1. choose the review materials wisely. Less material is better. Have them available as early as possible. 1 to 2 review books, list of latest doctrines and the codal provisions are sufficient for each of the 8 subjects.2. 120 days more or less till September. The minimum target is that all materials are read three times and mastery of the code. Around 40 days per cycle, the first takes longest. 3. Going to the review lectures is a win-loss situation. On one hand you may benefit from the information given during the review, but lose the opportunity to read. Hence, the maxim is to choose the lectures to go to and should have already studied the subject to fully appreciate it.4. Preparing for daily class used to take 2-4 hours a day in fourth year. It feels like freshman year again where prep time for class was 6 to 8 hours of reading. 

I decided to start with remedial law and work backwards to political law (skipped forms and ethics for now). It is true that not starting early in April can cause one to feel stressed. Some of my classmates already finished their first reading of political and labor law and are already deep into tax.

A good rule of thumb is to average around 1.5 to 2 minutes per page which translates to 30 to 40 pages per hour. If I can get 6 hours in, I’ll do about 200-250 pages a day. Sounds great, but I chose Justice Regalado’s Compendium for Remedial law and it’s so daunting to think it’s more than 2000 pages in two volumes.