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Top 6 Tips to Keep Your Social Life Scintillating at Law School

published July 30, 2013

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  1. DON'T REINVENT THE WHEEL.

    You are not the first person to take Civil Procedure. Your law school bookstore is brimming with commercially prepared outlines and other study aids. Although these products are not substitutes for the real thing, they provide a basic layer of knowledge that will save you time and energy. In addition, former law school students who took your classes with your professors will often "pass down" outlines that they themselves have made. In some cases, these outlines are virtual transcriptions of your professors' lectures and reading assignments. Commercial and student-made outlines will save you time by clarifying your reading assignments and perhaps obviating your need to create an outline of your own. -JESSICA POLLOCK, GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY LAW SCHOOL

     
  2. FIND A STUDY BUDDY.

    Studying for finals can be a lonely (and long) period. Do not attempt to do it alone. There is no need for an intense, full-fledged "study group" straight out of Scott Turow's One-L (remember the scene with the resumes?), but a study partner (or perhaps two or three) is a great idea. Find another student in your section who seems concerned about doing well, but who also is a fun person with social tendencies. Not only will studying in a pair (or perhaps in a small group) improve your grades through discussion and shared materials, but it will make you feel less like a prisoner. Balance your studying with short breaks (like a snowball fight or a coffee/junk food run), and sometimes treat yourselves to a real reward-like a whole two-hour movie. Your study partner will also be a great source of moral support at the most stressful period of your first year.

    My first year, we had finals after New Year's, so we had about two and a half weeks between our last class and our first final. My friend, Monica, and I both decided to stay in New York over the break, and since we were in the same section, we decided to study together for our exams. We settled on a system of coffee shops and movies.

    Every day for those two and a half weeks, we would find a different coffee shop at which to study. We would spend about six or seven, hours pounding lattes and arguing tort theories and other useless concepts. After we were sufficiently wired and sick of studying, we would find something completely non-law related to do. We would either go out to dinner, go see a, movie, or go hang out at a bar with the few others who decided to spend the weeks in New York. All in all, it was a good way to keep sane during a very stressful and scary period in our law school career.
     
  3. DON'T WORRY ABOUT WHAT OTHER PEOPLE ARE DOING.

    There will always be law students with color-coded outlines, sophisticated charts and graphs, and insightful classroom comments on the first day of school. Ignore these people. First, one of the little-known facts of law school is that those who talk the most in the class do not get higher grades than students who quietly take notes and never participate. Second, people talk about doing work much more than they actually do it. Third, time spent worrying about what others are doing is time that you are not productive and time that you are not relaxing and having fun.

    Try to remember that the people who say they ate going to stay home and study on Friday or Saturday night probably won't get any work done, so you might as well go out and socialize instead of sitting at home watching TV atone. TIMOTHY CARTER, GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY LAW SCHOOL
     
  4. KNOW WHEN TO TURN IT ON.

    There are two very good reasons to go out on the town during the law school year: December and April. In those months, your social life will have to take a hiatus because of exams. Resist the temptation to let finals "season" start four weeks into the semester, because you will be unable to maintain your pace. Making time for fun-whether it is going to a bar, the movies, or dinner with friends-will help you stay focused later, when it really counts.
     
  5. HAVE NON-LAW SCHOOL FRIENDS.

    Stay in touch with friends from high school, college, or work who are not in law school. Friends who live near your law school, but are not involved with the law, are particularly important for your social life, because they will remind you that there is a life outside Torts and Property. When things look grim, and you need to get away from it all, give one of these friends a call.
     
  6. GO TO ORGANIZED SOCIAL EVENTS.

    Most law schools organize social events for students. Don't pass these opportunities up just because they might remind you of your junior high school dance in the school gym. Many students attend these functions, particularly during orientation week or on special occasions like Halloween or Valentine's Day. Some schools even organize a formal or semi-formal event during the year. If you attend these functions, you will see that a lot of other students are out having fun, not home studying. Attending law school social events early on will help you identify which of your classmates are willing to work hard at having fun, and then you can make your own social plans with that group outside the school setting.

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