The semester began, and you spent numerous hours reading cases, attending lectures, and trying to learn the law. You got caught up in the hustle and bustle of law school and suddenly it is the middle of the semester! Now is your first chance to show your professors what you’ve got and how much you have learned in your midterm exams. So what exactly are midterms? How are midterms different from finals? What should you do if you didn’t score as highly as you had hoped? In order to give you some clarity in this challenging time, I have answered some “questions” that you may be asking regarding midterm exams. Hopefully these answers will shed some light and help you through this difficult time! [Read more…] about Your Frequently Asked Questions Answered – Midterms
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Podcast Episode 117: Surviving Law School Midterms
Welcome to the Law School Toolbox Podcast! Today, we’re talking about a subject no one likes to think about: midterms. Law school midterms are becoming more and more common, especially for 1Ls. If you’re a 1L, this will be the first time you stare down the barrel of a law school exam – and get a grade, which can be intimidating! Tune in while Lee and Alison discuss what you need to know about law school midterms.
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What Your Law School Midterms Can Tell You
Your law school midterms are a great diagnostic tool to measure how well your legal analysis skills are developing. Your midterms can tell you how well (or poorly) you are doing at issue spotting, how well (or poorly) you know the legal rules in a particular area, how well (or poorly) you understand how the legal rules fit together to form a united body of law, and how well (or poorly) you can perform a legal analysis of a factual situation and reach a well thought out legal conclusion. [Read more…] about What Your Law School Midterms Can Tell You
How Do You Cram for Law School Midterms?
Law school midterms… Are they a helpful barometer to see how you’re doing before we have to take finals, or are they just more stress to heap onto an already too-busy schedule? Maybe they’re a little bit of both. Many of you may be facing midterms and find out a few days before an exam that you’ve been preparing in all the wrong ways (or perhaps not preparing at all!). If this sounds familiar, here are some helpful tips for salvaging and getting through the next couple of weeks.
Focus on Your Own Class Materials
A bunch of students I’ve talked to recently want recommendations for supplements, online materials and commercial flash cards to help them “cram” for midterms. Why is this a bad idea? Well, midterms fall at an odd point in the semester when each professor has covered different topics to varying degrees of depth. If you start bringing in outside sources of information, it’s really easy to go beyond the scope of what you’ve learned in your class, and what will actually be on your midterm exam. [Read more…] about How Do You Cram for Law School Midterms?
Help! Midterms Are Coming!
More and more law students are finding that their professors are offering midterm exams. If this is you, it’s great news! You are going to gain valuable insight and experience by completing your midterm, which will help you prepare for final exams. However, it is still scary to be facing an exam this early in the semester. Here are a few tips to help you get ready for midterm exams. [Read more…] about Help! Midterms Are Coming!
Mid-Semester Law School Exams
One of the toughest things about law school is the lack of feedback until finals. Some professors are shifting away from this and have midterm exams to give students feedback early enough to course-correct if needed. Some are for a grade, others aren’t. I had one in all three of my doctrinal courses, so I think I’m pretty qualified to give some advice on 1L fall midterm exams.