What a law professor finds novel, a law student finds incomprehensible. Most casebooks are chosen on the grounds that, in the eyes of the professor, the author was only marginally less incompetent than the other authors. On a first name basis with the reference librarians. On a first name basis with a chair. Law students should not believe in bad luck, superstition, hope, sleep, or non-caffeinated beverages.
Sleep is for the weak.
Never go after the unattainable. Each day, make sure that reality is where you left it the night before. Never underestimate the importance of work that is merely adequate. All is not hopeless. Odds are that there is a law student worse than you.