[blindLaw] Starting Law School Tips and Advice

omar duncan oduncan821 at gmail.com
Sat Dec 27 20:02:29 UTC 2025 

Amazing this is golden advice thanks Mr. Aser.

And aside from outlining, what would you do to practice . Rule statement
for the Irac on exams.

For example, contracts and civil  procedure requires lots of rote straight
up rule memorization word for word? How did you go about memorizing the
rules and applying them to practice essays?

I know learning rules comes  in stages? How do you go from learning rules
the first time and  memorizing them from the primary source like the RST
statement, a UCC uniform  commercial code, or the book for federal rules of
civil  procedure, then to put them in your outlines, then going from your
outlines and applying the rules  to practice the rules for rule statements
on practice essays and multiple-choice hypo.

Best,


On Sat, Dec 27, 2025 at 11:47 AM Aser Tolentino <agtolentino at gmail.com>
wrote:

> People use outlines differently depending on their studying and test
> taking strategies. I personally used them as aids for facilitating recall
> of important information like elements of a tort or crime. The trick to it
> for me was to familiarize myself with the whole outline to the point where
> I could recite it not quite word for word but close enough to convey the
> meaning. What would help from there would be condensing it further and
> further to the point where you’re not really looking at the material itself
> but the shorthand that allows you to recall the information with the fewest
> words possible. Some folks took this strategy to the extreme, such that the
> first thing they did when starting the test was to duplicate their
> abbreviated outline from memory, basically turning it into a giant mnemonic
> device.
> If you have an outline though when you take a practice test, you can see
> what you recall from memory and then consult the outline to quickly fill in
> the blanks. Going through that a few times can create associations between
> the types of question you are likely to encounter and the material in your
> outline, which hopefully helps promote recall in the actual testing
> environment. This was just how things worked for me and other people I
> studied with. YMMMV.
>
> On Dec 27, 2025, at 2:30 PM, omar duncan <oduncan821 at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> 
>
> Got it cool thanks
>
> And how would you use your outline would you use the outline for just
> plain studying and also answering essay questions  and multiple
> Choice questions and using the outline as you do essay and multiple choice
> test prep as a point of reference while  doing test prep?
>
>
> And after doing the initial outline prep would you ever add onto it or
> revise it as you continued on?
>
> Best,
>
> On Sat, Dec 27, 2025 at 10:58 AM Aser Tolentino <agtolentino at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>> 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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