Law in Contemporary Society

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 We're encouraged to write notes, but do they really do anything worthwhile? Granted, they will have an effect on the note writer herself, if at all taken seriously writing a rather large paper ought to improve writing and organization skills along with research. But, on a larger scale, what do student-written notes matter? Most of the time a student is not going to make some kind of incredible discovery or develop some original theory that shakes things up; in fact, from what I've heard (speaking with random 3Ls) most folks simply write about circuit splits or small points of law that professors don't bother with (feel is beneath them). Additionally, I've heard a decent amount of speak against the benefit of notes from folks in our class - something along the lines of why write a note about an issue that will inevitably be resolved over time. An example was used comparing note-writing about an incorrect point of law to writing about taking out the garbage, why write about something that just happens (or, I suppose, why write about something instead of just doing it)?

I put some thought in on this, and I figured I'd share it. That's what the wiki is for, right?


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