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Podcast Ipsa Loquitur: Oral Arguments, Bluebook Online, and Finals

By Josh Camson

Oral Argument
-Huma rocked her first oral argument…allegedly
-Write all over your brief to make it feel like your own and stay comfortable at the podium
-Unless you’re Josh, then just take up two pages of notes with your arguments on them
-Tip of the week: KNOW THE RECORD!

Bluebook Online
-Blue tips features FAQs for Bluebook citations.
-Down side: the links to Bluebook rules are behind a registration wall.
-What about the physical Bluebook? Josh’s fell apart within a semester. Huma doesn’t use the Bluebook so she can’t relate very well.
-Do you know somebody who can spot an italicized period from a mile away? Josh does.

Legal Tweeter of the Month: @WorstLawStudent
-140 characters of hilarity

Religion Has A Place on Podcast Ipsa Loquitur
-Huma tells us all about slaughtering animals in the streets
-Passover falls during finals every year, and it sucks!

Final Exam Preparation
-Clean room, clean minds. Huma cleans before studying, Josh cleans instead of studying.
-Libraries are depressing and stressful, stay away from them.
-Get plenty of sleep
-Making your outline is studying
-Studying in different places can help you recall what you were studying

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Full post as published by Social Media Law Student on December 01, 2009 (boomark / email).