시간 낭비 가 아니 다 어떤 농부 가 무디 어 진 낫 으로 일 하 는 아들 에게 그 이유 를 묻 자 아들 이 이렇게 말 했 다 . " 할 일 도 많 은데 시간 을 허비 하 고 싶 지 않 아서 그래요 . " 그러 자 농부 가 말 했 다 . " 아들 아 , 무딘 연장 을 가 는 건 절대 시간 낭비 가 아니 다 . "- 프랭크 미 할 릭 의 《 느낌 이 있 는 이야기 》 중 에서 -* 준비 운동 없이 마라톤 에 임하 면 부상 을 얻 기 쉽 습니다 . 인생 마라톤 에 도 충분 한 준비 가 필요 합니다 . 준비 의 시간 은 낭비 가 아니 라 인생 을 멋있 게 완주 할 수 있 는 일련 의 필수 과정 입니다 . 로스쿨 학업 에 대한 가이드 및 코아 벨스 미국 법 수업 에 대한 가이드 1 . Always keep up on your reading . Never fall behind . Read , write , speak , and listen in English everyday . Intensively . Think like a lawyer and read like a lawyer . 2 . Take good notes . If you don ' t do this , you might as well leave now . 3 . Don ' t skip class , it ' s just stupid to spend all this money to skip class . Besides , class is where you will find out most of what you need to know for the test . 4 . Do your own brief and outlines . Look at commercial outlines if you need guidance , but do your own . You will have half of the battle won in getting a great grade if you do your own outlines . 5 . Don ' t wait until the last minute to do your outlines . Ideally , do you outlines whenever you see a major shift in the material . You will make it much easier on yourself if you do it this way . ( However , don ' t start outlining from day one . You will not understand how things fit together until you move to a new topic ) . 6 . Don ' t ever go to class unprepared . Treat your experience at Koabels as if you are doing in US law school class and further on the job training as a lawyer . You would not ever walk into class or court unprepared and say to the judge , " I ' m sorry your Honor , I didn ' t do my reading last night . " Don ' t do it in Koabels . Your future clients deserve better . 7 . Do your utmost to sharpen you skills , language abilities and develop you knowledge before going to US law school . Then You will be able to find a balance while in law school . Go out and have fun every once in awhile or find something else to do that does not involve law school . But , find that balance . Don ' t end up as one of those people who are at the bottom of the class or worse , kicked out because you spent law school partying . It is such a waste . 8 . Learn the cases from the perspective of the trees but study from the perspective of the forest . Be able to see the forest for the trees . If you don ' t understand this now , figure it out soon or ask a professor what it means . For me , it was the " secret " that led to high grades . 9 . Do not study the law from the " I think it should be this way " perspective . This is the biggest mistake that many students make . See the law from both sides and analyze it from both sides . Realize that , in the law , there is no such thing as a universal truth . 10 . Stop . .. take a deep breath . .. and exhale . This is for one of the most wonderful experiences of your life , but it can be hell if you allow it to be . Enjoy the experience , throw yourself into it heart and soul , and then when you go to law school , embrace the process of becoming an attorney . I promise you that you will freak out , question yourself and wonder if you can do this . When that happens , stop . .. take a deep breath . .. and exhale . Then , get up again and keep going .