An Essay on How to Get Top Grades On Law School Exams

Back in 2007, here at the Volokh Conspiracy, I had a post on how to excel on law school exams. I have heard that the post is still read among law students, so I decided to expand on that post and turn it into a more helpful essay for today's students to read. I finally finished the draft, and I posted it on SSRN yesterday. You can read it here: How to Excel on Law School Essay Exams: A Guide for Students. It begins: This Essay offers guidance on how law students can earn high grades on law school essay exams. It starts with the goals law professors have when writing exams, which then frames what counts as a poor or strong performance. The essay then presents a hypothetical exam question with four answers, and it grades the answers to help explain what makes the different answers better or