Free LexisNexis Study Aid for First Years

LexisNexis presents its Starting Law School page which has articles on

• How to Read a Law School Casebook
• How to Brief a Case for Class and
• Introduction to the American Legal System

There are also instructions on how to get a FREE study aid, Questions & Answers Series: Torts.

Study aids will help you understand the cases you read in your casebook and synthesize them into a bigger picture of the law in that area.    Some study aids, such as the Question and Answers Series, provide multiple choice and short answer questions of the type professors will ask on an exam, plus answers with detailed explanations.  There are plenty of study aids available at the law library. See our Study Aids guide.

You may also want to take a look at the library’s General Study and Course Preparation Help page, which has links to interactive CALI tutorials on briefing cases, legal analysis and other useful items.