One step closer to the light at the end of the tunnel. For those to follow, I hope these help. Be warned though, neither prof allowed you to bring an outline into the exam so any last minute legal revelations..may not be included. But otherwise…this Kung Fu is strong.
Intellectual Property Law
Lape – Fall 09
Book: R. [...]

My 1L year of law school left me with a dozen books that I have yet to open since, in some cases, the first couple weeks of class. Black’s Law Dictionary is one of them. Granted every so often, but not often enough.

Pretty much a staple in terms of pocket reference. The book has been [...]

You don’t need to take professional responsability to take the MPRE. If you’re wise you can learn the rules of conduct, take the exam fairly cold and get perfectly good score. Depending on the state you look to practice in. I believe an 87 will let you practice anywhere. To be perfectly honest, the November [...]

I know I’ve vanished. I apologize with all my lawyering heart. But I return with a gift. Here are the outlines I used to survive my first semester of my 2L year.
To be fair, I won’t be posting from now on as many more outlines as in the past because I’ve taken on a nerdy [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]