Remember this is an Issue-spotting Course!

Focus on Issue-spotting

Know the Rules - Knowledge of the law

Organize your answer Use - CRE-CRA

	(Conclusion-Rule-Elements not at Issue) for each problem
	(Conclusion-Rule-Analysis-) for EACH issue.

An issue can be:

	What Theory applies?
	What Rule applies?
	What Elements of the rules are met?
	What exception to rules apply?

Issue-spotting rests primarily on the ability to recognize and recall verbatim knowledge

Use the "Rule of Twos": Law school questions that contain two parallel things of any kind, two parallel parties, two acts, two statements, should always generate answers with two separate lines of analysis

Use a checklist system to help develop the skill of issue-spotting

Make a Concise course summary

	No more than twenty or twenty five items
	Each item has no more than two or three words

Don't get trapped into "plaintiff will argue/Defendant will argue",

Focus as quickly as possible on the most likely result BUT be objective where there are alternative arguments that can be made be sure to make them.

THE BAR EXAM GRADER IS LOOKING FOR OBJECTIVITY.

	Recognize the ambiguities in the fact.
	Do not repeat the analysis where it would be repetitious.
	Merely indicated that the issue has been previously discussed in the essay.
	Point out similarities and differences from the previous discussion
	Be objective, if there are clear alternative arguments, defenses, etc. discuss them.

Passing the Bar
Professor Vernellia Randall

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