This is perhaps one of the most annoying skills you’ll have to develop once in law school. You will likely start with several page long briefs and find your way by 2nd semester briefing in your books. Learning what is valuable is a skill.

Early on I created a template for Omnioutliner, the only reason I survived my first year, so I knew what to look for and just fill in the blanks. Don’t stress not all the blanks get filled in every time.

Save the following oo3 file in your Omnioutliner Templates folder as so…

Property

Reed-huff - Spring 08
Book: Rabin, Kwall & Kwall
Case Summaries [Word] - Outline [PDF] - Life Estates [PDF] - Fee Simple [PDF] - Subleases and Assignments [PDF] - Remainders [PDF]

Constitutional Law
Maroney - Spring 08
Book: Stone, Seidman, Sunstein, Tushnet and Karlan, and Chemerinsky
Outline [PDF]

Wiecek - Spring 07
Book: X and Chemerinsky
Outline [PDF]

Criminal Law
Chhablani - Spring 08
Book: Dressler
Case Summaries [Word] - Outline [PDF] - MPC [Word] - Types of Homicide [PDF]

L&P Special Education
Kanter - Spring 08
Book: Field, Kaplan and Clermont
Case Summaries [Word]

Contracts
Ellison - Fall 07
Book: Murphy Speidel and Ayres
Case Summaries [Word] - Outline [Word]

Torts
Kader - Fall 07
Book: Franklin, Rabin and Green
Case Summaries [Word] - Outline [1 PDF] [2 PDF] [Legallines PDF]

Civil Procedure
Colares - Fall 07
Book: Field, Kaplan and Clermont
Case Summaries [Word] - Outline [Word]