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Today I'll talk quickly and briefly about resources available to you throug hthe library which can help you review a topic you are unsure about, practice answering questions and analyzing issues, and other ways to succeed at your finals.

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‘My professor said don't use study aids at all. Now what?'

Never depend on a study aid or commercial outline alone-- your professor is the one testing you. Treat what you learn in class as superceding any information you use to supplement your study.

The Law Library provides you with access to some of the most widley used study aids and supplements across the U.S. Caveat: Some are good, some are bad, and some of your professors might even test you to see if you consulted the bad ones.So ask your professor what they would suggest FIRSTEach of these is accessible via our A-Z list

Practice Perfect

West Academic Study Aids Collection

Aspen Learning Library

Video reviews and quizzes to help you review and retain knowledge.

Includes audio lectures, commerical outlines, and exam prep resources.

Includes the above plus videos.

Review: Practice Perfect

Videos and Quizzes from Practice Perfect

We'll take a quick look in a moment.

• Registration Required
• Gives you both Practice Perfect & Connected Quizzing access
• Availble for:
• Civil Procedure
• Constitutional Law I
• Constitutional Law II
• Contracts
• Property
• Torts
• Evidence

Review: West ACademic Study AIds

Read or listen

• Registration Required
• Gives you both Practice Perfect & Connected Quizzing access
• Availble for:
• Civil Procedure
• Constitutional Law I
• Constitutional Law II
• Contracts
• Property
• Torts
• Evidence

Practice

Some books available in our collections have practice questions and analyses. Just like with other study aids, check with your professor first. Here are a few examples:

Examples & Explanations

Exam Pro

Connected Quizzing

Thorough chapters ending with detailed short answer questions & samples. Available in Aspen LL

Sets of ~25 questions on each topic. Must be used with caution. Available in West Academic Study Aids

Register same way as practice perfect. Limited subjects which change based on law classes

Examples & Explanations for Contracts, 8th ed.

Here's the kind of questions and explanations you can expect in E&E books. These accompany four more questions at the end of the introductory chapter.

Exam Pro on Civil Procedure

Here's the kind of questions and explanations you can expect in Exam Pro.The explanations of the correct answer are extremely detailed.

Exam Pro on Civil Procedure - answers

Connected Quizzing

Success: Tips and Resources

Personalize your Review Materials

Make it yours!

• Take good notes that make sense to you,
• Write in your books or use electronic note-taking systems for online materials.
• Draw diagrams and pictures, if helpful. (super useful in real property.)
• Add hypotheticals or examples that illustrate a rule in a way that makes sense to you.
• Translate formal rule statements into plain English short phrases to help you learn them.
• Make your own flash cards or personalize flash cards that you buy.

Use Positive Self-Talk

Think of yourself and speak to yourself as someone who can and will succeed

NO: I have crazy test anxiety and I don't know if I'm going to pass this exam.YES: I acknowledge my legitimate fear, but I won't let it prevent me from succeeding because I am an intelligent person who prepared for this exam.

From First-Year Law Students' Exam Success: a Comprehensive Guide

Success: Tips and Resources

Vary your study techniques

Make it amusing when you can.

• Talk through concepts or rules you don’t understand with a friend, study buddy, or mentor (perhaps over coffee). If it is someone who will stay focused and not distract you, the person doesn’t have to have a legal background.
• Set some of your mnemonics, checklists, or summary outlines to music. Memorize rules by singing them to the melody of a popular tune.
• Make charts and diagrams. Include some funny images (perhaps a cartoon that makes you laugh) in your study materials.
• Make a recording of yourself reading key rules out loud. Hearing your own voice confidently stating rules will have an empowering effect, even if you were reading the rules when you made the recording.

From First-Year Law Students' Exam Success: a Comprehensive Guide

Final words

Every person in this room can pass thier exams.

But you have to work for it!

‘ Success usually comes to those who are too busy to be looking for it.’

Henry David Thoreeau

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