EXCELLING AT UNIVERSITY Plan Ahead • Check the UNSW library website before the trimester starts to see which textbooks you might need to buy for your subjects. • You can get a headstart on readings (some may even be required for your first week) by having a look at the reading guides uploaded to your Moodle courses a week or so prior to classes beginning. • Set weekly reminders and calendar notifications for when assignments are due, so you don’t end up pulling all nighters, and procrastinating. • You can do readings in advance if you know that a particular part of the trimester will be particularly busy. Time management is a key to success! • Start on assignments as soon as you can! Getting a head start may mean a better mark! • Invest time and effort proportionately to the weighting of the assessment task. It may be tempting to spend many hours on the ILJ Court Report (your first Law School assessment), however, it is simply not worth pouring fastidiously over every tiny detail of the report given it is worth 10% of your course mark! Time well spent on your notes may prove more useful given the final exam is worth 30%. • Try to reference as you go for assignments (you will receive classes on how to appropriately reference in Law School, given it is a different style and has different requirements to what is traditionally sought in High School). Branch out from Academics • Make sure you are getting involved in the variety of competitions such as mooting, negotiations, and client interviewing which allow you to apply your legal skills in a more practical fashion. • Get involved in UNSW sport! With our amazing sport directors, we have a running club that was set up in 2020. As well, get involved with Arc Sports. Whether you play recreationally or competitively, Arc Sports offers many opportunities for a wide range of sports from Basketball to GridIron to TaeKwonDo. • Come to LawSoc Events! Attending events such as Law Launch, Law Ball and PubCrawl is a good way to meet new people and celebrate the hard work you put into your degree.
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