I don't even want to study law, but this guy is so engaging.

@savannadearing3020

5 жыл бұрын

Same 😂

@xplorethings

5 жыл бұрын

That's because he has to be, to be a good lawyer :D

@mrdavidglima

5 жыл бұрын

Couldn't agree more... I'm brazilian and I'm not lawyer; but his videos are just amazing

@workinonchangin

5 жыл бұрын

Saaaaame

@jstall20

5 жыл бұрын

Same here. I studied art, and law is the antithesis of what my background is. this is just so interesting.

"No one will ever use a case book in practice. They are totally useless." I now have a collection of about 20 textbooks that are mostly useless to me almost ten years out of law school. However, they aren't *totally* useless; people who don't know what a case book is will look at a book shelf in my office with all this junk on it and think it looks really impressive.

@leaderofcommunistchina1427

4 жыл бұрын

Too real

@IncredibleMD

4 жыл бұрын

Okay but, ironically, second-hand casebooks will work perfectly well for that purpose! Hence, the 20 textbooks ten years out of date that are still of some use for you, for their aesthetic purpose.

@hi00118

4 жыл бұрын

I’ve bought all my first year casebooks so far mostly for that reason, I have the ability to do so and I want the aesthetic value

@IncredibleMD

4 жыл бұрын

@@hi00118 Hey, bro, it's your money, do with it what you want.

@writerpatrick

4 жыл бұрын

Lawyers do tend to have the best looking bookshelves.

I'm not a law student and I don't plan on going to law school. I just started watching your videos on tv shows/movies because they're interesting and now I'm here.

@GlaurungTheGreat

5 жыл бұрын

You and 100,000 other people.

@starr0401

5 жыл бұрын

Me too/I'm also like that.

@BGSlopy

5 жыл бұрын

Ha ha ha good luck ! Especialy if in your country they go by the Anglo-saxon law system.

@telosanton

5 жыл бұрын

I'm really quite interested in witnessing somebody turning into a law school. I think that would be worthy of a documentary if not a blockbuster movie. Please keep me updated on your transformation!

@a1024s

5 жыл бұрын

Law literacy is important even for non-lawyers. If you're American, there's a webcomic on the subject I used to enjoy called the Illustrated Guide to Law: lawcomic.net

A testament to how good this guy is: All the people here saying they'll never study law but looking at these videos, including myself. If he's this engaging here, imagine how well he can engage the court

@ericbeilmann3649

5 жыл бұрын

Too true. If he can do that he must have the judge and jury hanging on his every word. It reminds me of how my business law professor really held the attention of the class and got me really interested in the subject. I doubt I will ever practice law but I am still interested in learning more even though it is a couple of years later.

@Twisted_Code

4 жыл бұрын

Excellent observation! He found some common ground that most people (especially college students like myself, regardless of field) can relate to, and he delivered his points eloquently.

@kipbush5887

4 жыл бұрын

Eric Beilmann was that Lee Reid?

@Jose04537

4 жыл бұрын

Nothing your rights & what not to do to not get screwed is always useful knowledge.

@cheddars2

3 жыл бұрын

@Captain Caveman who shat in your soup today?

Just a heads up... Some university profs will literally fail you if you do not attend class regularly regardless of test scores.

@NelsonBenz

5 жыл бұрын

DeludoSui absolutely, the professor or even the university may have an attendance policy. It’s always best to show up to class, you never know what you might learn or miss

@LordPrometheous

5 жыл бұрын

@Trône de Marchandises Unless there are assignments that require team effort, not always. There are some classes, particularly in universities, that can have several hundred students. It can be a room full of total strangers, and even the professor probably wouldn't recognize most of the students inside or outside of class. I can't recall one single person from any of my classes by name, since I didn't roommate with any of them, and did not hang out with them.

@CeriusDeluge

4 жыл бұрын

When I went to school, making class mandatory usually meant that the Professor didn't really have anything to teach you that you couldn't just read in the text book. Students would stop attending class and thus catch the eye of human resources who would wonder why we are employing this person.

@lusteraliaszero

4 жыл бұрын

attendance is not as important in law school

@cheesecakelasagna

4 жыл бұрын

Yeah, mine even makes certain amount of tardiness be accountable as an absent.

The "do your outlines weekly" advice I 100% agree with. *Everything that you learn, you learn incrementally.* You don't just decide to walk into a gym one day and bench press 300 pounds, because you know you'll just hurt yourself trying. It's the same with learning the law, or math, or a language, or writing a fanfiction - trying to do it all at once will just hurt you.

@greenyawgmoth

3 жыл бұрын

What I don't get is why he was railing *against* context in that bit. If you do your outline every week, you are using the context of the class! That's the reason you do them now! If you don't, trying to outline stuff from 3+ months ago means you have lost the context of what was discussed!

@gidedin

3 жыл бұрын

@@greenyawgmoth He said exactly that.

@starman1158

3 жыл бұрын

Thats what you should do in any class in general

@snakearekat2634

3 жыл бұрын

Was not expecting the fanfiction lol

@anthonygonzalez9422

3 жыл бұрын

@@greenyawgmoth The 'context' he called crap was how people argue that if you wait for the end of the semester to do the outline, you'll have the context of the entire class to put in the outline. Yeah, that's crap. You're just going to remember everything? He specifically said to do it every week so that its easier to revise at the end.

Who TF tells you not to go to class xD?!

@LegalEagle

6 жыл бұрын

Bad people, that's who.

@thatguy3697

6 жыл бұрын

I went to five Property Law sessions and got a B. 1L first semester every class every case briefed but subsequently I learned how to study on my own and ditched a lot of class. Graduated and passed the bar so there is no one clear cut way.

@desmondmiles5042

6 жыл бұрын

John Palomino Bad advice...

@blaaaaaaahhhhkathi

6 жыл бұрын

I go to law school in Germany and loads of people don't go to our lectures here. I still do but I don't know if it's necessary or if it really helps with our exams.

@mc-ob7vp

5 жыл бұрын

people have told me not to go....its dumb but there are people like that....there are alsl naive people who believe them unfortunately

During orientation they told us to brief every case and read each one 3 TIMES 😂😂 I just graduated in May. I’d still be reading/briefing cases if I followed that advice.

@tommymizzone

3 жыл бұрын

You’d still be reading and briefing your 1L cases lol

@TheKatiecoxx

2 жыл бұрын

Read it 3 times!?? Who has time to read a case three times? I barely have enough time to read it once 😭

"It's going to be outdated-- it's probably outdated by the time it's published!" That was hilarious

@leaderofcommunistchina1427

4 жыл бұрын

Internal screaming looking at the $300 book i bought for this semester

@michaelsauls1142

4 жыл бұрын

The cases are usually there to give an example of that principle of the law. Many cases date back more than a hundred years ago and the current laws have changed drastically.

@lukas.prochazka

4 жыл бұрын

Well that's the bad part regarding common law. Anything can change (there are abstract restrictions though) with the new ruling. Civil law (dont confuse with civil law as sub branch of common law) is more rigid and predictable.

@robertthomas5906

3 жыл бұрын

Could be worse. Could be Psychology. Simpsons had a cartoon on that years ago. "Those books haven't been discredited yet."

@faithlesshound5621

3 жыл бұрын

That's probably true for practitioners, or doctoral-level researchers. They need to have expensive on-line subscriptions, and to peruse them every day. But for a student in his early years, it's hard enough to just learn the basics from textbooks.

4:42 I can’t stress this enough, you want to cash in on the half-blood prince possibility. Maybe the person who had the textbook before you was the Snape of law, you don’t want to miss the chance to get into the brain zone of Alan Rickman.

@Superfireben

4 жыл бұрын

Agatha Grunt-thruster But that is unlikely. Statistically, isn’t it more likely to buy a textbook from the bottom 50% of the curve than the top 1%? Even if you buy a used textbook from top student in that class who is now TA for that class, he may have different thought process or note taking process. The best thing to do is to look through used textbooks and find one that has no markings with pen or pencil. That way you save some money. But the difference in cost between used and new textbooks is not that great in my opinion.

@cheesecakelasagna

4 жыл бұрын

Mood.

@AlphaWolf096

4 жыл бұрын

Superfireben True, but even then, those notes aren’t likely hurting anything. You can ignore them if they aren’t useful, but you can learn from them if they are useful.

@kendald8099

4 жыл бұрын

Agatha Grunt-thruster thank you for this comment

@MysticWanderer

4 жыл бұрын

@@Superfireben Much like a dementor sucking the soul out of Agatha's wonderful comment.

I'm a bulgarian programmer ! Why have I watched 10 vids about studying and practicing American law. I need help :)

@kohakuaiko

5 жыл бұрын

He has a wonderful enthralling voice. I find it soothing.

@ericbeilmann3649

5 жыл бұрын

I don't see anything wrong with it. In the Phoenix Wright Ace Attorney video's comments there was someone there that practiced law in Japan and I thought it was interesting to hear an explanation about how our legal systems are different. I find law in general interesting though so that may be partially to blame. Even if I never practice law I still intend to keep learning more about it.

@kaymarx9677

5 жыл бұрын

Keep watching. Take the bar exam.

@clarkecorvo2692

4 жыл бұрын

a german guy, working in the aerospace industry, has the same problem.. so..

@hankigoe829

4 жыл бұрын

Come to America if you can, plenty of lawsuits here for you to study, lol

This is very different from studying engineering. If you understand a concept, you're done studying and you can know you'll do well on the test. There's little to no memorization. Also, I don't know why I'm watching these. I'm not a law student and never will be...

@Rubiecat

6 жыл бұрын

same I'll never study law yet here I am... learning about law school

@Ax1007

6 жыл бұрын

I'm a Masters Psychology student, I will never use anything in these videos...yet I'm watching them all haha. Hes just such a good speaker.

@MegaFarinato

6 жыл бұрын

Lets add 3D artist to the lot

@geraldl5221

6 жыл бұрын

I'm a bus driver...I have no interest in law, I just enjoy absorbing knowledge, you never know when some tidbit of wisdom will come in handy in day to day life.

@notavailable453

6 жыл бұрын

This is why I hated Medical School after getting my bachelors in Chemistry. I HATE memorization, its so bad.

Best advice I ever got for reading cases is: Go straight to the Holdings, write them down and then restate them (the Holdings) as questions. Do that first and you will understand the legal aspect of the case (and precedent set) very quickly. You can then move to the rest of the information including shepardizing.

Please just clean your butts people. That saying always worries me.

@whatisthis-uw9ok

5 жыл бұрын

We gotta fancy lad over here that washes his but! What? You're too good for a little stink?

@QuasiELVIS

5 жыл бұрын

Who the hell says "butts" irl? It's like sesame street language.

@weid7070

5 жыл бұрын

Just need a hydraulic hose and industrial vat of gelatin slurry. Cleanliness is next to Godliness after all. And no one can accuse you of being full of crap!

@kohakuaiko

5 жыл бұрын

@@QuasiELVIS cashiers, teachers, managers, and anyone who works with the public.

@CODMarioWarfare

5 жыл бұрын

QuasiELVIS Pahhdon me and mah *posterior,* your highness

You're the lawyerest looking lawyer on youtube.

I’m not an attorney but when I was 32, I went back to school for my paralegal degree and certification. I’ve since left the industry but I worked in a civil defense firm. That said, while I was in school, I had the advantage of having been an adult in the workforce for several years leading up to that and I was surrounded by young students who were struggling because they couldn’t grasp the very basic concept that you’ve articulated so very well in this video: don’t overcomplicate things. In the real-world environment of a law office (or any professional environment), the right way to do things is however the job gets done the right way. There’s no “one-size-fits-all” approach to accomplishing your tasks. It’s not just about getting the job done, it’s about developing the skills to efficiently get the job done. The same goes for the approach to academics. Developing shortcuts is just smart. Buying used case law books is just smart. Doing outlines once a week is just smart. Briefing every case... not smart and certainly not an efficient use of your time. Not showing up to class because you think you can skate with just the text... definitely not smart. Whether you’re in law school or junior college, you need to realize that it’s a game and figure out the best way play within the rules and use them to your advantage.

@ravenzyblack

5 жыл бұрын

mommymode1985-Your mom’s idea sounds like a great idea. Also, maybe try to get a part-time job at a law firm to confirm that is really what you want to do.

@Superfireben

4 жыл бұрын

The Real SuperGeeks Do most paralegal positions require a Paralegal Degree? Isn’t the salary too low to justify investing in additional education for the position? A paralegal makes about $50,000 according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Most attorneys working for the federal government start out as a GS-11 which is about $68,000 in DC. Within a few years, they become GS-14 which is about $117,000. How many years must a paralegal work to get a raise?

@MkeKen67

4 жыл бұрын

Always go to class unless you have severe stomach flu. Also, where I went to law school, you could only miss a certain amount of classes (generally less than 6 in a semester) without an excuse, or your grade would be at least as low as a C (and for some professors, an F). With the huge costs associated with going to law school, those kind of grades are like flushing money down the toilet. If you do not graduate in the top 25-30 percent of your class, most large firms will not even think about hiring you as an associate. For smaller firms, you generally have to be in the top 50% . You will likely not even get to the top 50% if your GPA falls below a 3.08 (or several tenths higher than that in top tier schools). I finished with a 2.953 (out of 4.000), because I put off outlining beyond the last minute, and tried to study for my exams based primarily on my class notes. Don't do what I did. ;-) Also: internships are vital! I made the mistake of thinking that working as a paralegal at a highly-respected criminal appeals firm was as good as an internship. It was not. Why? Because I did not draft anything "from scratch." Only my supervising attorneys did that. So, even though I was good at proofreading and cite-checking, I had no real legal experience drafting anything. This meant that my "writing samples" had to come from my legal research and writing classes. Not optimal.

It's so funny how half the people aren't even doing law or thinking about doing it. That's how well these videos are made, great job!

"Real lawyers use all the shortcuts they can get." WELL SAID! Alleluia!

I have no plans in becoming a lawyer, much less go to law school, but I can’t stop watching theses vids.

@robinterry2906

4 жыл бұрын

Same 😊

@irrelevant_noob

4 жыл бұрын

Well the first one is likely applicable in any field... Speaking from experience here, most of my math and comp sci classes were providing a broader perspective through the teacher's tangents and occasional interaction from students (myself included). Yes, some teachers failed to make their matter engaging enough and that timed seemed to just be wasted, but those were not that many, and certainly not worth generalizing. PS Also the last one, reviewing stuff weekly helps with "getting it," makes things a lot easier than postponing all the recaps until the end of the semesters.

ALWAYS go to your lectures, no matter what you study.

@Dracinard

4 жыл бұрын

As someone who didn't - yes. Always go to your lectures, you'll regret it immensely if you don't.

@94Newbie

4 жыл бұрын

as a general rule yes. though there are a few cases where you can skip. I had a professor in physics that I could barely understand. attendance was not mandatory and there was a lecture script online. in fact pretty much all our professors had lecture scripts and the were available online through the university. depending on how you learn and how the lecture is structure you learn much more from the script than by sitting there not understanding anything. this is often the case in maths where understanding often comes from simple examples. but many lectures start by handling the very broad and abstract definition first. generally the experimental physics part was easy to learn in lectures. theoretical physics was often too abstract to understand anything at all in the lectures. long study at home was required to scratch the surface. what you absolutly must attend even if its not mandatory are the exercises.

@94Newbie

4 жыл бұрын

but of course the few examples where learning otherwise is more productive than the lectures only apply if you actually use that time to learn otherwise. more often than not people dont do anything. but if there is a professor that you can barely understand for example its perfectly reasonable to use that time to do some exercises with a fellow student. since you are likely in uni at that time anyway its a good moment to study with others.

@digestmymind

4 жыл бұрын

Unless it's gender studies.

@gezzarandom

4 жыл бұрын

Agreed, the university I went to, if you missed more than one class per semester, you got a phone call asking why. Plus your missing out on what your tutor/lecturer has to pass on.

I think this apply to just any University students Not just law student New books are overrated Start your project early Try to focus in class If it's repetitive and seems useless it's probably useless

@alxjones

4 жыл бұрын

Never ever buy new textbooks. In fact, if you can avoid it, don't buy textbooks at all. Rent, borrow, whatever you need to do to get the information available during the class. If after the class, you have found a need or desire to look at the book more than once a year, it may be worth buying a used copy to keep around, but you won't know which books are worth keeping around until after your class. You can save a ton of money and space by doing this. In the end, if you continue to work in the same field you studied, you will probably have a few favorite books from college you crack open every once in a while, instead of boxes or shelves of books you never care to look at again.

@kevinsullivan3448

3 жыл бұрын

@@alxjones I passed most of my textbooks on to other students. I only kept a few so I could help my younger siblings, nieces, nephews, and a few friends with High School and college classes. I only bought new books when old books were not available (this was pre-internet days).

@fromthedumpstertothegrave3689

3 жыл бұрын

When I was at Uni the only book one of the lecturers really pushed for us to buy new was one they co-authored. Funny that.

@faithlesshound5621

3 жыл бұрын

When I was at university, we were not told to buy our lecturers' books, but we all did, since we expected they would be a guide to what would come up in the exams, even if they weren't the best on the subject. Sometimes they helped clarify the lectures when they appeared to be based on the same outline, and occasionally they had the same anecdotes. On one occasion I was too slow off the mark and one book was sold out. Luckily, I had gone to school in that city years before and knew the public library system (which most university students thought was beneath them) and was able to borrow that very book, and keep taking it out again until it reappeared in the bookshop.

And in liberal arts, all we do is just question why the law is the way it is :D

@hariman7727

5 жыл бұрын

Kim Mason or work out ways to twist laws to fit the professor's world view.

@smokescreen2146

4 жыл бұрын

do you also question why law language is so hard to read

@garethbaus5471

4 жыл бұрын

I thought liberal arts was just classes on flipping burgers at McDonald's.

@jamesyoo4779

4 жыл бұрын

@@garethbaus5471 My university puts chemistry, physics, computer science under the college of liberal arts, and also has International Relations and Political Science under liberal arts, not in their own separate department. It's a weird system and I think they did it so the traditional liberal arts kids don't have second thoughts.

@garethbaus5471

4 жыл бұрын

@@jamesyoo4779 my school doesn't really have a proper liberal arts department, and the closest it comes to offering a degree in liberal arts is a degree in business with strong emphasis on engineering.

So this is why you know so little about bird law, you slept through that part of class.

@MmeHyraelle

4 жыл бұрын

Learn tree law, it's staggering how someone cutting a tree can lose their house with a million in debt.

I love how far he's come as far as an "on camera personality" he's really developed so far and really found his legs with this channel! awesome

I watch your videos and they're so entertaining I start to think, "Huh, maybe going to law school wouldn't crush my soul" But then I catch myself

@disanthropi

5 жыл бұрын

I was like maybe I'll be a lawyer until I learned the bar is 2 days long

@ericbeilmann3649

5 жыл бұрын

Even if you never practice law you can still get a lot of benefits from knowing it. I doubt I will ever go to law school but I hope to keep learning more about it.

@Btburkhardt

5 жыл бұрын

@@disanthropi 3 days in Texas, and I'm taking the 2 day Oklahoma bar next week 😂

As a senior law student in a country with a romano-germanic law system I find your videos really fascinating :)

Rewatching some of your old videos I could highlight how much you have improved on your delivery. Proud of ya sir.

So glad to have come upon this video. I start my first year on Monday and I am very anxious but excited

“You don’t need to go to class or pay attention, trust me” Advice from students with a D average GPA in college

@irrelevant_noob

4 жыл бұрын

Well, they're technically correct: you don't need that kind of effort if you're okay with that "barely passing" grade. :-)

@jasonwilkins1969

3 жыл бұрын

DISCLAIMER - I DO NOT ADVISE SKIPPING CLASSES: I would say this is actually something that is a legitimate strategy ONLY if you NEVER plan to work for a firm and plan to start your own business AND if you leverage that time away from class learning ACTUAL skills to run business (management, taxes, accounting, web design, search engine optimization) as well as networking with attorneys to have a good resource network to bounce ideas off of. Grades won't matter at that point because you are your own boss and if you learn even a passable level of these skills, you will probably run a far more profitable firm that many lawyers you compete with because you won't have to outsource this labor. Even then, it is HIGHLY risky because you still have to pass the bar and while law school won't prepare you for the bar exam content, the study skills do become key to successfully navigating the bar exam. If you plan to do this strategy, I would only consider it if your state automatically admits to the bar without the exam like Wisconsin if memory serves). I agree with legal eagle, it is stupid to skip classes wholesale. The only time I have EVER advised it was to skip a few days so you could find a job on campus that waives tuition. For me, this allowed my last two years to be tuition free and paid a $1000/mo stipend that covered living expenses. $50,000 in tuition and stipend benefits for missing 3 days of class...worth it. Skipping class altogether...no...just no... But it is true to some extent that you CAN potentially get D's doing this. My school's anti-trust professor was known for saying on the first day that if you write "Sherman Anti-Trust Act" on the exam, you will get a D at the very least. No one took him up on it but let's just say he was the type of professor who I could never see lying about this offer because law schools bend over backwards to avoid giving F's.

Just great advice for college too. I showed this to my kids who aren’t in law, but great study habits are great study habits.

Happy New Year! 🎈 Thanks for the perspective and advice! Very interesting 🤔!

I have subscribed for about a month or two to listening do this man because he speaks reasonably and understandably and because of that I feel engaged with understanding law

I’m done with briefing. That is literally the most unnecessary, time consuming technique ever. I stopped after my first semester. I did experience a professor who literally picked any part of the case and tested it on the exams. He asked about roughly 10 cases. 🙄 Commercial outlines should be a no brainer. There is nothing like writing or typing your own. The information is way more easily synthesized. Plus, commercial outlines almost always lack some critical points, especially in Civ Pro. Outlining late is highly stressful. I did that in my first semester and suffered mentally. I knew students who started theirs the month of exams...only one young lady claimed she was perfectly fine with that!

@LegalEagle

6 жыл бұрын

Great minds think alike!

@kellybronner4031

6 жыл бұрын

I didn't brief much in 1L, either. I often just take short notes on cases so I'm somewhat ready for class or just highlight in the book. Some profs scare students into thinking they need to use brief form all the time but that's ridiculous.

@fefemyluv

6 жыл бұрын

Kelly Bronner yes! I agree. I notate heavily and highlight occasionally in lieu of briefing. Oftentimes, I literally just put an “F” for facts, “H” for holding, and so on near the relevant text. I was nervous about not briefing my second semester. I hoped that it would not backfire and mess up my GPA. However, by God’s graces and my decision, I did better! I also had more time to dedicate to actual work. As for the one professor who tested the actual cases, I just reread the cases at the close of the semester and did like a 2-3 sentence summary for each case. I am so glad I found this channel. I likely would have continued to brief!

@katiekawaii

5 жыл бұрын

Ginia Maxwell You're my favorite person I've randomly come across on the internet today. A woman rocking law school and hot pink lipstick? Here for it. A+

@fefemyluv

5 жыл бұрын

katie kawaii thank you, beautiful!☺️

This was actually dead on right. I spent alot of time doing my own outlines from class notes and the commercial outlines. By the time it came to finally exams I was already prepared it was just a matter of review. Keeping up and reviewing over the course of a semester rather than cramming everything at the end made it must less stressful. I quit briefing cases about two weeks in. There is about a paragraph in each case that contains everything you need to know for an exam. The rest is your own analytical ability to distinguish between facts and spot issues. Just like everything else everyone makes everything harder than it is and more complex than it needs to be.

Legal Eagle. Helping inquiring law students down the right path of success. I love this guy!

I'm not in the common law system, or even in the same country or continent (I'm a lawyer in Brazil), and I agree that those are great advices. Love your channel and react videos. Learning more about common law, in general, through this channel. Thank you and keep up the great work.

I became a plumbers apprentice in Canada. I became one because I like to work with my hands and find fluid under pressure is fascinating but dear god I didn't think I would have to interpret so much government written law, that being building code. I knew there was some but not 4 different law books plus 100 other code publications that are also recommended. Watching the LegalEagle makes me feel less crazy for thinking there's not enough capacity in my brain. You gave good advice for note taking, how not to uselessly take notes on "specific cases" thanks for the advice

Another reason for doing your outline every week, is that spending more time with the subject while it is fresh in your mind will help commit it to long term memory better. Studying a little bit every week is much more effective than cramming for 10 hours the day before the test.

Great channel i found, when yoube suggested one of his impeachment proceedings videos. Now, I'm binging most of his channel the past few days.

THANK YOU for summarizing in the description. I hate these lost type videos where creators don’t list the items to get you to watch the whole video.

Worst advice I ever got: go to law school

@smokescreen2146

4 жыл бұрын

Law school is designed to confuse and overwork. You won't get any real help on studying law unless its from the close friend or relative, and even then there are no guarantees.

@smokescreen2146

4 жыл бұрын

@Islayman 1) class outlines change all the time. 2) good luck finding one from a good student. 3) what happens when 1/2 the class get top marks because the subject you apparently are doing wasn't designed to confuse?

@smokescreen2146

4 жыл бұрын

@Islayman You are assuming I'm a struggling student. Are you at a top Law School?

@commentsiguess1263

4 жыл бұрын

🎶Don't be a lawyer.🎶

@misspriss2482

4 жыл бұрын

@@commentsiguess1263 "Quickest way to ruin your life."....

In my law school experience, I found it easier to make your notes into one big outline

I love these videos. I’m never going to law school. Hell I’m a Master’s going on Ph.D. Egyptology student. It’s cool to see how people from all over the professional spectrum come to watch Legal Eagle. Keep up the good work!

Great advice. I always used the commercial outline to build upon my own outline (combined with class notes). Doing that always resulted in great grades

Somehow I've got the feeling that he got and obediently followed all those advises when he used to be in law school himself. Only painful experiences can drive such passion to help preventing others into making the same mistakes.

I love the take of "Teachers have points of view, and reading the book alone won't save you from that." I wish someone pointed that out to me earlier in grade school, its just true everywhere.

Informative video! Creating an outline early on in the semester is an excellent tip, thank you. New subscriber.

going into law school this autumn, thanks for this!

doing the study or work weekly is great advice. Studying works best with repetition and constant use of knowledge over time, not crammed into one brief session at the end of a semester. The human brain's ability to recall information is HEAVILY dependent on how often you access it. You lose things you don't use, but if you're undergoing weekly exercises to keep that information fresh, your neurons form bonds all around it and replicate it into other areas, making recall much easier.

Never plan/planned to going to law school in my life, yet I for some reason clicked on this video and enjoyed it.

Thank you for this informative video. Great video.

Those advices can be used for all subjects and majors. Thank you for a good video

I feel like at least half of this advice is useful for all subjects; synthesising lecture notes week by week, for example, is super useful for me as a physics student. It's hard to imagine a subject where that wouldn't be the case, for all of the reasons outlined in this video

I wish I found this channel a year ago, when I started law school.

I love these glimpses into the life of a lawyer. Thanks for making lawyering accessible!

Love your videos!

I'm jealous of your jaw line.

@fwlo4409

5 жыл бұрын

can't agree more

@ohmanyourecool1

4 жыл бұрын

Thanks man

@fromthegamethrone

4 жыл бұрын

I know right

@fatshady8627

4 жыл бұрын

Jaw line more like law line I’m gonna kill myself now

@cheesecakelasagna

4 жыл бұрын

@@fatshady8627 please don't, i love your brain.

Loads of people recommend not going to certain classes, hell I've recommended it myself before. I can't speak for the quality of lecturers and teachers at the top universities in the country, but at a mid-tier university, not every lecturer is competent. I give every class a chance, but after 2 or 3 classes, I feel informed enough to make a judgment call regarding whether it's worth my time to keep attending the classes. I've had a few classes where the lecturer has spent more time recounting anecdotal stories from their life and having conversations with students than discussing anything related to the subject. As interesting as these stories are, I'm not shelling out thousands of dollars for storytime, i'm paying for an education. If staying home, compiling my own notes and listening to the online resources is a more productive use of my time, then I'm going to save myself the trip to uni and do the work from home. When the lecturer is competent however, I fully agree that going to class is important. I just think that people should use their own judgment to determine whether going to class is worth it or not. Usually it's pretty obvious when the lecturer is a dud.

@eddiejay9407

5 жыл бұрын

Oh you think all the professors at top universities are always competent?

@TinyFord1

5 жыл бұрын

I always tell people to avoid law philosophy. Or as it’s actually called “Jurisprudence” where I studied. It was such a leftist class that the lecturer could never speak because there was always a massive fight going on in class

1L here I love this video so much. Literally the most of the video (especially the part about the briefs) beyond relatable and useful

Thanks for all the advice, it'll really help me when I'm studying computer science

The way I studied (at an Aussie uni- where there is no pre law, Law is itself an undergrad, and then we do a short “postgrad” with practical legal training before we can become a solicitor or barrister). The notes!!!! So, I’d start by reading the week’s notes as provided by the lecturer- we’d get the full overview of the week, plus the PowerPoint before the lecture (also, those lectures are out up in the net afterward, so you don’t have to go in to class to “attend a lecture”- very handy). Anyway, I’d read the overview, make a few notes in what was really important, read my cases or required readings, again, make notes, then do the lecture, and make notes from that. Once I had all of my notes for the week, I’d compile them into a word document that grew. So, at the very start would be a contents page, with the relevant page numbers- and I’d have important legal issues as well as any really important cases on that contents page under headings of the general area of law. Then I’d compile my notes- under headings and subheadings (and I’d also colour code- red for cases, blue for issues). Also- I’d reference every page properly according to the Australian legal reference guide- so if I mentioned a case in my notes, I’d just mention the name, then reference properly at the bottom of the page. I know it seems like a lot of work, but 1- I learned it well and got good grades, and 2- all our exams were open book. So I’d have my beautiful typed notes with exactly what page I need for what issue, and it saved me time in the exam. Also, they really were a thing of beauty 😁

@POGOPPLAYER

5 жыл бұрын

This is much more logical and the US should do this. It's ridiculous that law isn't an undergraduate degree so law students in the US will already be saddled with Undergraduate debt before law school debt. Also, law school doesn't prepare future lawyers for actually being lawyers. So often times after passing the bar new lawyers have no idea what to do as they never gained any experience

@QuasiELVIS

5 жыл бұрын

It's brutal how Americans have to do an undergrad before going to law school, why can't they just get straight into it? It's all well and good having a base education in something else before studying law but it seems like an absolutely crazy waste of time and money to not just incorporate it into a law degree taken out of high school. Item 500 out of the 10000 things Americans do that don't make any sense.

@QuasiELVIS

5 жыл бұрын

Colour coding notes is a very girly thing to do :P Guy notes are a monotone mess.

@katherinemorelle7115

5 жыл бұрын

QuasiELVIS colour coding notes makes it super easy to find what I’m looking for in a timed exam. And you need all the time you can get.

@IkeOkerekeNews

4 жыл бұрын

@@QuasiELVIS I'm not so sure that it is dumb or stupid. Just because you can do something faster, doesn't necessarily mean that it is better. Also, I am pretty sure that Canadians most complete a undergraduate before going to law school as well.

The worst advice I ever got about law school was "you should go to law school", followed immediately by "even if you don't study law, your resume will look much better if you finish your degree".

The outline advice at the end is so true. It helped me a lot to do that work every week

Good advice. I went to law school a long time ago. Your advice still applies.

I just finished my 1L year, and I can say with confidence that you’re right about every myth in this video. Too bad I learned the hard way 😂

Your advices were really good for my 1L year. I was wondering if those tips still apply to 2L year. What do you think?

@LegalEagle

6 жыл бұрын

Almost everything I talk about will apply during the second year too.

6 жыл бұрын

LegalEagle Thank you!

@kendrickamerson9208

6 жыл бұрын

Rising 2L as well

@michaeltackett9682

6 жыл бұрын

Graça Sobre Graça Yes! This is great advice for the entirety of law school. Personally, I did an estate planning concentration during law school. My main professor was AMAZING. But, she taught us state-specific case law, which is great because I’m practicing in this state. Little did I know, however, that our state uses the jurisdiction-neutral MBE, MEE, and (of course) MPT for the bar exam. So, I had to re-learn the general law for subjects I knew cold just for the bar exam, which I wasn’t expecting. Listen to this guy! I’ll add, however, that you’ll find what works for you, so do that. I did my best-in class and on exams-when I book-briefed my casebooks, using a five color highlighting system I devised for myself. Others tried to copy it, but it didn’t work for them like it did me. Others are outliners or notecard-makers. Do whatever it is that helps you succeed in class and during exams because that’s how you’ll get through the bar exam. That’s really the point anyway, right? Good luck to you!

6 жыл бұрын

Thats great advice. Thank you!

Thanks for educating everyone. Law can feel very dry and arcane to study to those of us without a direct interest, but laws affect all of us. Im glad to learn from someone who makes things interesting and comprehensible to the layman.

Awesome channel! I wish this channel was around 3 years ago when I was a wee 1L.

I'm a CS major. Why am I watching this?

@rei_cirith

5 жыл бұрын

It's really pretty interesting finding out how the other disciplines work. It's always a good thing to be curious about something other than what you do/are good at.

@craftpaint1644

5 жыл бұрын

There is a legal dimension to everything.

@michaellake4633

5 жыл бұрын

You never know when a judge will arrest you for asking a woman to join you for dinner, then be arrested for appealing the gag, and finding out how retarded the judges and lawyers really are. As a nerdy type person, you have always been a second class citizen and the more you succeed in life the more you are building your social prison modeled right after the walnut street penitentiary. As a nerdy type person, you probably already know more about the law than most lawyers and judges, but haven't been introduced to procedures and case law research. You need to be able to look out for #1, especially when your lawyers try to rail road you, or the judges engage in the "trial penalty", or when the gaolers tries to starve you to death. THE LAW is based upon man being created in the wilderness and his rational self interest when dealing with others, but what the practice of law has since become is a great perversion of the law where the government has become a tool of anarchist (governmental officials) to cannibalize anyone they don't like. Which pretty much means you are their prey....Especially when you realize that since a little kid you were being tracked to be a isolated silent little robot and try to escape that first prison. America is just one great big prison especially for nerds. The more you seek your freedom, the deeper into that prison you will end up.

@BarbarossaSC2

5 жыл бұрын

You sound like a deluded, jaded and rambling schizophrenic-potentially narcissistic. You're either a bot, or someone truly believes the system is out to get you. Relax dude, the black helicopters aren't trying to find you while you're stirring your spaghetti sauce.

@michaellake4633

5 жыл бұрын

Sadly Theodore, that is reality in America. A reality that you aren't suppose to know about throw gags and prison walls, where even fathers can get 10 years prison just for wishing their kids happy birthday via US mail as what happened to a John Miller. No more John Lilburnes at the pillory after 10k lashes telling his fellow townsmen how corrupt the judges are. If you engage in speech the courts or the feminists don't like, you'll be forced to disappear for a decade if you don't plead guilty. Some of us can talk, because we because we took a stand for the rule of law and against the resurrected starchamber. Our ability to speech is still de minimus because of the extent of the severe harm rendered, but we can because we won. But we can only save those who want to be saved, we cannot save everyone.

I really enjoy law, so while I don't have the money or work ethic to go to law school, these are still great fun :)

Wow that's deep & intense thanks for the good advice

Thank you for the tips :)

James, So what are we supposed to do with all the free time that we have from not case briefing? Should we really just go play golf like you did? It’s unsettling feeling like you are not doing enough. Doing practice exam questions early in the semester doesn’t feel right either when one doesn’t have a grasp on the subject.

@LegalEagle

6 жыл бұрын

You should be studying, really understanding the law, outlining, and taking practice exams.

I would think that dealing with individual professors would be practice for dealing with individual judges, opposing counsel, and clients.

@2411509igwt

4 жыл бұрын

Yeah, you always have to account for the human element.

The advice you have given here is really universally useful in my opinion. I´m a third year law student from Germany, where we have a strict code-law-system. You still need to do those outlines and it is much easier to do them ahead of time. Usually you'll even end up doing them a bit more in depth that way, since you don't have the exams coming up in a few weeks. Also do listen to what the professors have to say. Especially if they have something specific, that they are passionate about. You'll be able to understand that aspect of the law on a much deeper level and therefore rock any exams, that only require you to scratch the surface of this particular problem. All in all, excellent advice!

Great advice for someone who starts law school! concise and clear!

Every lawyer I met before I went to law school told me not to go to law school. I thought they were just being jerks, but whatever it was I'm glad they said it. If you can be convinced not to go to law school by cursory remarks, you probably shouldn't be there anyway. Not because you're stupid or afraid, but because if you don't care enough to keep going after that advice you shouldn't waste your time, money, and sanity. It's really hard. If you aren't sure, take some time to figure it out before you commit. Law schools love real world experience anyway.

@XBlueM0ndayX

5 жыл бұрын

When anyone asks me if they should study law I say no. It's too competitive. That suits some people, but personally had I known what it was like I would have chosen a different degree. You have to be hungry from day one. Law school also has very little to do with being a good lawyer. If you enjoy law school, you'd probably hate being a lawyer.

Going to class is important 90% of time. But just remember as you get closer to exam time skipping class to study might be useful.

Thank you for making this a video anyone can understand and not feel talked down to

Starting lawschool in a couple months thanks for the advice!

Im doing my JD, i did get that ‘no need to go to class’ advice. I wonder why its so common.

@michaelsauls1142

4 жыл бұрын

Because people think that cutting corners is alright. Also that advice is usually given by a third year with amnesia. I guess I can understand why some people would say that. After all when we study for the bar exam the only cases we read are in the MPT and listening to a professor is useless. But always found listening to the lectures and taking notes invaluable.

@fromthedumpstertothegrave3689

3 жыл бұрын

I'd imagine it comes from two places 1) Idiots who don't respect education or 2) People who have been to University like myself and learned through experience that a LOT of classes can easily be cut. The only trouble with that as 'advice' is you need to have the experience of attending lectures to learn what you can avoid.

Objection. There’s definitely some cases you should brief. I’m still haunted by International Shoe! Lol

@rakohus

3 жыл бұрын

This comment creates sufficient minimum contacts and does not offend the traditional notions of fair play and substantial justice

@mkmerth

3 жыл бұрын

@@rakohus oh my gosh! You made me laugh!

I start law school in less than two week. Thank you for the wonderful advice. I appreciate the content of LegalEagle. Keep up the great work. 👏

@michaelsauls1142

4 жыл бұрын

Don't let yourself get overwhelmed the actual law is simpler than you think.

Good advice. 32 years too late for me as I dropped out of law school in 1998. I followed most of the bad advice like trying to brief all my cases; was afraid to use commercial case briefs; didn't attend classes thinking I could just read the case book; I did it all!

I mean I know you made fun of Harvey in your suits episode... but man, your voice, your style, your confidence and your look... you can be the better Harvey 2.0 :D

I love your videos!!! I have two questions; Do you think its a good idea to study legal terms ? Is it possible to work weekends while in school full time for Law?

@LegalEagle

6 жыл бұрын

Not sure what you mean by legal terms. In general though, it is really hard (if not impossible) to study substantive law before you go to law school. You'll learn all of that when you get there. If you're going to law school full time, I would not work weekends (at least during your first year). You should use your weekends to write your outlines and condense the material that you receive in class.

Hi I’m a retired engineer and I still find this fascinating ! Wish I had this sort of advice at my university.

OBJECTION!! I graduated from a top 40 law school, and have practiced almost 40 years, so I have a little experience in this area. Your first bit of advice: attend all classes STINKS! After doing it your way for the first semester, I pretty much stopped attending class at all for most professors. I found that my grades didn't suffer, but I was happier and more relaxed. Bottom line is that you do not need to attend classes. You do need to study the Emanuels. Then just show for the final exam and you're good. SUSTAINED! Your comment regarding briefing cases is spot on. As a professor told us, on an exam cases are not answers. I don't believe that I ever cited to one case in any law school exam. What is critical is understanding the reasoning, which can then be applied to your particular fact scenario. SUSTAINED! Emanuels Law Outlines are the bomb. 'Nuf said. OBJECTION!! You don't need to purchase textbooks at all. They are expensive, heavy, and quickly out of date. I've never seen one professor refer to a textbook in class (in the few classes that I did attend). Just purchase used Emanuels, and you'll be passing all of your classes with ease. PENDING. I'm torn on outlines. I wrote them for all my classes my first year, and stopped thereafter. I experienced no grade fluctuation. I think that I'll land on the side of creating outlines, because as a practicing criminal trial attorney, my best results occurred when I made a trial notebook. It included my entire cross-examination of all opposing witnesses, case law and arguments for any expected legal issue, and my direct examinations.

Anyone talking about law school makes me think of "The Paper Chase". ( '70s movie and TV show). This guy's not as intimidating as Professor Kingsfield.

@LegalEagle

5 жыл бұрын

Kingsfield was a real son of a bitch.

@MkeKen67

4 жыл бұрын

@@LegalEagle - "That's the first intelligent thing you've said all day." (Just quoting the movie, by the way. )

@MkeKen67

4 жыл бұрын

@mommymode1985 - I saw it during my recent law school experience. It seems a bit antiquated now. And I'm 52! The whole thing about "getting inside the professor's head" by breaking into the special section of the library and reading the professor's old student notes was a bit over the top. And, besides, that was only one of the guy's 1L classes. He didn't do anything like that for his other 3 (or was it 4) classes.

@michaelsauls1142

4 жыл бұрын

@@MkeKen67 My experience was that some law school professors give the third degree to only the 1L students and ease of in the more advanced classes. They are believers in a trial by fire I guess. But yeah the paper chase was pretty over the top.

@dimitrikemitsky

4 жыл бұрын

Most law professors are really cool honestly. Some of that stuff does exist, the seating chart, the cold calls, but at least at my school I never got the feeling the professors were out to get you.

I don’t know about law school, but I know used textbooks have actually been more helpful to me as a polisci major than new. Those little notes scribbled in the margins summing up an argument or adding a detail or two can really help make things click, especially when your dealing with jargon heavy writers like Marx and Hegel.

You are a good man. Thank you.

Thank you sir!!!

"context is overrated" -Legaleagle

There is also bulimia studying (directly translated from German). Study all night before your test and then basically puke it on the paper. First Thing is that you basically forget everything after your test and second is that you aren't well rested for the test

@christina1wilson

3 жыл бұрын

I called these regurgitation tests. But I'd learn long ago that sleep was more important than cramming anything more into my brain.

@wolfvoigt5497

3 жыл бұрын

@@christina1wilson Yeah, I added this as worst advice I got.

Good advice. I graduated with Law Review honors and did all the things you recommended.

I have no hope of ever going to law school, but I find your content fascinating. Keep it going.

#1 and #5 are just terrible advice for any major in general, #1 is self explanatory and #5 is basically "Don't procrastinate"

Have you read all the books behind you? Thanks!

@QuasiELVIS

5 жыл бұрын

They're reference texts, it's like asking someone if they've read their dictionary.

@blarg2429

5 жыл бұрын

@@QuasiELVIS I actually have read my dictionary. There are some neat words you can learn by doing so.

@GabrielBabuch

5 жыл бұрын

@@blarg2429 🙄🙄🙄

@luiseduardogomezdearandaju723

5 жыл бұрын

Like cromulent. @@blarg2429

@brycemw

5 жыл бұрын

Carlo Cocciolo I tried to read my dictionary but 20 volumes in tiny text was too much for me

A lot of these study tips are super applicable to other areas too!

Thank you 🙏🏿