About Skinny Cases
Let me start with: don't brief cases. It's a waste of time, they're counter-productive plus they don't help much come exam time. Many law students will and may disagree with me, but you don't go to law school only to digest cases. You go to law school to study law, to apply the law and make a living out of it.
Law school professors will tell their 1L students that writing case briefs is a must. It might be mandatory, but then, your semester grade will most likely to come from your exam. But then, I'm not telling you to not read the cases. In fact, you must know how to read the cases otherwise you're going to be screwed come exam time. Furthermore, blogs like this serving as repository of case digests will not help you get the grades you want. Don't rely on your (poorly and chicken-scratched) written briefs either.
So read, read, read the cases. Don't stop reading until you finally understand what's going on in there. Write an outline of your case, if you need to. Just don't make case digest.
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This blog is for everyone who needs a summary of the cases they badly need, whether they're running out of time or simply lazy to make briefs. My case summary may not be the best briefs on the block, but I'm placing it here just in case someone out there, by random algorithmic intervention plus desperate attempts to make it to the deadline, will find my poorly written digests.
You can copy paste the case digest you want or change a sentence here or there, it's your choice. The author would also like to hear your comments, suggestions, constructive criticism, please contact me.
Goodluck!
-kayelee
Let me start with: don't brief cases. It's a waste of time, they're counter-productive plus they don't help much come exam time. Many law students will and may disagree with me, but you don't go to law school only to digest cases. You go to law school to study law, to apply the law and make a living out of it.
Law school professors will tell their 1L students that writing case briefs is a must. It might be mandatory, but then, your semester grade will most likely to come from your exam. But then, I'm not telling you to not read the cases. In fact, you must know how to read the cases otherwise you're going to be screwed come exam time. Furthermore, blogs like this serving as repository of case digests will not help you get the grades you want. Don't rely on your (poorly and chicken-scratched) written briefs either.
So read, read, read the cases. Don't stop reading until you finally understand what's going on in there. Write an outline of your case, if you need to. Just don't make case digest.
**
This blog is for everyone who needs a summary of the cases they badly need, whether they're running out of time or simply lazy to make briefs. My case summary may not be the best briefs on the block, but I'm placing it here just in case someone out there, by random algorithmic intervention plus desperate attempts to make it to the deadline, will find my poorly written digests.
You can copy paste the case digest you want or change a sentence here or there, it's your choice. The author would also like to hear your comments, suggestions, constructive criticism, please contact me.
Goodluck!
-kayelee
