C. Develop a Variety of Skills Different courses teach different skills. Some courses emphasize cases. Others emphasize statutes. Others emphasize planning and executing transactions. Others emphasize oral skills or courtroom skills.
Seminars emphasize writing skills.
Within the case law courses, some emphasize administrative agency cases. Successful lawyers draw on many different skills. You should try to sample a wide range of skills just as you sample a wide range of subject matter. Many students emerge from the first year much better at reading cases than statutes. Some of these students find it comfortable to continue working with cases and to avoid statutory courses.