Just spent 2 hours talking to a #firstgen 1L and giving him all the suggestions I wish I'd had access to when I was a First Gen 1L in 1991. Here's what I recommended for study aids: 1/x
To make studying more interesting and maximizing productive retrieval and storage, I recommended Law in a Flash (also @SpacedRep) and the free Exam Pro questions on @Westlaw Study Aid subscriptions many law schools have. 2/x
For help with understanding dense text and dealing with the tedium of constant reading, I recommend the Black Letter Series (part of the @Westlaw study aid package) and an audio lecture series (@Westlaw Study Aid series offers a few). Also, check your professors' recommendations.
In 2013, at 45, my periods stopped. My husband and I had 3 children from each previous marriage. We assumed I was menopausal and, after a few months, I made an appointment to confirm that's what was happening. My gynecologist ran some tests but NOT a pregnancy test. 1/x
I'd had a miscarriage a couple of years before, which she said was predictable given my age. She didn't think it sounded like menopause because it was so abrupt. She scheduled an ultrasound for the next week to help give her a more complete picture. I was pretty concerned. 2/x
The day of the ultrasound, I was pretty nervous and a little sad that the reproductive part of my life was clearly over. Once I was on the table and the tech started looking at the monitor, she seemed confused, asking why the doctor had ordered the ultrasound. 3/x
I can't fully describe the feeling of being 18, nearly free of a really difficult family life, and finding out that you're pregnant by the irresponsible, cheating boyfriend with the interfering mother. I looked into that future and knew there were far worse things than death. 1/2
One way or another, I was going into the future on my own terms. I made the appointment for an abortion in Dallas, 3 hours from my small Texas town. I told my father I was going shopping in Dallas with a friend. As the nurse was administering the drug that would make me sleep 2/x
the doctor asked what I was studying in college. The last thing I said before I was unconscious was, "I'm going to be a lawyer." I was still yrs away from kicking the boyfriend to the curb and sobering up. There were days when the thing that got me through was that I'd told 3/x
@JonahPerlin@EllieMargolis@bethwilensky I've been doing them for about 15 years, and it took a while to feel comfortable. But here's what works for me (a thread): 1. I prep them in class for how the conference proceeds so they know what to expect and I hand out a "conference staging memo." (thank you, @RA_Robbins!) 1/x
@JonahPerlin@EllieMargolis@bethwilensky@RA_Robbins The staging memo gives them an idea of how they're progressing. (Happy to share my memo). When I talk about the memo, I acknowledge how much courage and character it takes to sit down with someone and go over your writing in detail. 2/x
@JonahPerlin@EllieMargolis@bethwilensky@RA_Robbins In the conference, I remind them that I'll take a few minutes to read through the submission silently and that their only job is to watch for signs that I'm having trouble processing information by slowing way down or flipping pages forward or back to look for information. 3/x