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Developing A Student's "Thought Monitor", Suzanne Darrow Kleinhaus
Developing A Student's "Thought Monitor", Suzanne Darrow Kleinhaus
Suzanne Darrow Kleinhaus
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Why I Teach, Suzanne Darrow Kleinhaus
Using "Forensic Irac" To Teach Students To Write, Suzanne Darrow Kleinhaus
Using "Forensic Irac" To Teach Students To Write, Suzanne Darrow Kleinhaus
Suzanne Darrow Kleinhaus
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The Bar Exam In A Nutshell, Suzanne Darrow-Kleinhaus
The Bar Exam In A Nutshell, Suzanne Darrow-Kleinhaus
Suzanne Darrow Kleinhaus
This edition walks you through the entire bar preparation process from getting a head start during your last year of law school to taking the exam. It provides guidelines for selecting a bar review course, bar planner checklists, advice on how to manage the material you cover in bar review courses, and advice on how to learn the law so you can remember it and use it to answer exam questions. It identifies the basic skills the exam tests and the precise manner in which these skills are tested, showing you how to target your study efforts to maximize results.
The Appropriations Power And Sovereign Immunity, Paul F. Figley, Jay Tidmarsh
The Appropriations Power And Sovereign Immunity, Paul F. Figley, Jay Tidmarsh
Paul Figley
Discussions of sovereign immunity assume that the Constitution contains no explicit text regarding sovereign immunity. As a result, arguments about the existence—or nonexistence—of sovereign im- munity begin with the English and American common-law doctrines. Exploring political, fiscal, and legal developments in England and the American colonies in the seventeenth and eight- eenth centuries, this Article shows that focusing on common-law developments is misguided. The common-law approach to sovereign immunity ended in the early 1700s. The Bankers’ Case (1690– 1700), which is often regarded as the first modern common-law treatment of sovereign immunity, is in fact the last in the line …
Acing The Bar Exam : A Checklist Approach To Taking The Bar Exam, Suzanne Darrow-Kleinhaus
Acing The Bar Exam : A Checklist Approach To Taking The Bar Exam, Suzanne Darrow-Kleinhaus
Suzanne Darrow Kleinhaus
This study aid provides candidates with a complete guide to the bar exam - from pre-planning considerations through bar review and sitting for the exam. Every aspect of the process is explained in detail and by example. The bar exam is deconstructed, section by section, where candidates are led through the steps they need to follow to succeed. Approaches for learning the black letter law, setting study schedules, and answering essay and multiple-choice questions are combined to maximize the likelihood of success. Each of these tasks is then configured into checklist format to help candidates navigate each step.
Mastering The Law School Exam : A Practical Blueprint For Preparing And Taking Law School Exams, Suzanne Darrow-Kleinhaus
Mastering The Law School Exam : A Practical Blueprint For Preparing And Taking Law School Exams, Suzanne Darrow-Kleinhaus
Suzanne Darrow Kleinhaus
Mastering the Law School Exam is designed to provide students with a knowledgeable, reasonable, and rational voice to navigate the intricacies of law school exams. This book is practical rather than theoretical where the emphasis is on providing the type of detailed examples necessary to show students precisely ?how to do it? and ?how to write it.? By working with numerous illustrations in the context of substantive law, students learn to: Fill the gap between what the professor refers to as learning to ?think like a lawyer? and the actual means for doing so. Create a successful path from note-taking …