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How to Survive and Do Well in Law School Words by Vericson D. Quitco
To begin with, there is no hard and fast rule
time. Finish law school in four years. Make sacrifices. Law school is a jealous mistress, so you better devote your time in your studies. If not, there is a tendency that you will not be able to finish it in four years. More of your precious time will be spent and will be lost before you graduate. Once you enter law school, there is a big probability that you will have classes Mondays to Saturdays. As a brotherly advice, drink once in a while. Have fun. Take some rest. A tired body will not function well so you better give your body a well-deserved rest especially when you have the time to do so. Also, do not study during vacations, Christmas, and summer including semestral breaks. Do not listen to those who will say that you should study during vacation. It is nonsense. Chances are, you will soon forget everything you have studied during those times, even before classes resume. You will be burnt out. Instead, save a lot of your energy during vacations. When vacation is over, your body is refreshed in facing another tough and sleepless semester. You have two whole semesters to study. Vacation is vacation.
in surviving and doing well in law school. Each student has his/her own study habit, own style, and own capacity. However in law school, I would say, there are three types of law students: the fast learners, the hard workers, and the immortals. Some law students survive in law school because of their God-given gift of intelligence, and we call them the fast learners in law school. They are the ones who easily understand codals and annotations in one or in two readings. They are also good in memorization. The second type are the hard workers. Unlike fast learners, their intelligence is average but their determination and perseverance are superb. Their diligence is their weapon. Lastly, the immortals. They are the Gods and Goddesses in law school. They are fast learners and at the same time hard workers. They are called immortals because their academic record is clean, spotless. They have not yet received any Ora (Prayer). Miracles do happen in law failing mark. In short, regular school. There are times that you will not be students. able to finish everything that is assigned to you and the only thing that you can do is to As Bedans, we should be pray that you be called on the topic you have well-rounded law students studied. Prayer together with faith is a very guided by the Benedictine powerful weapon. There are things in law principle of “Ora et Labora” school that are beyond your control. Let go or prayer and work. and let God. But do not just pray. You have to do your part. Prayer without work or work Labora (Work). In law without prayer is worthless. school, professors usually say that you need not be The best recipe in surviving and doing well intelligent to survive and in law school is to work hard and to pray excel; you only need to harder. And with a little bit of luck, nothing be diligent. Study what will go wrong. is assigned to you. Once --you enter law school, your Vericson D. Quitco is a consistent Dean’s mindset should be passlister and a regular 4th year student of ing the Bar. You need to SBCA-SOL. persevere and to sacrifice things, big or small. Four years is a short period of