Ep 158: Acing Law School Final Exams with Legally Fit
DeAndré is back with the 1L Club to dive deep into acing final exams, covering everything from prepping to post-exam strategies. DeAndré walks you through the essential steps to maximize your performance, focusing on understanding the law, developing test-taking skills, memorization techniques, and building confidence. From filling in knowledge gaps to managing test anxiety, DeAndré helps ensures that you're ready to excel during finals.
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Episode Highlights
Four key requirements for exam success: deep understanding of the law, developed test-taking skills, memorization of rules, and confidence
Prepping for the exam: updating outlines, filling in knowledge gaps, prioritizing heavily tested topics, creating one-page outlines
Seeing the law in action: taking exams with outlines, focusing on learning rather than testing yourself, practicing until the day before the exam
Hyper focusing on skills: doing mock exams in timed conditions, aiming for at least one per class, prioritizing improvement in skills
Packing in memorization: spot memorization while outlining or doing practice essays, intense memorization one to two days before the exam
Finding your swagger: building and protecting confidence, avoiding negative thoughts and people, using positive affirmations and motivational speeches
Day before the exam: downloading exam files, prioritizing memorization, avoiding practice essays and mock exams, protecting confidence
Day of the exam: keeping the morning smooth, light study routine if morning exam, diet considerations, downloading exam files if not done earlier
During the exam: jotting down one-pager, focusing on multiple choice first, strategies for essay portions based on exam type (racehorse, organization puzzle, in-depth analysis), handling test anxiety with proper preparation, mental mantras, and taking breaks if needed
After the exam: not discussing the exam with friends, avoiding going back to outline to guess performance, moving on immediately to recharge and prepare for the next exam, staying motivated and focused until the end of finals period
Tweetable Quotes
“Remember, readiness doesn’t mean you are an expert in every area of law or that you have perfect test-taking skills. What it means is you have put in the work and you have developed. You have done the case briefing and readings. You’ve dove into the law. You’ve done practice tests. And now it’s your time to showcase what you’ve learned.”