On Briefs (or boxers!)

No, no. This isn't a post about underwear (although maybe that'd be a good idea? Nahhh). This is about briefs, or rather, my um, lack of briefing.

Soooooo, I really thought I'd be a diligent student in law school for a semester. Ha! I was not a very diligent student in undergrad so I guess the thought that law school would make me suddenly shape up was a bit of a stretch. I think I'll have to do pretty poorly one semester to shake myself out of my academic slumber.

Anyways, since I'm not the diligent student I had hoped I would be, the first few weeks were I was a diligent note taker, a diligent listener, and a diligent case briefer has given way to furtive glances at facebook/ESPN in class, day dreaming, and uh, googling for case briefs.

Buuuut, I mean, is it that bad? I see it like this

On the one hand, I could write my own briefs but it would take a long time and the ones online can save a lot of time. But, on the other hand, the ones online aren't really that great sometimes (seriously, if all you're doing is reading online case briefs... yikes. Some of them are pret-ty bad). I figure as long as I read the case, copy pasting an online case brief and then tweaking it isn't that bad. Right? But not writing your own case briefs, I definitely have noticed that you don't retain the material as well, which is kinda the point. I guess that means more cramming when exams roll around. I honestly cannot just recall some of the earlier cases we covered in class whereas some people can pull case names and holdings out of thin air to support their arguments.

....Guess we'll see how this goes after finals in December. More on this later.