Guides to Studying Law

Law Essentials
Deakin Law School's guide to studying law.

Students sitting in a lecture theatre

A Beginner's Guide to Legal Education
Site by Professor James Enkins, College of Law, West Virginia University

Law School - Materials for Success
2000 article by Professor Barbara Glesner Fines - including a section on outlining and exam preparation

Law School and Stress
1999 article by Professor Barbara Glesner Fines, University of Missouri - Kansas City School of Law

Legal Technique
Articles by Christopher Enright who lectures in the School of Business at the Australian Catholic University at North Sydney. Includes section on answering problems as well as many more resources.

Learning Law - General Resources for the Study of Law
Includes links to pages on study strategies, general study skills and general law student sites and articles

Letter to a Young Law Student
Published in 35 Tulsa LJ 275 (2000) by Professor Corinne Cooper, University of Missouri - Kansas City School of Law

Reading is Critical
Article by Lyndal Taylor, Helen Bonanno, Arlene Harvey and Karen Scouller in University of Technology, Sydney
Law Review, 2001

Teaching and Learning Law - Resources for Legal Education
By Professor Barbara Glesner Fines, University of Missouri - Kansas City School of Law. Includes sections on Teaching Law: For Peer Teachers, Teaching Law: For Faculty, Learning Law: for Law Students and more


Answering legal problems and exam techniques

Briefing Cases: The IRAC Method
PDF Information Guide

IRAC on Examinations
Information at Saint Louis University School of Law. Also information provided on studying law generally

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15th January 2009