Open book : the inside track to law school success

[This book] introduces [readers] to the basic structure of our legal system and to the distinctive features of legal reasoning. To prepare students for exams, the book explains in clear and careful detail what exams are designed to test. It then devotes a single, clearly written chapter to each step of the process of answering exams. It also contains a wealth of material, both in the book and digitally, on preparing for exams.*

Contents

• The what and why of exams

• The missing link

• A system of rules

• Legal reasoning, the common law way

• Connecting classes and exams

• Getting the most out of classes

• IRAC : a framework for analysis

• The pinball method of exam taking

• Issue spotting and issue sorting

• Rules

• Analysis (application)

• Conclusions

• Outlining for exam success

• Make your lists, check them twice

• Tackling other exam formats

• Practice makes perfect

• Exam trouble

• The zen of law school.