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1. Attend classes religiously for profs you can follow and understand in class (>90% attendance, literally only miss if you're sick or have competitions on those days). If you can't follow a prof or s/he teaches the exact same matter each year and you have senior's notes, attend the bare minimum required for attendance but do not listen. Sit on the sides/in the back and work on other stuff/read for other subjects.
2. If you have marks for attendance, ignore point 1. Get the full attendance marks in every subject without fail/excuse.
3. Focus on midsems from before. Do not neglect anything that's graded. Everything adds up and you never know how the endsems will go. So start studying seriously (5 hours a day outside of class hours) at least two weeks before midsems and at least three weeks before endsems.
4. Collate everything you need to rote learn/memorise well in advance and focus on mugging, re-mugging etc on the study holidays. Don't catch yourself scrambling for notes at the last minute.
5. Projects/internals matter too. Put in effort into them. I've never known profs to give great marks to anyone rehashing seniors' projects or some paper. (note: if things are different in your college, good for you. I'm just sharing my experience)
6. Ask your seniors where to study each subject from before the semester starts and organise these materials.
7. Do the readings before the classes, for the classes you are honestly attending (refer point 1).
8. Prioritise marks over bullshit moots/ADRs and random post class internships, at least for this semester and the next. You'll get meaningless work at internships in the starting 2 years of law school and their only role is to help you get internships in the future. Instead, focus on studies and rank for now. Having a strong grasp of your starting year subjects will also help later in more complicated subjects. Moreover, you are from a mid level NLU which makes rank all the more important for you to stand out in getting corp internships in the first place in later years.
All the best!