Understanding the Questions and Facts

Understanding the Questions and Facts

Learn how to read, and understand, the fact pattern and the questions, so that you can focus your analysis and avoid wasting valuable time.

Transcript

Welcome to Pre-Writing Part 1: Understanding the Questions and Facts! Pre-writing involves three steps: understanding the questions and facts, spotting the issues, and organizing your answers. In this lesson, we’ll cover step one, understanding the questions and facts. 

We’ve learned that in a standard essay exam, each problem consists of one hypothetical fact pattern and one or more related question prompts. The question prompts will pose the specific legal queries your professor wants...

Lessons

1. Introduction
  • Welcome to Acing Your Law Exam
2. Preparing from Day One
  • The Preparation Marathon
  • The Five Traits of Highly Successful Law Students
  • Reading Cases like a Rock Star
  • Briefing Cases Efficiently
  • Using Class Time Effectively
  • Outlining to Win
  • Catching Up When You're Behind
3. Knowing What to Expect and Keeping Your Focus
  • Common Essay Questions
  • Demystifying the Curve
  • Surviving Exam Season
  • Exam Aftermath: The Final Hurdle
  • Looking Back to Move Ahead
4. Exam Day Strategies
  • Budgeting Your Exam Time Wisely
  • Understanding the Questions and Facts
  • Spotting the Issues
  • Organizing Your Answer
5. Writing Winning Essay Answers
  • The Professor's Expectations
  • The CREAC Format
  • Winning Applications
  • What to Do When You Don't Know
6. Handling Unusual Exam Formats
  • Multiple-Choice Questions (Part 1)
  • Multiple-Choice Questions (Part 2)
  • True-False Questions
  • Open-Book and Take-Home Exams