Took my "first" test yesterday so I figured I would post on what goes on during a test. In past posts I have talked about what I actually do for class and studying. All of those tasks culminate in a big test. Midterms are around two hours long and finals usually run around four hours.
All that time before the tests we are reading and studying the rules that come out of each case. Before the tests, for each class, we make an outline, which is a couple pages long that keep track of all the rules and little tests we have learned to make decisions.
During a test we are given the facts of a case. Then depending on the question, we have to write essays about what we would do in each case and what rules apply. Other types of questions ask us to find the most serious charge or what liability a certain character owes. Each of these types or questions are separate essays so there is a lot of writing. You can hand write each essay but generally everyone is typing their essays during the test.
This is probably the last of my “What law school is like” posts. I'll post more interesting things next week about going out and interesting legal debates.
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