By the end of the first year, I had absorbed an amazing amount of information about the legal system and about myself. Where it once took me hours and several readings to have a vague idea how to analyze and brief a case, by the end of my first year it had become a quick and automatic habit. I had indeed changed the way that I processed information. Now everyone's law school experience is a little different. Some people love the thrill and excitement of law school, while others hate the whole experience.
Most people are generally somewhere in between.
But let me give you a few tips based on my experience and those of my friends to help you survive your first few months of law school. Staying up to read that extra hundred pages won't mean a thing if you are too tired to pay attention in class the next day. Try out the aerobics and weight rooms in the Yegge Center or grab some friends for a game of volleyball or hoops. Exercise is a great way to reduce stress and clear your head for another session with your casebook. The law school experience can be hard on social relationships.