The first few weeks of law school are challenging for most students fresh from school or colleges. There is the inevitable challenge of locating lecture rooms, adapting to new styles of teaching and the expectations of tutors. There is also the awkwardness of meeting large numbers of new people and engaging in a variety of social events. Before a law student has time to adapt, they have to hit the ground running with large swathes of reading and class preparation. Much of this will be very unfamiliar. In writing this short piece, therefore, I decided to set out some helpful guidance on what the law student should aspire to in order to achieve success at law school.
Thinking ahead
A good opening strategy is to take your studies seriously and to plan ahead. In each law subject there exists, of course, no substitute for sound knowledge of the course material, so a student who hopes
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