[blindlaw] Software for organizing law school notes

[E.J. Zufelt]

Can someone please give me the info for joining the blindjd10 listserve?

Thanks,
Everett


 

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From: blindlaw-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:blindlaw-bounces at nfbnet.org] On
Behalf Of Rod Alcidonis
Sent: July 4, 2007 3:22 PM
To: 'NFBnet Blind Law Mailing List'
Subject: Re: [blindlaw] Software for organizing law school notes

I would also second the suggestions that Will has offered to you. Another
suggestion I would make, however,  is to join the BlindJD10 listserv, which
will prove very helpful to you all during the first year and above. We tried
it for the 09 graduating class, and it has been very successful thus far. 

Feel free to contact me off list for any Law School question and I will try
my best to assist in any ways I can.

Take care.



Rod Alcidonis
Juris Doctor Candidate, 2009
Roger Williams University School of Law Bristol, RI 02809
718-704-4651
roddj12 at hotmail.com
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From: blindlaw-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:blindlaw-bounces at nfbnet.org] On
Behalf Of Will Miller
Sent: Tuesday, July 03, 2007 11:09 AM
To: NFBnet Blind Law Mailing List
Subject: Re: [blindlaw] Software for organizing law school notes

Hey Everett, I'm a rising 2L at Wake Forest in Winston-Salem, NC, and a
member of the BlindJD09 group. . Like Mr. Vendeland, I just used Microsoft
products to organize my notes. The most important thing for me to stay
organized was to develop and follow a technique for naming folders and
files. It probably sounds basic, but it is really important because you will

want to be able to find topic-specific notes and materials quickly.
During the first semester, I created folders for each course and nested one
big subfolder named "class notes" in each. I Created files for each day in
class with a name like "9-13 ClassNotes _Contracts", identifying the name of

the file by the date. This proved to be a poor naming convention during
exams because I spent too much time hunting for my notes on particular
topics that we had covered in class.
So I changed my strategy for the second semester, using more subfolders with

topic-specific names. I gave the top-level folder the name of the course
(Contracts 2, for example), and named subfolders by topics (you can find the

topic names in a syllabus or the table of contents in your casebook). So,
for example, I named one subfolder that corresponded to chapter 10 of the
casebook "10 _Consequences of Nonperformance", with subfolders for each of
the subtopics in the chapter ("anticipatory repudiation", "express
conditions", and "material breach"). Then I named each days notes for the
date. So the file path for my notes on March 7 was "Contracts 2/ 10
_Consequences of Nonperformance/ Express Conditions/ 3-7 ClassNotes
_Contracts 2.doc".
I am sure there are other equally-effective and more efficient naming
conventions, but this worked pretty well for me. The most important thing is

to have an effective plan to organize your notes, briefs, handouts, etc. 
Also, don't feel like you need to buy a bunch of commercial products for
organization, access to case briefs, etc. You have already paid a pretty
penny for microsoft's organizational system, and you will have free access
to cases, briefs, and much, much more on Westlaw and Lexis Nexis while you
are in school.
congratulations on your admittance to law school, and good luck with 1L and
beyond.

Will Miller


----- Original Message -----
From: "E.J. Zufelt" <everett at zufelt.ca>
To: "NFBnet Blind Law Mailing List" <blindlaw at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Sunday, July 01, 2007 4:23 PM
Subject: [blindlaw] Software for organizing law school notes


> Good afternoon,
>
> I will be entering the first year of law school in September and am
> wondering if anyone can share suggestions for what software they use(d) to
> organize their law school notes and, how accessible the software is and 
> how
> they felt about the experience overall.
>
> Thanks,
> Everett
>
>
>
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