Midterms

So it's finally the time you've (probably) been dreading: midterms.  This is probably the most anxious you have felt since law school started and for good reason--midterms are your first opportunity to prove you know what you're doing.  Most One-Ls walk around with a big question mark hovering over their heads for the first six weeks of school because nothing is clear.  The first six weeks are full of questions. Questions like:

• "Am I getting this, or do I just think I get it?"
• "How do I even go about studying?"
• "Am I following what's happening in class?"
• "You mean my professor expects me to memorize ALL of these rules?" and
• "How do I even go about applying these rules?"

 These are all questions that students anxiously dwell on.  However, midterms are a good way to gauge how well you actually DO understand the material.  Midterms provide answers to all of the questions above and more.  Midterms force you to study, to outline, to go over your class notes, and hopefully take some practice tests.  By the time your midterm comes you should know, or at least have a good idea, about how much of each subject you "get" and what you need to work on.

By now, you should have an outline ready (or almost) to start taking practice exams.  The ASP office has practice exams (with answers!) on file for you.  All you have to do is email or come in to office hours and ask for them.  Also, the ASP office is more than willing to look over your outlines, practice exam answers, or just field any question you may have about midterms.

You can email any of us to ask for practice exams and our office hours are as follows:

	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday
Prof. Homer jhomer@law.whittier.edu	12:00pm-2:30pm  4:00pm-5:00pm	9:00am-12:00pm	9:00am-12:00pm
Prof. Dombrow kdombrow@law.whittier.edu	9:00am-12:00pm 2:00pm-4:30pm	9:00am-12:00pm 2:00pm-4:30pm	9:00am-12:00pm in library
Prof. Gutterud hgutterud@law.whittier.edu	12:00pm-2:30pm in library 4:00pm-7:`00pm in library	8:00am-12:00pm 1:00pm-2:00pm	9:00am-12:00pm

GOOD LUCK!