuber
- Law is in a state of constant evolution and overhaul, so must the learning process of lawyers.
- Cautiously treat everything as a new experience. Temporarily suspend what you already know. Resist the urge to pat yourself on the back saying, “I already know that.”
- Being in the service of business, lawyers market at least two important commodities – time and advice. Clients pay for the quality of their advice and the effectiveness and swiftness of their actions.
- One of the greatest strengths of the US is that it was founded by lawyers – John Marshall
- The bad news is, that if all you do is read cases, you probably will not do your best on exams. The key is to develop a smart balance between case reading and other things you have to do like synthesizing your notes, outlining and reviewing. (Stropus and Taylor)
- Biggest lawyer’s fee in history – Joe Jamail – $3 Billion settlement. The lawyer bagged $450 million in lawyer’s fees mostly from Texaco case.
- Weep on your setbacks but do not dwell on them forever.
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