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Academic Excellence Program: University of Dayton's year-long program to provide academic assistance to non-traditional and minority law students to help them adjust to the demands of law school.

Taking Law School Exams:

The bulk of a law student's grade often comes from the exam. Many students invest time memorizing law, briefing cases, and writing detailed outlines, and procrastinate on concrete exam prep (e.g., researching various materials on how to take a law school exam, closely examining a particular professor's old exams and answers, talking to students who did well on the professor's exam in previous years, taking practice exams, devising a checklist that maximizes exam performance). A student dissatisfied with a grade sometimes recognizes that she studied hard and knew the law well. But many law school exams don't measure who studied the hardest, who memorized the smallest details, or who will be the best lawyer, but instead which students picked up the most points in a finite period of time. Many law professors grade on a curve, and a primary objective is to pick up the maximum number of points relative to classmates. While the materials below are just a beginning (students should consult a variety of sources), law students -- especially first-year law students -- should take it upon themselves to learn the art of performing well on exams.

Preparing for Exams: From Professor Barbara Glesner-Fines, University of Missouri-Kansas City School of Law.
Studying for Exams: From Gilbert Law Summaries.
Writing Law Exams: From Gilbert Law Summaries.
Confronting Your Final Exam: From Carolyn Nygren - FindLaw.
Using Professors' Old Exams to Prepare: From Carolyn Nygren - FindLaw.