How to
Outline
It is now getting further into the semester, and you may be
hearing from professors, other students and upper classman that it is now time to
outline. However, if you are like most first years, you are wondering what that
means. You may also be hearing that you do NOT need an outline, and this is untrue.
A student once told me that outlining was "overrated." Naturally, I asked him why he
thought this. His response was "if you take good notes and basically understand what is
going on in class, you do not need an outline." The problem with this logic is that
outlining has nothing to do with how well you read your cases, understand the subject
matter or how neat your notes are. Outlining is taking every piece of information you
have learned and putting it into a Big Picture. Without seeing the Big Picture, you will
NOT be able to answer an exam question well. Remember that exams in law school are
NOTHING like they were in undergrad, which means you have to change the way you study.
Instead of repeating what was in your reading and notes, you have to APPLY what was in
your cases and note, and to d that, you need to get an idea of the big picture. So get on
board with outlining!
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Dear Tania,
I hope everyone is well settled into the semester by now. It is time to start
thinking about outlining and preparing for exams, and in addition, the Febuary Bar
Exam is not far off either. As always, LawTutors is still offering one on one
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FEB 09 Bar Review
It is not too early to start thinking about the February Bar Exam. Yes, it is only
October but starting to plan now can be more effective in the long run.
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