Getting to maybe : how to excel on law school exams / Richard Michael Fischl, Jeremy R. Paul.
2023
KF283 .F57 2023 JOBS
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Getting to maybe : how to excel on law school exams / Richard Michael Fischl, Jeremy R. Paul.
Added Author
Paul, Jeremy R., 1956- author.
Edition
Second edition.
Imprint
Durham, North Carolina : Carolina Academic Press, LLC, [2023]
Description
xxxiv, 474 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
Formatted Contents Note
An introduction to the law school exam : you're not in Kansas anymore
DIY: law school done right
Slow learning (a.k.a law school's 3rs: read and re-read)
Briefing a case: it all begins with three little questions
Outlining a statute: six steps along the yellow brick road
Issues as "forks in the road"
Forks in the law: rule vs. counter-rule issues
Forks in the law: competing interpretations of statutes
Forks in the law: competing interpretations of case law
Forks in the facts
Let a thousand issues bloom: "cascading forks"
Preparing for the challenge of issue-spotting exams
Spotting issues in an exam problem
What to do with issues- and what not to do- once you spot them
Policy czars
Multiple choice exams: a course of a different color
Putting maybe to work: exam taking exercises
Preparing for the exam
Writing exam answers
Mistakes to avoid
Frequently asked questions.
DIY: law school done right
Slow learning (a.k.a law school's 3rs: read and re-read)
Briefing a case: it all begins with three little questions
Outlining a statute: six steps along the yellow brick road
Issues as "forks in the road"
Forks in the law: rule vs. counter-rule issues
Forks in the law: competing interpretations of statutes
Forks in the law: competing interpretations of case law
Forks in the facts
Let a thousand issues bloom: "cascading forks"
Preparing for the challenge of issue-spotting exams
Spotting issues in an exam problem
What to do with issues- and what not to do- once you spot them
Policy czars
Multiple choice exams: a course of a different color
Putting maybe to work: exam taking exercises
Preparing for the exam
Writing exam answers
Mistakes to avoid
Frequently asked questions.
Summary
"Getting to Maybe: How to Excel on Law School Exams appears on summer reading lists at countless law schools, and professors often recommend it in first-year courses. The book recognizes that law exams test legal reasoning and that legal reasoning cannot be reduced to any simple "check the boxes" template. It offers a clear, readable, and often humorous guide to how lawyers and judges deploy legal reasoning in real-world disputes and how law professors test such disputes-and the reasoning required to resolve them-on law exams"-- Provided by publisher.
Available in Other Form
Online version: Fischl, Richard Michael. Getting to maybe Second edition. Durham, North Carolina : Carolina Academic Press, LLC, [2023]
Alternate Title
Law School Success Collection for New Students
Call Number
KF283 .F57 2023 JOBS
Language
English
ISBN
9781594607349 (paperback)
1594607346
9781531024369 (epub)
1594607346
9781531024369 (epub)