The Summer Academy is not graded nor does it affect admissions but attendance is mandatory. So naturally, the program has included practice exams in all three areas we are covering.
Tonight, we did Torts and Legal Writing, back to back. Aside from the LSAT, it's been a while since I sat down and had to write an essay and/ or be tested on material. I graduated college in 2005, I'm completely ancient. Needless to say as I sat there for 60 minutes for each class I managed to do it but the degree of how I did it was painful.
I'm definitely out of rhythm. I had the worst case of word vomit which tends to get me in trouble in my personal life...! While the exam conditions were skewed I had trouble organizing my thoughts and follow the outline I created. Being in this program has really highlighted some of my bad studying techniques and made me realize I need to CHANGE my ways.
By the way, in law school you can TYPE your exam. Maybe they already do this in undergrad but I love it. According to Facebook, I type a mean 100 wpm so more smart shit can flow onto my exam. ;) Say goodbye to a three hour hand cramp from rigorous writing in a bluebook!
A highlight of the week was in Crim Law we had oral arguments. In high school I thrived on public speaking. I was in every debate or government club possible but that was 10+ years ago. Overall I think I did ok. We were actually thrown to the wolves because my group was giving a case and only had 10 minutes to prepare while the others had a case that we all needed to prepare for as homework.
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