Jim Ghormley is a Faculty Member at the University of Phoenix. The tips he provides in this short video relate to the "SQ3R" method. In1000 Days to the Bar - But the Practice of Law Begins Now, you'll find that this is the exact method I recommend ... adapted to reading and briefing cases.  Listen to what this Professor has to say, then adapt it to your reading and briefing routine.

Test-Taking Tips from University of Cincinnati Law School Professors Fischl & Paul.  These gentlemen know their stuff. 

“The brief,” Southwestern Law School's Professor Paul Bateman explains, “is not an end in itself but, like a hammer, is a tool that lets you nail down a legal concept.”  Rather than setting forth a detailed format for case briefing, Bateman describes the why and wherefore of preparing a brief. To help law students avoid much of the inevitable frustration of their initial briefing experiences, he cautions them never to lose sight of the target: the final examination. By mapping the relationship between case reading, case briefing, classroom discussion, course outlining and exam answering, Bateman provides a very instructive easy to follow set of guidelines.

This advice comes from the College of Law at the University of Idaho.  "As a law student, you must learn and remember (memorize) vast quantities of information. Depending on your personal learning styles, there are many methods you can draw upon to help yourself learn material and then recall it in class, on law school exams, on the bar exam, and even in law practice." Most of the information on this University of Idaho page is based on Professor Michael Hunter Schwartz’s excellent book, Expert Learning for Law Students.