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The Law School is Cool!

Videos by the Ceballos Bar Trends
are great videos that would really
help an aspiring law student as to
what to expect in law school and
as for the current law students to
know techniques to survive the
four grueling years in law school.
They are presented in a way that
is not intimidating to would be law
students. Thus showing the cool
side of law school. They presented
it in a way that encourages one to
actually enroll himself in law
school.
On the Law School is Cool! – Services for Students Video, it
presented what the aspiring law students needed so as to at least help
them prepare and as for the current law
students the techniques they need to
learn as they navigate their way to
finishing law school. The video presented
ways on how to study smarter and offers
services that will help students on how to
digest cases and how to answer exams
as well. These strategies are very helpful
since these are the things that law

students do from first year to fourth

year. So for someone who is planning
on taking this road, this is a must
watch video.
 On the Law School is Cool! – What to Expect, it shows the incoming
and current law students reasons why law school is cool. Among those
reasons is that students learn new things that a lot of people don’t know,
that it is a life game-changer since after
graduating and becoming a lawyer, one
can be able to help his family have a
better life. Also, one could possibly meet
his/ her life-partner. This particular video
gives an insight to law school which is
very helpful if one should decide to
enter, what preparations one has to
undertake and what school to enroll to.
One has to realize also, that study habits
law school is much different from college
study habits. That being said, one really
as to prepare mentally and physically.
Cramming does not work in law school and students must make a good
foundation during their first year in law school. The video also shows how
to study smart.
Law school, as described in the video is an awakening. Daily reading
of codal provisions and Supreme Court cases is required. In this video,
tricks on how to read Supreme Court cases efficiently are shown. Only
salient facts and doctrinal value of the case must be retained. The video
also shows how to read law the easier way and remember only what
matters the most. Also discussed in the video is the proper way to recite
in class and how to answer
exam questions. In order for
one to be prepared in these
recitations, one has to read the
assigned cases and laws. What
was taught is that you try to
tell a story in your own words
and try to understand the
essence of the law. Instead of
trying to remember the whole

case, one has to give only three

main points.
As to examinations, there
are midterms and finals plus
quizzes. In answering, one has
to understand the given facts that are relevant and knowing what law to
apply in your own words. Also, one has to have at least know the basic
English and correct grammar. In answering essay questions, law students
must display their ability to reason out logically and legally, use the magic
words and must identify the relevant facts and what law to apply.
On the video Law School is Cool! – Smart Cases, what was
presented was how to study cases the smart way. This is done by speed
reading. So instead of reading the whole case which could take up a long
time, it was shown in there the parts of the case that you need to read.
These are the last five paragraph of the relevant section from the
wherefore portion, the last five paragraph of the section of the ruling
addressing the issue. The other sections are to be ignored, like the
sections in the earlier parts of the ruling and the latter part of the ruling.
Synthesize the doctrinal value in relation to the pertinent parts and take
note of the material facts of what the courts state as the material facts
that led to the conclusion. These tips are really useful since law students
are given cases to digest for oral recitation almost every day. And one
must learn strategies to keep up with this. It is quite impossible to able to
read the full case and finish reading
all the cases on time. So this speed
reading is really helpful.

This strategy is a must for a

law student to learn because it will
lessen the already burdensome daily life of a law student. Especially those
who are working students, who really needs to manage their time well and
balance school and work. So he/she can’t afford to spend all his/her time
reading the full cases.
 On the video Law School is Cool! –
OSAM, it shows the short and concise way
of answering questions for the BAR Exam.
This is actually helpful for someone like me
who has a hard time memorizing specific
provisions and jurisprudence. This gives
me hope that what is really important is
that you understand the law and you are
able to relate this to the given problems.
Just like what was said earlier, it is really
important that a law student is able to
explain the law in his/her own words.
On the video Law School is Cool! –
QQRs, it shows how to study smartly. It
saves time and helps law students remember the law by studying the
important parts. Just like highlighting the important things in the book,
QQRs highlights what’s really needed to be remembered. For someone
who will be taking the bar, this is really helpful because studying for the
bar entails a review of the four years of your law school. And this review
cannot be done in just months. So there is a need for QQRS to achieve
this.

All the videos in the Law

School is Cool by the Ceballos
Trends are tools that can help
an aspiring or current law
student to achieve his/her end
goal which is to graduate and
become a lawyer someday. I
wish to have known of these
strategies before I entered
law school or when I was in
my first year. This would have
been so helpful as it was a culture shock for me at least. But it is never
too late to avail of these services offered by the Ceballos Trends as we are
nearing our last year in Law School. Thank you Ceballos Trends for this
helpful and encouraging videos.