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Title: Eight Secrets Top Exam Performance in Law School by Charles H., II Whitebread ISBN: 0-15-900323-7 Publisher: Harcourt Brace Legal & Professional Publications Pub. Date: 01 April, 1997 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $9.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 3.58 (12 reviews)
Rating: 4
Summary: Helpful But Certainly Could Have Been Better
Comment: Charles H. Whitebread's short treatise on how to achieve high grades in law school exams is a bit ambiguous in many instances and does not provide concrete examples of how one might actually outline through the IRAC (issues, rule, analysis, conclusion) method. Yes, he does talk about how one might start writing, but it would have been helpful if he had an actual outline of a real law school exam. If he had done so, I am sure this book would have been much more useful to first year law students who do not have the benefit of knowing what to expect.
However, many of his tips are important: for instance: (1) do not start writing the moment you are able to; instead, outline your case, which may take twenty minutes, and spend the next fourty minutes out of your hour writing in a clear, organized manner. The person who just starts writing without organization will get a poorer grade. (2) He says never to explain why you cannot finish on your test. Some professors won't know you were not able to finish unless you said so. Plus, you get no points for admitting your error, so why bother? (3) As long as you stick to the main points in the course, and don't focus on minute details, you probably will get an A or a B. Sounds good to me.
Michael Gordon
Rating: 5
Summary: Excellent test taking skills development for law students
Comment: I was impressed by the clarity of the explanations of how to take a law school exam. There were no convoluted or complex ideas to digest. I wish I had found the book before my first semester tests...after reading the book I am thinking...so that is what the professors meant about subissues and IRACing them! In conclusion: If you are a first year law student get the book immediately. It will help you in your studies.
Rating: 1
Summary: Waiting for Prof. Whitebread
Comment: As noted by other reviewers, the book is short, and I would add, as useless as it is brief. Wait until the author appears at your school to get a free copy. Spend your money on "Getting to Maybe" or taking the excellent LEEWS exam short-course. You may know the law, but without the ability to express it in the expected format in an organized manner at warp speed, you will find many doors closed to you forever. You will hear Whitebread's truisms a hundred times, but there is too little specificity here to help your performance.
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Title: Acing Your First Year of Law School: The Ten Steps to Success You Won't Learn in Class by Shana Connell Noyes, Henry S. Noyes ISBN: 0837709121 Publisher: William s Hein & Co Pub. Date: November, 1999 List Price(USD): $17.95 |
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Title: Getting to Maybe: How to Excel on Law School Exams by Richard Michael Fischl, Jeremy R. Paul ISBN: 0890897603 Publisher: Carolina Academic Press Pub. Date: June, 1999 List Price(USD): $22.00 |
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Title: Law School Confidential : A Complete Guide to the Law School Experience by Robert H. Miller ISBN: 031224309X Publisher: St. Martin's Griffin Pub. Date: 14 July, 2000 List Price(USD): $17.95 |
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Title: The Complete Law School Companion : How to Excel at America's Most Demanding Post-Graduate Curriculum by Jeff Deaver ISBN: 047155491X Publisher: John Wiley & Sons Pub. Date: March, 1992 List Price(USD): $17.95 |
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Title: How to Succeed in Law School (How to Succeed in Law School, 3rd Ed) by Gary A. Munneke ISBN: 0764113879 Publisher: Barrons Educational Series Pub. Date: 01 May, 2001 List Price(USD): $10.95 |
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