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Your Law School Survival Guide: Enter at Free Will

published August 20, 2007

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"Once I graduated [from college], I enjoyed the analytical approach, and the law always fascinated me," said Spizman about his turn toward studying law. "You get to see all the [law] stuff in the movies, and it looks exciting. I thought, 'I can do that,' so I did it," he said.

Spizman had had a love for athletics all his life but realized he would never go pro, so he decided he would continue higher education elsewhere. Spizman survived law school, and after graduation, he took a year off—not to get some much-needed rest or travel but to do some more studying and some more writing. He studied for the bar exam, which he took and passed, and oh, yeah, he also wrote a book.


"Before I started law school, I hit the book shelves, online and in the stores, looking for books about law school. I noticed every one of them was written by professors and lawyers many years already out of school," said Spizman of what motivated him to write so fresh out of school. "I wanted to write [a book for law students] from someone who recently had the experience, who just went through it. I saw there was a need, figured someone should do it, so I was capable and went after it."

The result? Spizman's first book: The Insider's Guide to Your First Year of Law School: A Student-to-Student Handbook from a Law School Survivor. He shared some of his tips with us:

Five Tips for Surviving the First Week of Law School:

1. Speak to as many people as you can that have already experienced their first year! This will help you get a feel of what you are going to expect. Basically, educate yourself about the "unknown."

2. Pay attention and attend orientation! [The school and faculty] are going to throw you a lot at orientation and especially during the first week of classes, so don't bail on it. It's not like college orientation, and it provides some essential information.

3. Do not get behind, and don't procrastinate just because it's the first week!

4. Get to know your classmates! Reach out and show that you are friendly! It will pay for the future.

5. Do not flip out, and maintain your composure. There are hundreds of thousands of kids who came before you and hundreds of thousands of kids who will come after you, so don't be overwhelmed. Do not let the feelings control you because although you feel anxious, it should not take you over.

Five Tips to Help Your Personal and Social Life Survive the First Year of Law School:

1. Do not sacrifice your personal life for law school! Have a life outside of law school because if you don't, you will burn out!

2. Do not change the things that put you where you are right now. So, for example, if you go to the gym, then keep going to the gym...if you are a smoker, don't try to quit the first year of law school. You have gotten here, so it's important not to change too many things up. Things are changing without you adding other complications, so [keep it consistent] to remain sane.

3. Do not sacrifice your friends and family for law school! They are there for you, so don't forget about them.

4. Have fun with it all. Do not give in to negative attitudes because they will bring you down.

5. Maintain a healthy life. Make sure that you get a good night's sleep and take all your vitamins. You don't want to get sick because you will fall behind. So don't sacrifice your health for law school. Go to the doctor's whenever you need to, and if you have to skip a class once to do that, then do it because it won't kill you.

Five Tips for Academically Surviving the First Year of Law School:

1. Read your assignments every night, and brief all your cases.

2. Stay organized with assignments and due dates, or you will fall behind. Do not procrastinate.

3. Find a good study group and use them. Five heads are better than one! This way, you can also get other points of view.

4. Create good relationships with your professors. When you have good conversations with them, sometimes they will reveal a lot. You get a better idea of what they want from you in your exams and studies!

5. Study, study, study for the exams! Exam time is exam time, and one test can be your grade, so really focus during that time.

Spizman plans to soon become a practicing attorney; for now, he hopes students will take the advice he wishes he had received.

"More than anything, if you listen and do what [the professors] tell you to do, you will be fine. [Law school] is a 'manageable beast,'" Spizman emphasized, explaining that it is doable. "It's a competition; take in as much as you can before the game begins so you will have a head start!"

published August 20, 2007

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