The following materials offer advice pertaining to the creation of an authoritative exam answer, as well as, studying for the
exam. All approach the topic with empathy and usually common sense.
REMEMBER: The controlling advice on the proper
style and content of your exam answers will come from the professor teaching the course.
Barber, David
. Answering Law Exams: Power Think: Revolutionary Seven-Step Method to get A's on Essay Exams, 2nd. Rev.
ed. (Silverthorne, Colo.: Winning in Law School, Inc. C1992).
- Provides and explains a 7-step approach to formulating the answers to essay exams. Contains a section on effective
exam-taking techniques. Appendices contain exercises on how to think through essay exam answers.
Burby, William E., ed.
Ballantine's Problems in Law for Law School and Bar Examination Review, 5th ed. (St. Paul: West Pub.
Co., 1975).
- Consists of short essay questions and answers in major areas of law.
Calamari, John D. & Joseph Perillo.
How to Thrive in Law School (Pelham Manor, NY: Hook Mountain Press, 1984).
- Contains recommendations to outlining, preparing for the exam, writing the exam answer. Appendices contain sample
exams and suggested answers.
Davis, J. P.
How to Make It Through Law School: A Guide for Minority and Disadvantaged Students (NY: Conch Magazine,
Ltd., 1982).
- Contains recommendations to outlining, preparing for the exam, and writing the exam answer. Appendix contains sample
exams.
Deaver, Jeff.
The Complete Law School Companion: How to Excel at America's Most Demanding Post-graduate Curriculum
(NY: Wiley, c1992).
- Step-by-step techniques to master outlines and exams. Contains sample exams.
Delaney, John.
How to Do Your Best on Law Exams (Bogota, NJ: Delaney Publications, 1982).
- Contains exam problems and answers. Provides recommendations to answering an essay. Provides recommendations
for outlining.
Frank, Steven J.
Learning the Law: Success in Law School and Beyond (NY, NY: Carol Pub. Group, c1992).
- Provides advice for outlining and studying. Includes recommendations for commercial outlines. Contains a few sample
exam questions with recommendations for composing the answers.
Gillers, Stephen, ed.
Looking at Law School: A Student Guide from the Society of American Law Teachers, 3rd rev. ed. (NY,
USA: Meridian, 1990).
- Contains recommendations for exam preparation, sample exam questions, and suggested answers.
Hegland, Kenney.
Introduction to the Study and Practice of Law in a Nutshell (St. Paul, Mn.: West Pub. Co., 1983).
- Contains recommendations for taking law exams and provides a sample question with model answers.
Kinyon, Stanley W.
Introduction to Law Study and Examinations in a Nutshell (St. Paul, Mn.: West Pub. Co., 1971).
- Provides outlining recommendations. An Extensive portion of the book is devoted to exam-taking. Contains sample
problems with answers and comments in several areas of law.
Langbein, John H.
"Writing Law Examinations", reprinted in West Pub. Co.,
Study Guide and Law Student Helps (St. Paul,
Mn.: West Pub. Co., 1985).
- This pamphlet reprint contains law exam advice from a University of Chicago law professor, including a section of
common errors made on law exams.
Margulies, Sheldon & Kenneth Lasson.
Learning Law: The Mastery of Legal Logic (Durham, NC: Carolina Academic Press,
c1993).
- Provides an overview and introduction into the basic legal principles governing most lawsuits.
Mermin, Samuel.
Law and the Legal System: An Introduction, 2d ed. (Boston: Little, Brown, 1982).
- Appendix I includes a sample exam question and answer with advice from the author.
Munneke, Gary A.
How to Succeed in Law School (NY: Barron's Educational Series, c1989).
- Offers tips on studying for exams and contains sample questions and answers. Appendices contain further sample
questions. This text is amusing too.
Rutter, William.
First Year Law Study: A Survival Manual (Gardena, Calif.: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich: distributed by Law
Distributors, 1978).
- Contains sections on studying and writing for law exams. A pamphlet compliments of Gilbert Law Summaries.
Write the "A" Law Exam Answer (Swampscott, Ma.: Research Associated, 1980).
- KF 283 .Z9W7 1985 Reserve
- Contains recommendations to preparing for and taking an exam. Sample questions and model answers are provided.
Includes practice exam with time restrictions.
