How many hours per day do law students study? How many days per week?

Answer 1

Studying law can be a full time activity, unlike college. It should involve 7 days a week. I will not give you any rules of thumb like two hours of study for each hour of class. For some people, things come easy. For others, it takes more time.

If you are a college student and somebody tells you that they have a 15 page assignment for a law course, you might say, "Hey, that is a piece of cake. I am an English major and I read two novels a week for a literature course." However, reading a law case is a little different than reading literature. Most people will write a brief on each case, or will annotate their casebooks. A lot of people will read every case mentioned in the footnotes.

Courses based on statutes are a bit different. For instance, in a case involving the Uniform Commercial Code, you will be reading Code sections, the Official Commentary of the Commissioners for Uniform State Laws, and then the case law. Considering that it is a Uniform Code can be tricky, because many of the states have their own wording and interpretation of the code. Law schools do not prepare you to be a lawyer in the state of your residence, but rather they prepare you to be a lawyer in whatever state you end up getting a job in.

If you are lucky enough to be in the top 10% of your class, you may be asked to be a member of the law review. That means writing case notes and articles for the law review IN ADDITION TO your regularly assigned classwork.

Oh, yes, I would be remiss if I did not mention that some law students also might work part-time for local law firms as law clerks during the time they are law students. Time can really get tight for a law student.

Answer 2

I agree with a lot of the other answers; there is no set schedule. It will depend on your load from semester to semester (and your tendency to understand certain classes from others). I remember my first semester thinking that I wasn't studying enough because I had some free time. As the years go on you will be consumed with other things (getting a job, bar exam, etc.)

However, once you get ready for the bar that is a different story. If you want to pass (at least CA) you will need to put life on hold and literally spend about 12 hours per day, 7 days a week for about 3 months. The reward is worth it though.

Overall, you REALLY need to want to be a lawyer to get through the whole process. Otherwise there will be too many distractions along the way.

Answer 3

One of my law lecturers says that for every one hour you spend in class, you should study for one hour outside of class. Fulltime students have 13 contact hours give or take, so that would be a mimimum of 26 hours.

However as a law student I don't think I'd spend anywhere near that much time studying. I go to class, do the readings and prepare for the next class. This probably takes 6 hours a week. If I have essays or exams due I'd spend slightly more time though...

Answer 4

This is a question with no answer. If you can read fast, you probably spend a couple of hours reading and studying at night. If reading and comprehension are difficult for you (or bore you to tears like it does for most people), you will spend all afternoon and night reading and studying and getting ready for class the night day. This is how your first year will be. The next two years you choose your classes so you will have more control over your studying time.

Answer 5

IF, you will detect a job as a lawyer once you graduate, would desire to be working as much as 80 hours or extra a week. many significant companies artwork their friends to death and you in general would desire to think of roughly billable hours. The regulation field is thoroughly saturated. reliable success

Answer 6

I think you will find no set average and you will see varying amounts. Lets face it, some of us our gifted and others are not.

Answer 7

24/7

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