Two Questions for Post-PCers:
- How do you recommend we study for finals?
- If a student has absences to burn, is it appropriate to use them during one or more of the last three double sessions?
posted by Jon Swanburg @ 12:39 PM
10 comments
10 Comments:
1) Pray. I used O'Connors Texas Civil Trials or something like that to help me study for PC 1 and read the Goode book and the Fed Rules over and over and over for PC2. It's important to note that I am a complete idiot and passed.
2) Nah, because Powell generally doesn't call on people during the last week, at least if memory serves me correct. He didn't during last spring at least.
BC
Don't skip the PC2 classes. I, unfortunately, missed the triple session of character evidence. Although I was glad I did not have to sit through a triple session, I was relegated to learning character evidence through Examples & Explanations and Chris Knapp. A scary proposition.
Don't panic when you're studying for PC1. You'll feel like there is no way you can remember all of the rules and that, no matter how long you've been studying, that the information is just not sticking in your brain. You will be correct, and there's nothing you can do about it.
You'll pass.
1. For PC2 just read the rules over and over. I wouldn't bother with the Sharp outline really. It's too much when all you really need to do is just read the rules. For PC1, read old outlines. Know the number of days you have to do everything, both federal and state. It's too much, honestly. I didn't feel like I knew anything when I went in there and I did fine.
2. I agree with Eric. Definitely don't skip the PC 2 classes bc he tested character evidence fairly heavily in our quarter. He did call on some of us (me) but, since its the last two weeks, if you read over the old outlines before the classes you should be okay if you don't get to all the cases.
For PCI I made a chart with the time limits/rules and I had one column for state and one for federal so that I could quickly memorize all the limits and see the differences. I just read through my notes and filled in the chart as I went.
For PCII I made little mini outlines for things like character evidence so that I could make sure that I understood the rules and how the thought process worked. Go back to your IRAC days.
PCI is really all about memorizing rules/time limits and PCII is really more about issue spotting and understanding application.
I transferred, it seems my method is best.
1) Read your notes if you take good ones or read another version if you don't. For PCI, O'Connors has some useful tables in it that show all of the timelines for the stuff you need to know.
2) Consider this when you're pondering an absence: Powell and Wren are smarter than you, the books, and any outlines you can find combined, so just learn it from them or have fun figuring it out yourself.
Ditto everything Nina said.
Also, stop yourself from freaking out when you open the (PC II) test and it seems impossible. Everybody else will be feeling the same way. Just dive in and do your best.
1. Don't freak out. Go through the material and focus on the things which are discreet and testable. Once you figure out what can be tested, learn the shit out of it. Remember, the bar is pretty low -- nobody is going to make 60%/70%/80% scores, rather shoot for a 50% and take your B and get the hell out of there.
2. Don't miss anything, ever.
One of the trickiest things is keeping track of which is the federal rule and which is the state rule. Federal/state comparisson charts help to visualize the differences between the two.
And I agree that I definitely wouldn't skip the double sessions at the end. Character evidence is important, and he flies through it.
Skip studying, you will make the same grade as if you had studied, its just a crap shoot.
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