While the first few chapters are for those who are contemplating attending law school, the bulk of this work provides advice to entering law students. Chapters include Daily Survival in the Classroom, How to Brief Cases, The Course Outline, Preparing for Exams, Taking Exams, Sample Exams, and Writing a Course Paper. Author, after initially giving brief descriptions of first year class subjects, provides an easily read chapter on preparing for class. The Problem Solving Approaches found in the latter fourth of the book provide short outlines of concepts for the first year class subjects.
Authors try to tackle the exam process by breaking it down into discrete analytical components.
Latter third of the book includes chapters on preparing for and writing law exam answers along with a good FAQ chapter and some sample first year subject exam questions and model answers. While this book is certainly not an easy read, it does provide extensive analysis on how to outline for your classes, identify issues, and write exam answers. Also includes sample exam problems and good and bad answers to these problems. Author writes brief chapters on issues such as dealing with first-year law school trauma, teaching methods, study groups, briefing cases, legal reasoning, and preparing for and taking exams. Some of the more valuable chapters describe types of materials found in the Law Library, methods for preparing for class, outlining, study aids, how to prepare for and take the exam.