Significantly, studies have shown that information reviewed and learned immediately after class is retained longer and with greater effect. So take at least a portion of the hour you have between classes to synthesize and learn the rules from the day s class. Ask the professor any follow-up questions that you did not have time to ask during class. Discuss answers to the day s hypotheticals with your classmates. All of this will make outlining and exam preparation go much smoother.
Discussion groups have a valuable place in preparing for exams.
While slightly more than half the students used study groups, it s clear that study groups alone are no guarantees of good grades. So meeting together to review legal rules is not an essential component of doing well in law school. If you always study alone and feel like groups break your concentration that s fine. Equally valid are groups where together you clarify the legal rules and exceptions. Preparation within that group is the key to a successful study group.