I’ve never been one for organizing my Mac, but law school’s gonna require it. Here are five great tips to get folks started. I’d love to hear how other law students do it.
No one really teaches you how to study or how to take notes. Over my undergraduate to my graduate studies I have moved from plain paper notebooks, to exclusive laptop use, to a hybrid of both. It is a difficult problem to solve because everyone has his or her own method: some go lo-fi with [...]
Whether you’re a 1L brining your Mac to law school for the first time, or a returning law student who has just switched to Macintosh, here are some Mac Law Students resources that should get you started on the right foot:
Doublecheck your school’s Exam Software policies.
If you don’t already have a Mac, see the Buying [...]
Devon Whittle, a 4th year Arts/Law major at Melbourne University, posted an informative explanation of how DEVONthink can be a useful tool in importing and sifting through large amounts of information. I could see this being useful for legal writing, advocacy, complex litigation, and policy classes. A year ago I compared DEVONthink Pro to KIT, SOHO Notes, and [...]
I don’t use a CAC reader, so I don’t know if this will be helpful for those of you having trouble using CAC readers with Macs. As Aaron reported earlier, it can be tricky getting them to work properly.
A contact of mine at Apple passed along this document created at the Naval Postgraduate School:Â CAC on a [...]