Insider Tip: Success on multiple-choice exams isnât just about memorizing rulesâitâs about mastering the nuances and spotting the subtle difference between an almost right answer and the exactly right one.
ChallengeYourself: Set a goal for how many multiple-choice questions youâll complete before midterms in each subject. Then go one level deeperâreview every miss. Understanding why you got a question wrong is where the real learning (and lasting confidence) happens.
Yesterday during a coaching session, a student asked me how to prep for her looming multiple-choice midterm: memorize rules or drill more practice questions?
My answer surprised her: neither.
Thereâs an efficient strategy that does both and moreâand itâs the trick that separates âjust studyingâ from truly understanding how to excel on multiple-choice exams.
Insider Tip: Celebrating grades and rankings mattersâbut so does celebrating the people navigating a law school system that was never designed around the realities they carry.
Challenge Yourself: Given everything youâre balancing, recognize what it took just to make it this far.
There is a version of success in law school that gets celebrated loudly.
Top grades. Awards. Honors. Public recogn...
Insider Tip: Your brain doesnât store what it recognizes when you readâit stores what it retrieves when you ask it.Â
Challenge Yourself: After reading your next case, close everything and explain the key case components without looking. If you canât explain them out loud, donât move on yetâthereâs more learning needed.
Most law students think theyâre âactively readingâ when theyâre really ju...
Insider Tip: Most law students outline inefficiently because they keep the same information they read about each topic in ten different places.
Challenge Yourself: Instead of creating different documents to house the information you're learning, try this: create one outline for every main topic that includes your case briefs, lecture notes, reading notes, and any other information you learn ab...
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