“Can Speed Reading Get You Through Law School?” – what an idea! Check out the November 23, 2008 post (including a short video lecture) on a Canadian blog titled
Law is Cool that shares ideas and techniques to increase the average reading speed from 125-250 words a minute to 500-1000 words a minute. As the author precisely points out, there’s
a lot of reading in law school, so the following is recommended:
- Have your eyes checked
- Time your current reading speed
- Get rid of distractions
- Adjust reading speed depending on the material
- Train yourself not to reread
- Stop reading to yourself
- Read with your hand
- Practice reading blocks of words
- Practice and push yourself
- Time yourself regularly
“Can Speed Reading Get You Through Law School?” – what an idea! Check out the November 23, 2008 post (including a short video lecture) on a Canadian blog titled Law is Cool that shares ideas and techniques to increase the average reading speed from 125-250 words a minute to 500-1000 words a minute. As the author precisely points out, there’s a lot of reading in law school, so the following is recommended: