Financial Aids for Law School
Welcome to law school. Now cough up the cash, please. Just because a school has lecture halls, libraries, and...
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The Socratic Method of Teaching Law
Every law student has heard at least one story about a stodgy professor skewering an unprepared student in...
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Extracurricular Activities and Moot Court
Student organizations gain members through a variety of ways. At some schools, special sign-up days for...
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What to Do If You’re Completely Prepared for Your Law School Class
This is, for obvious reasons, the best scenario. You've done the reading, the professor is going to ask you...
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All About Law Reviews and Journals
Journals (or law reviews) are student-run publications that are home for almost all non-judicial legal...
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Attacking the Reading Getting Through the Legal Assignment
Law schools revolve around the casebook. Before classes start, you will be asked to purchase a number of fat...
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Choosing Perfect Law Classes for You
Thanks to the renowned creativity of the legal profession, you'll be taking the same first-year courses as...
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Making the Most of Law School Class Time Taking Notes
Thanks to the proliferation of laptops, law school students are now able to take down nearly every word of...
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Special Tips for Taking Law Exams
Whether you take time off before going to law school or go directly to law school after college, law school...
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Criminal Law and Criminal Procedure
The glamorous side of the law! Homicides; Miranda rights; Law & Order, O.J., Kato, and Lance. In fact,...
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How Law Students Can Conquer The Fear Of Exams
Law students, especially first-semester law students, often appear to be preoccupied with thoughts about...
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What to Do If You're Not Prepared for Law School Class
Professors have different policies for students who are unprepared. Some simply ask that you provide them with...
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English as a Second Language: Learning Legalspeak
And that brings up something you're going to have to realize right now. The first year of law school is like...
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Thoughts on the First Day of Law School
You sat there, laughing uneasily, while all your college "friends" made two hours' worth of lawyer jokes at...
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What Are Law Review and Law Journals About
Law school is a maker of myths and many of these myths center around the student-run institution of law...
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Tips on Maintaining a Life Outside of Law School
All law students need a life outside of law school, if for no other reason than to stay normal and sane. If...
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How Law Students Must Choose Second- and Third-Year Courses
Generally, your courses will be assigned for you in the first year of law school. However, you will have much...
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Studying for and Taking Law School Examinations
An article on studying may strike you as superfluous. After all, you know how to study, or you would not be at...
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The Dos and Don'ts of Outside Reading Using Study Aids in Law Schools
"A learned fool is one who has read everything, and simply remembered it." -Josh Billings, American Humorist
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Various Other Teaching Methods at Law Schools Apart fromThe Socratic Method
Socratic professors are not the only type of professor (or even most common type of professor) you will be...
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All the Considerations Involved in Part-Time Law School Study
"'Whom are you?' said he, for he had been to night school." - George Ade, Bang! Bang!, "The Steel Box"
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Everything You Wanted to Know about Moot Court
Moot court is generally an extracurricular activity in law school (although some law schools have a mandatory...
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Preparations for Going to Law Classes
An important rule in obtaining the necessary information is "Go to class." As Woody Allen aptly observed,...
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Studying for Law School Exams
Most law school courses have only one exam at the end of the quarter, semester, or year, which may be a...
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Taking Law School Exams
Finally, a few tips on actually taking the exams are in order. These tips are designed to maximize your...
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Use IRAC in Your Law Exam Answers
Answering law school exam essay questions is a specialized skill. Your objectives in answering essay questions...
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Using Outside Sources and Study Aids Effectively
Generally, the vast majority (and many times all) of the material you will need to command in order to do well...
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Creating a Course Outline for Law Students
For each class, we strongly recommend that you create your own course outline based primarily on your notes...
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Few of the Important Study Aids Used in Law Schools
In our opinion, canned briefs are definitely something to avoid. These notoriously inaccurate study aids...
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