While this site will remain available for a short period, it is no longer being update. Ruta Stropus Assistant Dean for Educational Services and Director Academic Support Program, DePaul University College of Law. The most important thing to do in law school is to memorize every case name and fact - just like they did in Paper Chase.
Law school is nothing like medical school.
Before an exam, I should study every little detail about all the cases I have read. Law professors love to see what I have memorized come back at them. There is an answer for every question asked in law school. Professors don't like to tell me what it is so that they can feel superior. If law school is a process, I don't have to open the case book.