Strategies & Tactics for the First Year Law Student (Maximize Your Grades)

Strategies and Tactics for the First Year Law Student gives you a detailed, step-by-step program for surviving the first year of law school. The pressures of law school - Effective techniques for handling the stress created by classmates, professors, Read more >

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Author(s): Lazar Emanuel , Kimm Alayne Walton
Contributions By: Eric S. Lambert , Alex Ruskell
Media: Paperback
Pages: 208
Publish Date: 07/07/2010
Publication Frequency: N/A
Offer Number/PIN: 0735591075
ISBN: 9780735591073
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Product Line: Aspen Publishers

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Strategies and Tactics for the First Year Law Student gives you a detailed, step-by-step program for surviving the first year of law school.

The pressures of law school - Effective techniques for handling the stress created by classmates, professors, and huge reading assignments.
Your law professor's personality - Understanding how your professor thinks can help ensure good grades.
The Internet - Tips for using the Internet as a law school resource.
Study and class preparation - How to make the most of study time and the traps to avoid.
Note-taking - Well-written notes can make reviewing and outlining less demanding.
Effective briefing - The best way to prepare for being called on in class is to learn to extract the important and relevant elements from cases.
Outlining - Successful outlining can improve exam results enormously.
Memory Aids - How class memory systems work and when you should (and shouldn't) use them.
Taking Exams - Comprehensive guidelines for writing exceptional exam answers.

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Chapter 1. Introduction
Chapter 2. The Mind-Set of Success
Chapter 3. Drawing a Bead on Your Professor
Chapter 4. Studying and Class Preparation
Chapter 5. Note-Taking and the Classroom Experience
Chapter 6. Outlining
Chapter 7. Test Preparation
Chapter 8. Test-Taking