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Books?
lynt.br:
ebooks are useless for law because:
1) hard to highlight/underline/note which you will be doing a lot of
2) ebook prices are actually more expensive than the physical books because Monash students get a discount at Monash law book store
3) can't resell the ebook at the end of the year (you will be doing this - can recoup 75%+ of the purchase price).
Lugging the books around is definitely a pain but you don't need to take the heavy books to uni regularly and if you want to do some reading at uni you can always borrow the book from the library.
As for handwriting versus typing it is mostly personal preference so see what works for you. I'd say 80% of law students type their notes. There is a lot of information in each lecture so handwriting can be quite tiring and you may miss things because some lecturers can speak quite fast. On the other hand the exams are all handwritten and you need to be able to write super fast in exams so handwriting in lectures is good practice for that.
If you do go for typing I recommend you use OneNote (not available on mac) because it is really helpful for organising your law notes.
zhenzhenzhen:
For LAW7470, (Introduction to Legal Reasoning and Methods):
"Laying Down the Law" is an Additional Text and not prescribed. Was it the same for the undergraduate equivalent?
brenden:
Are notes the type of thing you really should be taking for Law? I preferred to just sit and watch the Arts lectures. Is tat feasible for high grades in Law, or should I be stocking up on jotter pads?
ninwa:
You generally do need to take notes unless you plan on diligently doing all of the readings before lectures and taking good notes on them, in which case you could probably just sit back and take the lecture as a refresher. Then again, I've never not taken notes and I can't imagine not doing it, so maybe you just have a learning style that is beyond my comprehension :P
brenden:
Hahaha, thank you Ninwa. God. That's a tough choice. Either way I have to do something :(
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