The following materials at the Taggart Law Library offer advice pertaining to strategies for success in law school, including exam preparation, the creation of authoritative exam answers, and study aids for individual subjects. REMEMBER: The controlling advice on the proper style and content of your exam answers will come from the professor teaching the course.

Click on the links below for more information about individual resources.

Books

Acing Your First Year of Law School: The Ten Steps to Success You Won't Learn in Class, 2nd ed. Shana Connell Noyes & Henry S. Noye. KF283 .N69 2008--Law Reserve

Answering Law Exams: Power Think: Revolutionary Seven-Step Method to get A's on Essay Exams, 2nd rev. ed. David Barber. KF 283.B37 1992--Law Reserve

The Bar Exam in a Nutshell, 2nd ed. Suzanne Darrow-Kleinhaus. KF 303.D37 2009--Law Reserve (multiple copies)

Bridging the Gap Between College and Law School: Strategies for Success. Ruta K. Stropus and Charlotte D. Taylor. KF 283.S77 2001--Law Reserve (multiple copies)

Getting to Maybe: How to Excel on Law School Exams. Richard Michael Fischl and Jeremy Paul. KF 283.F47 1999--Law Reserve (multiple copies)

How to Succeed in Law School, 3rd ed. Gary A. Munneke. KF 283 .M86 2001--Law Reserve

The International Student's Survival Guide to Law School in the United States: Everything You Need to Succeed. Rachel Gader-Shafran. KF 283.G33 2003--Law North

Introduction to the Study and Practice of Law in a Nutshell, 5th ed. Kenney F. Hegland. KF 273 .H4 2008--Law Reserve

Law School Confidential: A Complete Guide to the Law School Experience: By Students, For Students. Robert H. Miller. KF 283.M55 2000--Law North

Law School Exams: Preparing and Writing to Win. Charles R. Calleros. KF 283.C35 2007--Law Reserve

Law School Success in a Nutshell: A Guide to Studying Law and Taking Law School Exams. Ann M. Burkhart and Robert A. Stein. KF 283.B87 2008--Law Reserve

Law School Without Fear: Strategies for Success. Helene S. and Marshall Shapo. KF 386.S22 2002--Law North

Learning the Law: Success in Law School and Beyond, rev. and updated. Steven J. Frank. KF 283 .F73 1997--Law Reserve

Planet Law School II: What You Need to Know (Before You Go)--But Didn't Know to Ask...And No One Else Will Tell You, rev. and updated. Atticus Falcon. KF 283.F34 2003--Law North.

Understanding Law School: An Introduction to the LexisNexis Understanding Series and Tips on How to Succeed in Law School. LexisNexis. KF 283.U54 2004--Law North and Law Reserve (multiple copies)

Wentworth Miller's Legal Essay Exam Writing System, 7th ed. KF 303.M55 2005--Law Reserve (8 CDs w/writing primer and 30 diagrams)

Write the "A" Law Exam Answer, 3rd ed. KF 283 .Z9 W7 1985--Law Reserve

Writing Essay Exams to Succeed (Not Just Survive), 2nd ed. John C. Dernbach. KF 283.D47 2007--Law North and Law Reserve (multiple copies)

Study Aid Series

The Taggart Law Library carries titles in the following series to help with understanding content in specific subject areas (e.g., torts, constitutional law, etc,). To see all the titles we carry in a particular series, click on the links below. You can also search for a particular title by doing a keyword search using the subject and series you are looking for (e.g. "torts AND nutshell" ).

Examples and Explanations Series (Aspen): Titles contain hypothetical questions in the legal subject area along with detailed explanations that allow you to test your knowledge of the topic. Law Reserve and Law North

Hornbook Series (West): One-volume treatises that seek to summarize and explain the law in a specific area; contain detailed anaylsis and footnotes. See also West's Concise Hornbook Series. Law Reserve and Law North

Mastering Series (Carolina Academic Press): Titles designed to help law students easily and efficiently master substance and content of various legal subject areas, with feature designed to improve learning and retention. Law Reserve

Nutshell Series (West): Concise expositions of the law written on over 70 legal topics in a a compact format for convenient reference. Law Reserve (most current edition) and Law North (older editions)

Questions and Answers Series (LexisNexis): Multiple choice and short answer questions and answers on a variety of legal subjects. Law Reserve and Law North

Understanding Series (LexisNexis): Titles provide concise yet comprehensive analysis of the legal subject area to help you prepare for class and exams. Law Reserve and Law North

Law School Success, Exam Preparation, and Study Aids

Books

Study Aid Series