While sometimes overwhelming in what they strive to convey, BarCharts have often proven to provide a last-ditch lifeline to students in exams who can't spill forth that mnemonic formula they've been memorizing all week. As a bonus, Blond's include their trademark Hanau charts which do an admirable job of visually bringing together some of the more obtuse concepts in various legal areas. Once again, Blond's Law Guides aren't comprehensive enough to carry you through a course on their own, but they are a great complement to the classroom. While different types of study guides appeal to different types of students, this is even more true for Flashcards, Software and Audio study guides. Some students swear by the memory-strengthening attributes of Flashcards , which are especially popular for those classes, like Evidence and Professional Responsibility, where success is often dependent on memorization of rules.
Students also tout the convenience of Flashcards -i.e.
Evidence Software products, like Gilbert's Casebriefs Software, are also the preferred study vehicle for the more technologically-minded students who praise the ability to print out and organize case briefs keyed to specific textbooks, as well as customize these briefs with their own notes. Property Finally, Audio Study Guide products, like Gilbert's Law School Legends Series, are the products of choice for those students who've found that audio-reinforcement of certain legal topics helps them gain a firmer grasp on concepts that fail to leap off the textbook page. The effectiveness of these products is often dependent on the speaker and the Legends series gets high marks for showcasing speakers who are both tops in their legal areas and are gifted and entertaining lecturers as well. If you're trying to decide between Legalines and Legal Briefs , note that Legalines is more a hybrid of the case brief and law outline where the black letter law is stated and illustrated with the relevant case brief. Hornbooks are formidable legal treatises authored by respected legal scholars that delve about as deep as you could hope to go into any specific legal topic.