[blindLaw] Starting Law School Tips and Advice

Sat Dec 27 18:58:11 UTC 2025

If I had it to do all over again, I’d try to set aside time at the end of each chapter: so there’s enough time for the material to develop context but not so much as to risk forgetting details. I think the core should start with the professor’s slide decks if you have them, or the syllabus if not. Then class notes and finally the reading or your case notes if you need the clarification.
Our study groups used Word so there was commonality. Just to show how long ago I was in class, we used Facebook group chats to coordinate and check each other’s understanding of key points. I’d use Discord for that now I guess. LOL
I preferred using heading levels with bulleted lists for most content and numbered lists for things like necessary elements or multi-part tests.

> On Dec 27, 2025, at 1:35 PM, omar duncan via BlindLaw <blindlaw at nfbnet.org> wrote:
> 
> Hey Aser good morning.
> I hope all is well. That’s a good start. I Hope you had a nice holiday for
> Christmas Day.
> 
> Around how early would you start outlining? And how often did you outline
> and lastly how exactly did you outline?
> 
> Did you do subheading and headings and underline and bold to indicates
> level and organization of the material as well as the importance and
> significance.
> 
> 
> Also, on what platform did you do outlining? Was it a word processor or
> another application?
> 
> Lastly, what sources and materials do you refer to to compile and organize
> your outline? Did you use class notes, PowerPoint, and supplements and
> study aids or lectures and stuff like that?
> 
> 
> I Appreciate some insights On your outlining process. Thank you for your
> attention, time, and Assistance.
> This guidance and insight will definitely help me out next semester
> To be honest I did not do a very good job without lining this semester that
> just finished, but I think I did all right, but I don’t want to make it a
> habit to not do outlining. I need to do outlining and I can appreciate any
> advice  or  insights you are   able to provide.
> Thank you for your attention and have a great new year. Please get back to
> me when you can.
> 
> 
> Best,
> 
>> On Sat, Dec 27, 2025 at 9:16 AM Aser Tolentino via BlindLaw <
>> blindlaw at nfbnet.org> wrote:
>> 
>> I’d have started outlining way earlier so I could spend more time
>> memorizing the outline or doing whatever prep with the outline already
>> committed to memory. I did more bullet points than actual briefing or
>> highlighting. I graduated fifteen years ago, so back then K1000 was still
>> in active development. Having the book saved to KES format was handy
>> because moving through the book was super fast with that interface and I
>> did assigned reading with a preliminary skim as fast as I could get through
>> the material. That way I got a quick high-level view of what we were
>> covering and could decide on what to take away from the cases. Case books,
>> the good ones at least, trim the opinions down to just the points that are
>> relevant to the author’s intended teaching objectives.
>> My biggest point of advice has nothing to do with tech, but more on the
>> whole experience. Get to know your classmates. Make friends and develop
>> support structures: if you’re lucky, those will be the same people.
>> 
>> On Sat, Dec 27, 2025 at 11:02 AM Nate Appledorn via BlindLaw <
>> blindlaw at nfbnet.org> wrote:
>> 
>>> Greetings all,
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> I will be starting law school this fall and was wondering if you had to
>> do
>>> it all over again, what would you do differently? I was thinking in
>> regards
>>> to accommodations or what software or services you found helpful or would
>>> have found helpful.
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> I was also curious as to what alternatives you have found useful instead
>> of
>>> rainbow briefing or writing a case brief for every case in the text.
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> If anyone has an accessible copy of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure
>>> and Evidence they would be willing to share, I would greatly appreciate
>> it.
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> All the best,
>>> 
>>> Nate Appledorn CP
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