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Law School Exams: Preparing and Writing to Win, Third Edition

Authors
  • Charles R. Calleros
Series / Aspen Coursebook Series
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Law School and Exams: Preparing and Writing to Win, Third Editionis the third edition of a popular book whose first edition Bryan Garner reviewed and judged to be “the best on the market.” It combines:

  1. Clear and comprehensive explanations of study and exam techniques
  2. Numerous illustrative samples that are truly instructive
  3. Twenty in-class exercises or take-home assignments on everything from case briefs to essay and multiple-choice exam questions.

Comprehensive and self-contained, the Third Edition is suitable for use as the textbook for a sophisticated Prelaw course, 1L Orientation, or a 1L Academic Success course. Alternatively, incoming freshmen can work through it independently over the summer to be optimally prepared for law school in the fall.

New to the Third Edition:

  • The latest in learning theory, including focus and engagement, spaced repetition with interleaving, and altering surroundings during study to create mental bookmarks; plus, nine topics relating to mindset, mindfulness, and well-being.
  • Expanded sets of exercises and assignments, including new and improved essay exams and multiple-choice questions.
  • New discussion of time management.

Professors and student will benefit from:

  • The way the book facilitates a flipped classroom:
    • The clear and detailed explanations and illustrations will enable students to prepare well for class, permitting the professor to provide a quick summary of key points before turning to active learning through brainstorming, problem-solving, discussion, debate, and writing exercises.
  • Clear explanations and illustrations for reading assignments and numerous exercises for in-class active learning
  • Sample answers for all in-text exercises in the Appendix for students to check their understanding
  • A major in-text take-home assignment separate from the other in-text materials that can be used to further gauge student’s understanding

Teaching materials Include:

  • Teacher’s Manual:
    • Notes for teaching strategies
    • Sample answer for the major in-text assignment
    • Two essay exam questions with sample answers that can be administered as in-class exams for practice, or as graded exams
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About the authors
Charles R. Calleros
Professor of Law
Sandra Day O#39;Connor College of Law, Arizona State University

Charles Calleros is a professor of law at the Sandra Day O'Connor College of Law at Arizona State University in Tempe, Arizona, where he has taught Legal Method and Writing, Advanced Writing Seminar, Contracts, International Contracts, Civil Rights Legislation, Torts, and Civil Clinic. He has taught Contract Law as a visiting professor at Stanford Law School and Santa Clara University School of Law, and he has taught courses in introductory common law legal method at the University of Paris and the Zhongnan University of Economics and Law in Wuhan, China.

Following graduation from the U.C. Davis School of Law in 1978, Professor Calleros clerked for the Office of Central Staff Attorneys for the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit. He credits his mentors there with stimulating his fascination for legal writing, prompting his request to be assigned to teach in the legal writing curriculum when he entered teaching after completing his term as a Central Staff Attorney and then clerking for Ninth Circuit Judge Procter Hug, Jr. Soon after joining the faculty at A.S.U. in 1981, Professor Calleros began directing writing programs at Phoenix law firms, providing him with concentrated exposure to written advocacy and transactional work. This experience, combined with his clerking with the Court of Appeals and with his teaching of both Contracts and Legal Writing, provided him with a rich combination of perspectives and bases of knowledge that formed the foundation for his textbook, Legal Method and Writing.

Product Information
Edition
Third Edition
Publication date
2021-02-11
Copyright Year
2021
Pages
352
Paperback
9781543825350
Subject
Academic Success , Introduction to Law
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