It’s a difficult habit to break, but it can be done. There are books available which have a series of questions at the end of each chapter. Some are texts, but others are fiction – you can usually find them through your local library reading groups. These will help you to focus on the material. But you can use another trick to help you maintain your focus. After you read a sentence, paraphrase it. After you read a paragraph, write a precis of it. While you are reading, underline key words to help keep you on track.

When you finish reading this response, go back and jot down the key words, or paraphrase what I’ve told you.

Learning to read in depth, rather than skim the material, is going to be critical if you truly intend going into law. Law books. torts, and all the legalese that they contain, isn’t highly entertaining reading, but it is very, very important.

Good luck with it.

oh, yeah btw aspiring lawyers also need to have good grammar because you’re screwed in law school if you can’t speak english well.

1. it’s “i do WELL in SCHOOL”, not “i do GOOD in skool.”

2. it’s “i’m CONCERNED”, not “i’m CONCERN”

3. an ellipsis has only three periods (…), no more, no less.

4. it’s “because”, not “cuz”

5. it’s “know”, not “noe”

6. “a lot”, not “alot”.

7. it’s “so do you have any tips for me SO THAT i could…”

8. “bored REALLY fast”, not “bored REAL fast.”

good luck. and work on your grammar as well as your reading skills. 🙂

Have a quiet study area.

Visualize what you are reading.

Read out loud and tape your reading.

Read a book to someone who has trouble seeing

(go to a nursing home perhaps).