Professor Delaney's Advice on How to Succeed in Law School

Prepare for the law exam problems you will actually see Identify the exam problem type(s) given by each professor Law professors often present different types of essay exam problems and have different expectations for awarding A’ grades. Identify and concentrate on their choices from their old exams, especially any model answers or examples of ‘A’ [...]

What can I do differently this semester to improve my law school exam performance? Try learning rules with iconic examples. Don’t learn rules abstractly — they have no meaning without facts. Why? Rules are meant to apply only to a limited range of fact situations. They are fact specific. Your iconic fact examples should therefore [...]