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The Eight Secrets Of Top Exam Performance In Law School: An Easy-To-Use, Step-by-Step Program for Achieving Great Grades!
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Professor Charles Whitebread teaches students the eight secrets that will add precious points to every exam answer they write.
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The Eight Secrets Of Top Exam Performance In Law School: An Easy-To-Use, Step-by-Step Program for Achieving Great Grades!
- Paperback: 100 pages
- Publisher: Harcourt Legal & Professional Publications, Inc.; 1997-04-01
- Label: Harcourt Legal & Professional Publications, Inc.
- Studio: Harcourt Legal & Professional Publications, Inc.
- ISBN: 0159003237
- Sales Rank in Books: #526579
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Summary: I got all A's and B's my 1st year employing these strategies 2008-07-16
Comment: Working FT and attending law school PT, I am SO glad I attended the lecture the Dean put on using a video of Professor Whitebread during which he explained the tips in this little book. Working and taking care of a family, I didn't have as much time to study as I needed, so imagine my surprise when grades posted. If you get a chance to see the video lecture, don't miss it. Prof Whitebread's advice is dead on.
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Summary: give ya 1 secret - Don't Waste Your Money on This Book 2008-04-26
Comment: Short and sweet kids, I bought this book right before I started law school. Wow, eight whole secrets on top exam performance? Gotta have this one.
Not giving anything away here, but this is 1L without the actual useful benefit. You can't go to law school with out first going to college. These 8 secrets are what you already know or else you would be flipping burgers instead of getting ready for/are in law school.
I will give you a great secret to law school exams for free - GO ASK YOUR PROFESSOR AND/OR FORMER STUDENTS OF THE PROFESSOR. Law school exams vary from multiple guess to essay to a combo of the two. Ask the prof or ask someone who took the class before.
If you have to bribe either, why not use the money you are thinking about wasting on this book on that venture?
Also this book will be in your law library (free reads folks!) and will likely also be in the collection of about half the eager beaver 1L students in your class. They are losing nothing by letting you read it, so have at it, but save your own dollar for something worthwhile, like an outline...
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Summary: Useless 2005-05-18
Comment: This book does little more than expound the IRAC system, which will get you killed on exams. A much, much better book to get is "Getting to Maybe." Don't waste your time or money on this worthless waste of paper and ink.
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Summary: Read this before taking the exam 2005-01-18
Comment: Professor Whitebread has been teaching for a long time, and of course, he has been to law school as a student. These simple tips will help you prepare to write a better exam answer. These simple tips will also make the difference is how you finish in the class.
His main idea is to apportion your time. Although this seems to go without saying, students still run out of time and neglect to answer all the questions. This is probably the biggest problem students have. From the book, and from my experience, be sure you strictly adhere to the time you set aside.
The professor also discusses what kind of answers you will want to avoid, which is why I wrote the subject line I did here. I made the mistake of reading the book after my exams and realized that I should have rephrased some of my answers. Policy reasons are a necessity in any answer, but the answer must avoid sounding conclusory. The reason for an exam is to explain your answer and show your work, not state what you think is obvious.
I would recommend reading this before going into finals and recommend rereading it before the next set of finals.
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Summary: Short, Sweet, and Effective 2004-10-07
Comment: The quick help is short and effective. It tells you the basics of what you need without going into totally useless topics. Whitebread does a great job of breaking down the IRAC Method that we all love to hate. I would highly recommend reading this in the beginning of your first semester at law school.
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