Various Activities during the First Year at Law School
Undoubtedly, most of your time and attention during the first year will be occupied by your classes. There are...
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Everything about Law Exams
Perhaps no subject strikes as much terror into the heart of a law student as exams. In most law school...
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Important Study Aids for Law Students
Study aids are popular with law students for a variety of reasons. The primary reason is that study aids...
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Learning After the Legal Class
Despite the importance of attending classes, most of your learning will occur outside the classroom. An...
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The Socratic Method of Study in Law School
To take you on this journey of discovery, the professors for most, if not all, of your first-year classes will...
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Preparing For Law Class
Your law school classes will be different than any other class you have taken. Rather than reading textbooks...
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Finding Your Way around the Law Library
Legal research is the core of an attorney's practice because of our system of law. The common law system is...
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First-Year Curriculum in Law Schools
The first year of law school is designed to introduce law students to the analytical skills discussed here,...
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The Study of Law
This entire article is intended to be a practical guide to assist you as you begin the study of law. It will...
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Course Selection at Law Schools
The Professional Responsibility course is a required upper-class course at most law schools. Other than that...
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Law Journals, Clinical Education and Moot Court
It is very likely that your law school publishes one or more student-edited journals. The journal may be a...
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Q & A: How to Make the Most of Your Years in Law School
We asked real law graduates and current law students about a topic that is relevant to both prospective and...
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Writing the Exam Answer at Law School
With your outline complete, you are ready to write your answer. Beginning with the first issue, you should...
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Common Errors While Taking Legal Exams
Unfortunately, failing to take notes is only one type of error that commonly occurs in the process of reading...
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Reading the Law Exam for the First Time
The first step is to read the exam instructions carefully.
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Preparing For the Legal Exam
Exam preparation consists of two parts: learning both the substance of the course and the form the exam is...
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Commercial Study Aids for Law Schools
A great variety of commercial study aids are available, and many students use them. Some study aids focus on...
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Computer-Based Exercises in Law Schools
Of the various types of study aids, computer-based exercises provide the most interactive and individualized...
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Classroom Experience in Law School
The hours you spend in law school classes will be among the most intense learning experiences of your life....
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Law School Experience: Class Attendance and Participation
Because the skills taught by the Socratic Method cannot be learned from a casebook, class attendance is...
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Legal Case Method and Reading Cases
During the first year of law school and in many upper-level courses, your professors will use the case method....
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Case Brief Format Used In Law Class and Exam Preparations
There are many different ways to brief a case. You should use the format that is most useful for your class...
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Legislative History, Administrative Law and Legal Periodicals
Whoever first described the common law as the "unwritten law" had never seen a modern law library. The average...
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Treatises, American Law Reports, Law Dictionaries, Thesaurus and Restatements of the Law
A treatise is an in-depth examination of a particular area of law. It can range in size from a single volume...
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Citators, Electronic Research and Your Law Librarian
Each judicial opinion builds on the cases decided before it, and courts always are cognizant of the precedents...
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Studying Case Digests in Law Schools
Knowing how to find cases from their citations is only the beginning of legal research in the library. Often,...
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Studying Case Law in Law Schools
Our system of common law is heavily dependent on previously decided cases. Therefore, most of the reading in...
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First-Year Sections in Law Schools
Most law schools divide the first-year class into several sections of students. You will be assigned to a...
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First-Year Courses in Law Schools
At most law schools, the first-year curriculum includes courses in the following broad conceptual subjects:...
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