Skills as a future litigation lawyer - analyzing and summarizing information?

You read it slowly. You try not to get overwhelmed by the information.

You make notes, preferably a chronology of events, after you've read the documents to help put things in place.

In general, I try to think of the facts of the case as a story and things falling into place accordingly.

In my experience, when I am having trouble keeping the facts of a case in order in my head, it's usually because I didn't read the papers with due care the first time around or I didn't understand some or many of the issues being discussed. Generally reading up on the specific legal instruments/principles being employed helps. However, if I was reading about something very technical, e.g., construction, shipping, tax, etc., my difficulties arise due to unfamiliarity with a lot of the terms being used. There is no easy fix to this other than looking up the industry jargon that I find alien and trying to assimilate the new information as efficiently as possible.

Don't pigeonhole yourself into litigation. There are many other areas of law out there that you may find interesting.