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How to Study the Law and Take Law Exams (Nutshell Series) [Paperback]

Ann M. Burkhart (Author), Robert A. Stein (Author)

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ISBN-10: 0314065962 | ISBN-13: 978-0314065964 | Publication Date: July 1996

Preparing to Enter Law School; The American Legal System; What Do Lawyers Do?; Thinking Like a Lawyer; First-Year Curriculum; Legal Research and Writing; First-Year Sections; Grading; Finding Your Way Around the Law, Library; Preparing for Class; Socratic Method; Case Method; Briefing Cases; Sample Case Brief; Class Attendance and Participation; Class Notes; Daily Review; Outlining; Sample Outline; Study Groups; Study Aids; Preparing for an Exam; Taking the Exam; After the Exam; Law Student Organizations; Law, School Employment; Pro Bono Activities; Values; Law Journals; Clinical Education; Moot Court; Course Selection; International Programs; Joint Degree Programs; Summer Clerkships; Actual Exam Questions and Model Answers for Civil Procedure, Constitutional Lass', Contracts, Criminal Law, Property Law and Torts.

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Product Details

Paperback: 366 pages
Publisher: West Group (July 1996)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0314065962
ISBN-13: 978-0314065964
Product Dimensions: 7.2 x 4.9 x 0.6 inches
Shipping Weight: 4 ounces
Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #464,462 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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First Sentence:
First of all, congratulations on your decision to study law. Read the first page

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United States, Supreme Court, North Western, Career Services Office, District of Columbia, Law Week, New York, Federal Register, The Bluebook

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Civil Procedure by EZ Rules on 5 pages
Clarence Darrow For The Defense by Irving Stone on page 10
Black's Law Dictionary, Second Pocket Edition by Bryan A. Garner on page 92
The American Lawyer: A Summary of the Survey of the Legal Profession by Albert P. Blaustein on page 8
Thurgood Marshall: His Speeches, Writings, Arguments, Opinions, and Reminiscences (The Library of Black America series) by Mark V. Tushnet on page 9

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