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Page 1: B-Law Success Tips The following tips will help you succeed in this class

B-Law Success TipsB-Law Success Tips

The following tips will help you The following tips will help you succeed in this class.succeed in this class.

Page 2: B-Law Success Tips The following tips will help you succeed in this class

Success tips for B-LawSuccess tips for B-Law• Unlike other courses

• This class is both:– Cut and dry/black and white/right or wrong– And– Subjective, with no “right” answer, multiple

possible interpretations, etc.

• When studying, be sure to master both aspects

Page 3: B-Law Success Tips The following tips will help you succeed in this class

More Success TipsMore Success Tips• Read text before covered in class

• Use slides as structure for your notes

• Take notes from text and class

• When reading, note questions that you have– Ask them in class, or– If they are not addressed in class, ask the

instructor after class

Page 4: B-Law Success Tips The following tips will help you succeed in this class

More success tipsMore success tips• Study with a partner

– Talking about scenarios will help with the subjective application of rules in “grey area” situations

– “Quizzing” each other will give you a good reading on how prepared you are

• Look for real world examples

• Use office hours

Page 5: B-Law Success Tips The following tips will help you succeed in this class

Don’t Overestimate your Don’t Overestimate your understandingunderstanding

• Beware of thinking that you know this material better than you do!– Much “makes sense” when you hear or read it– But….that is not the same level of knowledge

as understanding and being able to apply– This is why studying together and quizzing

each other can be so helpful in this class