Study Strategies & Law School Exams

Time Management

ASP Time Management Tips

Time Management Workshop Slides

Tips for Getting Caught Up – Workshop Slides

How to Work with a Study Group (The National Jurist)

LL.M. Outlining & Study Groups Workshop Slides

Avoiding Burnout Workshop Slides

Reading and Briefing Cases

Orin Kerr, How to Read a Legal Opinion: A Guide for New Law Students

Scott Johns, A Few Suggestions for 1L Readers

Sample case briefs: Contracts, Criminal Law, Property, Torts

Outlining

A Quick Guide to Rule Synthesis

A Quick Guide to Outlining

Outlining for Open-Book Exams

Outlining for Closed-Book Exams

Outlining Workshop Slides

LL.M. Outlining & Study Groups Workshop Slides

Legal Analysis

A Quick Guide to IRAC & CRAC

Taking Exams

Practice Questions: Why, When, and How

A Quick Guide to Issue-Spotter Exams

A Quick Guide to Multiple-Choice Questions

A Quick Guide to Policy Questions

Tips for In-Class and Closed-Book-Exams

Exam Workshop Slides

Tips for Getting Caught Up – Workshop Slides

Post-Exam Debrief

How to Learn from Past Exams

Learning from Past Exams Workshop Slides

Rethinking Your Study Strategies Workshop Slides