Law School and Exams Preparing and Writing to

Law School and Exams: Preparing and Writing to Win, Fourth Edition is the fourth edition of a popular book whose first edition Bryan Garner reviewed and judged to be “the best on the market.” It combines:

Clear and comprehensive explanations of study and exam techniques
Numerous illustrative samples that are truly instructive
Twenty in-class exercises or take-home assignments on everything from case briefs to essay and multiple-choice exam questions.

Comprehensive and self-contained, the Fourth Edition is suitable for use as the textbook for a sophisticated Prelaw course, 1L Orientation, or a 1L Academic Success course. Alternatively, incoming 1Ls can work through it independently over the summer to be optimally prepared for law school in the fall.

New to the Fourth Edition:

New material throughout the book from the engaging voice and ASP teaching experience of new co-author, Louis Schulze
The latest in learning theory, including focus and engagement, spaced repetition with interleaving, active learning through hands-on practice; and the importance of mindset, mindfulness, and well-being
New material on strategies for preparing for and taking exams
Discussions of AI in legal practice,
- and in student work when called for in a course, but
- underscoring the necessity of otherwise doing one’s own work as a 1L to develop the required knowledge and skills to later harness, review, and revise AI

Professors and student will benefit from:

The way the book facilitates a flipped classroom:
- The clear and detailed explanations and illustrations will enable students to prepare well for class, permitting the professor to provide a quick summary of key points before turning to active learning through brainstorming, problem-solving, discussion, debate, writing exercises, and formative assessment.
Clear explanations and illustrations for reading assignments and numerous exercises for in-class active learning
Sample answers in the Appendix for all in-text exercises, to help students check their understanding
A major in-text take-home assignment requiring case synthesis, that can be used to further gauge student’s understanding

SUMMARY OF CONTENTS

Contents
Acknowledgments
Introduction

PART ONE SUCCESS IN THE STUDY OF LAW
Chapter 1 Preparing for Law School
Chapter 2 How to “Do” Law School
Chapter 3 The Case Method: Focus on Judicial Opinions
Chapter 4 Reading and Briefing Cases
Chapter 5 Taking and Reviewing Class Notes
Chapter 6 Synthesizing Cases
Chapter 7 Preparing Outlines and Flowcharts

PART TWO SUCCESS IN TAKING LAW SCHOOL EXAMS
Chapter 8 Preparing for Exams with Active Study and Practice
Chapter 9 Getting Primed for the Task
Chapter 10 Techniques Common to All Essay Questions
Chapter 11 Fact-Based Essay Questions with Uncertain Conclusions
Chapter 12 Essay Questions of a Different Kind
Chapter 13 Objective Questions: True-False and Multiple-Choice

Appendix A Sample Case Brief for the Exercise at the End of Chapter 4
Appendix B Sample Syntheses in the Exercises at the End of Chapter 6
Appendix C Sample Answers to Outlining Exercises in Chapter 7, Section III
Appendix D Sample Answers to Exercises Relating to Fact-Based Essay
Questions with Uncertain Conclusions in Chapter 11
Appendix E Sample Answers to Exercises Relating to Essay Questions
of a Different Kind in Chapter 12
Appendix F Answers and Explanations for Exercises Relating
to Objective Questions at the end of Chapter 13

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Law School and Exams Preparing and Writing to Win

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