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    1. The document provides 7 things law students should never do, as adjusting to law school will be challenging with increased workload and pressure. 2. Students are expected to prepare extensively for each class, as reading will far exceed undergraduate workloads. Coming unprepared risks humiliation if called on. 3. Students should never cut classes, as recitation is a major grade component and absence results in an automatic low grade that is difficult to recover from. 4. Sleeping or wearing casual clothes like shorts to class may result in scolding from professors, as law school trains students to conduct themselves professionally from the start.

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    1. The document provides 7 things law students should never do, as adjusting to law school will be challenging with increased workload and pressure. 2. Students are expected to prepare extensively for each class, as reading will far exceed undergraduate workloads. Coming unprepared risks humiliation if called on. 3. Students should never cut classes, as recitation is a major grade component and absence results in an automatic low grade that is difficult to recover from. 4. Sleeping or wearing casual clothes like shorts to class may result in scolding from professors, as law school trains students to conduct themselves professionally from the start.

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    7 Things You Should Never Do in Law School

    Zedy Macatiag
    There is a whole new world inside this college, but it will not exactly be a fantastic of point of view.
    You will read more, you will have less sleep, and you will be put under more pressure than you ever
    had in your undergrad years. Depending on how well you will handle yourself in the coming weeks,
    you will either say Let it be, kaya ko pa, or scream Let me out, ayoko na!
    To help you adjust more easily with this new chapter in your life, here is a list of 7 things that you
    should never ever do now that you are a student of the UP College of Law. You may find these
    things commonsensical, but if you have done them before anyway, then this list will explain why
    doing them again will only endanger your stay in this college.
    1. Dont Come to Class Unprepared
    Every week in law school, you will be expected to read more than what you studied for the
    whole semester in an undergrad class. You need to read wisely and to prepare for recitation
    once the professor calls you. If you get called and you know nothing about the cases for that
    meeting, then youre as screwed as Jon Snow was innever mind; if you cant infer the rest
    of the reference, you have some catching up to do before law school takes over your life.
    Even if you don't get called in the end, entering a class without reading anything and hoping
    that you won't get picked to recite will still be an unpleasant experience. Its like entering a
    haunted house and hoping that you won't see a ghost inside. It's terrifying and it will haunt
    you for the rest of the period. So study well before coming to class. Remember that your
    time in law school will be spent less inside the classroom and more on your study table.
    2. Dont cut classes
    Never ever think its better to be absent because you havent studied anyway. Recitation takes
    a major part of your grade in most classes, and some profs will only call you once or twice
    for the whole sem. If your class card is drawn and youre not present, the general rule is that
    you will automatically get a five, which is hard to recover from. So ALWAYS COME TO
    CLASS. Even if you havent read everything, at least you still have a chance to bluff your
    way to a tres if youre in class. (Dont worry; its normal to be humiliated by a profyou just
    have to stay strong). Some students even go to class even when theyre sick. Better to be sick
    than to fail.
    3. Dont sleep in class
    This is a gratuitous warning to those who have a habit of snoozing in class. If your prof in
    law school catches you dozing on your desk, expect an unforgettable scolding that will leave
    you wide awake for the rest of the period. But dont worry, you wont likely get drowsy in a
    class that makes you tense and worried by the possibility of being the next student to recite.
    4. Dont wear shorts or flip flops to class
    Law school is not just about cases and codes; its also about your clothes. Lawyers are
    expected to display propriety even in their outfit, and they are trained to dress properly as
    early as law school. So do not come to class thinking that academic freedom extends to your
    sartorial preferences. Dont wear shorts and argue that tsinelas could be an emblem of vice
    presidents; your professor will just retort that such cannot be the case for lawyers.

    5. Dont be a snob
    Dante could not pass through inferno alone; neither can you pass through law school by
    yourself. You will find many people who can help you get by in UP Law and that includes
    your blockmates. You and your blockmates should help each other in writing digests, making
    reviewers, planning for finals dates, etc. These things will not work if you show indifference
    among yourselves. So start being convivial as early as now. Give joy if not love to your
    blockmates, as well as to other people you meet at Malcolm Hall. But of course, be friendly
    not just because you need help. Be a genuinely nice person and you will realize that
    friendships do exist even in hell.
    6. Do not forget to relax
    Devote most of your time to your studies, but never all of it. Law school should not deprive
    you of your freedom to do the things that make you happy. You will no longer have as much
    free time as you had before, but with the right attitude and self-discipline, you can surely
    have enough time for law school as well as other things. The trick is to study hard without
    letting yourself go crazy in UP Law.
    7. Do not just depend on this list
    Obviously, this is not complete list, and no amount of advice from a primer or elsewhere
    can ever tell you everything you need to know about being a law student. Most of these
    lessons you will realize along the way. In the first week alone, you will already learn many
    things, both inside and outside the classroom. But your goal should be to learn as many as
    possible until you graduate. Just like enjoying a good movie, you will thoroughly appreciate
    law school only if you finish it.

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