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| A Note to Law Students | |
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| Overview | |
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| The Psychological Approach | |
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| Exam Preparation | |
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| Writing the Exam | |
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| Anxiety | |
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| Preparing for Law School Exams | |
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| Study Methods | |
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| Study Groups | |
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| Form a Group With Only Serious Students | |
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| Limit the Number of Members to 4 | |
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| Prepare for the Sessions | |
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| Never Swap Outlines to Avoid Preparing Your Own | |
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| Scheduling Your Time | |
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| What Is an Outline? | |
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| Preparing Your Outline | |
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| What Sources Should You Use? | |
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| The Casebook | |
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| Statutory Materials | |
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| Professor's Materials | |
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| Case Briefs | |
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| Class Notes | |
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| Secondary Sources | |
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| Hornbooks | |
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| Prepared Outlines | |
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| The Choice Is Yours | |
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| What Is Your Objective in Outlining? | |
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| How Long Should Your Outline Be? | |
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| Should You Make Your Outline With Another? | |
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| Preparatory Tasks | |
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| The Outlining Process | |
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| Your Outline Headings Have Already Been Written | |
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| It Is Best to Make Two Outlines-The Index/Index System | |
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| The Hierarchy of Importance | |
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| Material Heavily Emphasized in Class | |
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| Material Briefly or Not Covered in Class | |
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| Material Assigned as Background Reading | |
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| Skim the Whole Course | |
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| Divide the Course Into Logical Units | |
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| Outlining the Logical Unit | |
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| Creating the Index | |
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| Outlining Cases | |
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| Outlining Notes | |
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| Synthesize the Logical Unit | |
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| Repeat the Process | |
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| Ask SAM-Strategic Analysis Memo | |
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| Studying the Outline | |
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| The First Review | |
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| Review Old Exams | |
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| The Next Review/The Mnemonic Device | |
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| The Night Before the Exam | |
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| Writing the Exam | |
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| Fear and Self-Confidence | |
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| Pre-Exam Tips | |
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| Should You Type Your Exam? | |
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| The Psychological Approach-Reprise | |
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| Write Neatly | |
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| Read the Instructions | |
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| Recreate Your Mnemonic Device | |
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| Schedule Your Time | |
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| Intra-Question Scheduling | |
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| Do the Most Heavily Weighted Question First | |
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| Adjust Your Style to the Question | |
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| Planning Your Answer | |
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| Reading the Question for the First Time | |
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| First Determine the "Assignment" | |
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| Read the Entire Question | |
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| A Chart of the Parties Will Help You Identify Issues | |
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| Read the Question for a Second Time | |
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| Outlining the Answer | |
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| Outlining is an Essential Organization Tool | |
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| Do Not Forget the Psychological Approach | |
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| Order the Issues in a Logical Sequence | |
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| Fill in Your Outline With Facts and Analysis | |
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| Your Analysis Need Not Be Extremely Detailed | |
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| Adhere to Stylistic Concerns When Outlining | |
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| Summary of the Answer-Outlining Process | |
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| Issues | |
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| Rules of Law | |
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| Analysis | |
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| Conclusion | |
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| IRAC | |
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| Remember to Watch Your Time | |
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| Write the Answer From Your Outline | |
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| The Order of Your Analysis | |
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| Miscellaneous Exam Tips | |
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| Never Avoid Issues | |
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| Do Not Analyze in Detail Issues Not on the Exam | |
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| You Can Not Discuss All of the Issues | |
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| Maintain Your Style | |
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| Assumptions | |
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| Citation of Cases and Statutes | |
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| Open Book Exams | |
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| Closed Book Exams | |
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| What if You Run Out of Time? | |
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| Humor | |
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| After the Exam | |
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| Sample Exam Questions and Answers | |
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| Torts | |
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| Sample Question | |
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| Chart of the Parties | |
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| List of Issues | |
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| Outline of the Answer | |
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| Answer | |
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| Contracts | |
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| Sample Question | |
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| Factual Outline | |
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| List of Issues | |
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| Outline of Answer | |
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| Answer | |
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| Appendk A | |
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| Sample Skeletal Outline | |
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| Appendix B | |
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| Sample Substantive Outline | |