Download or read book Strategies and Tactics for the First Year Law Student written by Steven L. Emanuel and published by Aspen Publishing. This book was released on 2011-06-08 with total page 287 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Strategies and Tactics for the First Year Law Student gives you a detailed, step-by-step program for surviving the first year of law school. Note-taking--Sharpening your note-taking skills will maximize your study time and improve your grades Your law professor's personality--Understanding it can be to your advantage Study traps--What are they and how to avoid them Memory aids--How classic memory systems work and when you should (and shouldn't) use them The pressures of law school--Effective techniques for handling the pressure from classmates, professors, and reading assignments Taking exams--Nine steps to writing exceptional exam answers The Internet--Useful search engines and websites