I also wasn’t someone who learned how growing up, and taught myself how during undergrad. However, I would highly recommend learning touch typing l, it will help immensely for writing assignments and exams. Like everyone else is saying, I would really just go with whatever works best for you, that’s the most important thing. Plus there are some apps, like notability, which allow you to search your handwritten notes, which can be very useful. It took some getting used to, but it is nice to be able to back up my notes and carry less around. I would also type up all my notes at the end of each week, because I found that helped me retain all the information better. I used that when I was prepping for finals last semester, and really enjoyed the experience. So I hand write my notes, did so on paper for 1L and an planning on switching to iPad with the Apple Pencil. With that said, try everything out and see what works for you! I would sometimes draw diagrams in Property and then take pics of them to include in my notes, but that’s pretty much it. It’s hard for me to see pen and paper being the best way of taking notes in law school. ![]() specific rules)īUT I think the ipad and Apple Pencil method of taking notes can also be great and may satisfy many of the bullets listed above (but not all) Sometimes I will look stuff up and copy/paste it into my notes (e.g. Quickly typing clear sentences that state and explain doctrine is a one of the most important exam skills - typing notes gives me practice with this I rely on command-f when I’m studying later and looking for specific material ![]() I build my outline as I take notes in class (saves time at the end of the semester) - this also is served well by the copy/paste functions I can go faster (even if you are a slow typist, you still probably type faster than you write by hand, and if you don’t, then you probably need the typing practice) I type my notes even though I generally learn better by hand writing my notes, and here is why:
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