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One of the purposes of this website is to act as a hub, to provide you with quality information supplied by law professors, academic support professionals, law schools,government agencies and commercial enterprises. Links will be added to this page whenever possible, so check back. As you, student, professor, or academic support professional, discover websites of value, please alert us – likewise, if you discover “dead links” please let us know.
Notice the list of "video tutorials" on the right margin of this page. Click those to jump to recommended video presentations from professors around the country.
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Professional Course Outlines These outlines from LexisNexis provide an overview of the essential topics of seven subjects and may be helpful to prepare for class, to organize your notes, and for helping to design your personal course summaries! Here are the subjects covered: Constitutional Law, Contracts, Criminal Law, Criminal Procedure, Evidence, Property, Torts, and Trusts & Estates. |
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Test-Taking Tips from the Authors of "Getting to Maybe" Test-Taking Tips from University of Cincinnati Law School Professors Fischl & Paul. These gentlemen know their stuff. |
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Learning and Remembering Material 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. |
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Mnemonic (Memory) Techniques There's (much, much) more to law school than memorization! However, you do need to learn many definitions, rules and "checklists" by heart in order to function at your personal best level on exams. Here are some mnemonic techniques to facilitate memorization of large quantities of material. |
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Ten Instructions for Briefing Cases “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. |