The complete handbook for students who want to significantly improve their performance in law school. Written from the perspective of a student with a 4.0 GPA, this book offers fresh and unique insights on law school exams by stripping the exam format into a series of repeatable steps and building blocks. It also teaches students how to prepare for exams, instead of preparing for class, with proven time-management, outlining, and case-briefing techniques.

A concise, highly accessible guide to exam success. Provides an insider s view of what professors look for in exam answers, and how exam-taking connects to good lawyering.

In this work, nationally-recognized exam expert Professor Charles Whitebread will teach you the eight secrets that will add points to every exam answer you write.

In this work, nationally-recognized exam expert Professor Charles Whitebread will teach you the eight secrets that will add points to every exam answer you write.

This book answers the most-asked questions of first, second, and third year law school students. Exam Preparation: How long should my outline be? What should I include in my outline? What secondary sources should I use? Are study groups effective? Should I swap outlines with other students? How do I prepare for open and closed book exams?

This book is practical rather than theoretical where the emphasis is on providing the type of detailed examples necessary to show students precisely "how to do it" and "how to write it."

It answers questions students have as they begin their studies. What is a tort? Hornbook? Should I join a study group? It also explains and gives examples of the best methods for studying and for taking exams. It provides questions and model answers from actual law school exams.

This provides a series of road maps to guide prospective LL.M. students through every step of their journey. From assessing your reasons to acquire an LL.M., to choosing an American law school, meeting financial and immigration challenges, and succeeding in law school and a career in law, the LL.M. Roadmap provides straightforward guidance, along with plenty of checklists and reference sources.

In Legal English, experienced educators and professors answer the needs of law students and non-English speaking lawyers who are unfamiliar with the use of English in legal settings.

This audio lecture on compact disc on law school exam writing teaches the secrets of law school test taking. In this fascinating lecture, Professor Whitebread leads you step-by-step through his innovative system, so that you know exactly how to tackle your essay exams without making point-draining mistakes.

This book answers the most-asked questions of first, second, and third year law school students. Exam Preparation: How long should my outline be? What should I include in my outline? What secondary sources should I use? Are study groups effective? Should I swap outlines with other students? How do I prepare for open and closed book exams?

“Far and away the most concise and pragmatic explanation I have ever seen of the mechanics of law school issue spotter exams.” Prof. Jane Winn

This study aid features an innovative method of content organization. It uses a checklist format to lead students through questions they need to ask to fully evaluate the legal problem they are trying to solve. It also synthesizes the material in a way that most students are unable to do on their own, and assembles the different issues, presenting a clear guide to procedural analysis that students can draw upon when writing their exams.

This book leaves newcomers to criminal law with what they need most: key concepts they can remember!

Designed to teach students the rules of professional responsibility within the specific context of the Multi-State Professional Responsibility Exam, this video course includes either a softcover print book or an eBook, along with 12-month digital access to 14 videos, two practice exams, quizzes, and A Short & Happy Guide to the MPRE.

This book shows first-year students how to approach their torts course so they can master the material with efficiency and focus. Chapters on intentional torts, negligence, strict and products liability, and multi-issue fact patterns show students how to use a step-by-step method that improves their ability to analyze torts problems and to demonstrate their knowledge on the final exam.

This study aid uses a checklist format to lead students through questions they need to ask to fully evaluate the legal problem they are trying to solve. It also synthesizes the material in a way that most students are unable to do on their own, and assembles the different issues, presenting a clear guide to procedural analysis that students can draw upon when writing their exams.

This book offers a succinct, clear, and user-friendly review of federal evidence law. It provides many helpful examples and employs checklists at the end of every chapter. The checklist approach provides an organized way to analyze evidence problems and is particularly helpful for spotting hidden issues. This book’s summaries, sample problems, and checklists offer a systematic process for spotting and resolving evidence problems in class, on your evidence exam, on the bar, and in the real world.

This four hour audio lecture on compact disc on Criminal Law reviews volitional acts, mental states, specific intent, malice, general intent, strict liability, and accomplice liability. It also explains inchoate crimes, impossibility, defenses, insanity, voluntary and involuntary intoxication, infancy, self-defense, defense of a dwelling, duress, necessity, and mistake of fact or law. Also discussed are entrapment, battery, assault, homicide, comon law murder, voluntary and involuntary manslaughter, first degree murder, felony murder, rape, larceny, embezzlement, false pretenses, robbery, extortion, burglary, and arson.

This book will ensure that you will be ready for that final exam by providing guidance in how to analyze and answer the law school issue spotter question.

The purpose of this exercise is to help students—especially first-year students—understand the process of legal analysis and improve their legal writing and legal analysis skills. Specifically, students will work on their ability to apply the law to the facts of a problem.

This is the second lesson of two designed to introduce the first year law student to the basic concepts involved in a contract for the purchase and sale of real estate.

Includes information on taking law school exams with examples of student essays, outlines, legal memoranda, and multiple choice questions.

This provides practical, experience-based advice for students studying or considering studying law.

Before the Paper Chase: The Scholarship of Law School Preparation and Admissions contains the best of the recent qualitative and quantitative research on the law school admissions process.

This book helps students make the transition from their undergraduate experience to law school. Unlike other ''introduction to law school'' texts, Bridging the Gap offers a different approach because it: explains the ''why'' of law, providing students with the context necessary to understand why law school is taught in a certain manner; explains the ''how'' of the law, setting out a step-by-step process that will help students adapt to the law school setting; and explains the ''what'' of the law.

This book equips the loved ones of law students; parents, partners, friends, and relatives; with all the information they need to understand and survive their student's journey through the world of legal education.

Cracking the Case Method provides concise and down-to-earth information on how to succeed in law school by answering these questions and many others.

Outlines the available resources and study-aids and shows how to effectively use new technologies such as websites that distribute outlines, companies that provide MP3s of detailed lectures on first year courses, student-maintained outline banks, recorded lectures, professor podcasts, and PowerPoint slides.

These CDs include lectures for Civil Procedure, Contracts, Criminal Law, Property, Torts. Also, as a bonus, the Law School Exam Writing lecture and a .pdf version of The 8 Secrets of Top Exam Performance in Law School are also included. Save over 20% when purchased as a set.

If students wish to survive and excel in law school, they must approach it correctly. Students also need to understand what professors expect of them, or they will be left behind.

Each part is a unique guide through internal regulations leading to different legal professions. The articles present the academic education system in the field of law and also special requirements and professional exams giving the right/permission to perform legal professions. The reader will see the differences and similarities especially in the European systems of the presented countries.

This Handbook provides a comprehensive guide for college students and high school seniors considering law school. It teaches how to build an undergraduate resume, how to gather information about law school and legal careers, how to prepare for the Law School Admissions Test (LSAT) and how to navigate the pitfalls of the law school application process.

Written for students by a student, this book deals with current issues that law students face, including computers in the classroom, electronic databases, the Socratic method and outlining study tips.

Fifteen law schools have been sued for allegedly reporting misleading employment data. Professor Johnson demonstrates how to find relevant data about a law school and how to analyze over twenty different criteria in assessing whether the school has sufficiently satisfactory outcomes and is, therefore, worth attending. Such a thorough analysis will help prospective students avoid getting ''vanity degrees''--the diplomas that look lovely in a picture frame but that may not make one employable as an attorney.

This all-in-one volume takes the reader from the law school application process, through the bar exam and the graduate's first job. The book begins with ideas on selecting which law schools to apply to, how to improve your chances of gaining admission, and how to decide which law school to attend. The second section of the book takes the reader through each of the three years of law school. The third section discusses how to succeed on the bar exam and the graduate's options in the practice of law.

Law School Labyrinth is designed to help law students maximize their law school experience by offering essential strategies for success. Author Steven Sedberry, who left a 20-year big business career to pursue his law degree, provides a unique perspective on maximizing the law school experience and a no-nonsense approach to planning for the future.

Written by a recent Harvard Law School graduate, this brand-new blueprint for legal accomplishment gets down to specifics with--The law school application process and tips on taking the important LSAT; Selecting a law school, applying for scholarships, and deciding between top-ranked and lower-ranked schools; Making the grade during that vital first year at law school; The best courses to take in second and third years.

This concise handbook focuses on all aspects of law school that are mystifying or tricky or both… including [p]reparing for essay and multiple-choice exams, course selection, time management, applying for jobs and most importantly exam strategies.

Provides research-based learning strategies for law students who learn differently. Students diagnosed with learning disabilities or unique learning styles, may need to outline differently, read cases differently, and approach law school in a more active, engaged, and efficient manner. This book offers learning strategies grounded in empirical research to help law students who learn differently maximize their academic success.

A Short & Happy Guide to Being a Law Student is a must-read whenever worry or doubt creep in. Learn from the unprecedented ten-time recipient of the Professor of the Year award how to be your best in and out of class, how to prepare for exams, how to succeed on exams,how to put your best foot forward in a job interview, how to find teachers to inspire you, what to do in classes that leave you uninspired, how to cope with stress and how to create value in everything you do.

Note-taking--Sharpening your note-taking skills will maximize your study time and improve your grades Your law professor's personality--Understanding it can be to your advantage Study traps--What are they and how to avoid them Memory aids--How classic memory systems work and when you should (and shouldn't) use them The pressures of law school--Effective techniques for handling the pressure from classmates, professors, and reading assignments Taking exams--Nine steps to writing exceptional exam answers.

A Student's Guide to Law School offers a unique balance of insider's knowledge and professional advice. Organized in four parts, the first part looks at tests and grades, explaining what's expected and exploring the seven choices students must make on exam day. The second part discusses the skills needed to be a successful law student, giving the reader easy-to-use tools to analyze legal materials and construct clear arguments. The third part contains advice on how to use studying, class work, and note-taking to find your best path. Finally, Ayers closes with a look beyond the classroom, showing students how the choices they make in law school will affect their career--and even determine the kind of lawyer they become.

Includes samples of authentic law school documents (e.g., exam questions, student outlines, class notes) to present a comprehensive picture of the 1L experience.

The Zen of Law School Success offers a comprehensive approach to succeeding in law school. Zen is about simplicity, balance, knowing your universe, knowing yourself, and staying focused on the path to enlightenment. Similarly, these principles should be the foundation for success in law school, and this book details how to put these principles into practice in order to maximize your ability to have a successful law school career.

In this podcast they share their experiences and insights on time management issues for law school students, preparing for class, how to brief a case, research tips applicable for 1L writing assignments (and the eventual practice of law), how to develop an understanding of the law, and techniques and tips for studying and preparing for the final exam.