S.O.U.N.D. Advice on Practicing Law School Essay Exams:
As you practice essays and continue honing your writing skills, developing reverse outlines can serve as a helpful exercise. Put simply, a reverse outline is prepared after the fact: after you’ve written an essay, you go back and outline the essay you’ve written, focusing on your writing one sentence and one paragraph at a time. Reverse outlines allow you deconstruct and then re-engineer your answers, and they help you pinpoint where your essays are disorganized or unclear. For example, you may see places where you repeat yourself unnecessarily; places where you leave out pertinent information; and places where a sentence or even an entire paragraph appear to be out-of-place.
Monday, June 22, 2009
Wednesday, June 17, 2009
S.O.U.N.D. Advice for Law School, 6.15.09
S.O.U.N.D. Advice on Civil Procedure Questions:
Remember the five-part test for injunctions. When analyzing whether an injunction should be granted, the court looks at the following five factors:
(1) whether there is an adequate remedy at law (meaning whether money damages would be sufficient to make the plaintiff “whole”);
(2) whether the plaintiff is likely to succeed on the merits of the case;
(3) whether there is an immediate and irreparable injury being suffered;
(4) whether the balance of the harms tip in favor of granting the injunction; and
(5) whether public policy considerations favor granting the injunction.
Remember the five-part test for injunctions. When analyzing whether an injunction should be granted, the court looks at the following five factors:
(1) whether there is an adequate remedy at law (meaning whether money damages would be sufficient to make the plaintiff “whole”);
(2) whether the plaintiff is likely to succeed on the merits of the case;
(3) whether there is an immediate and irreparable injury being suffered;
(4) whether the balance of the harms tip in favor of granting the injunction; and
(5) whether public policy considerations favor granting the injunction.
Saturday, June 6, 2009
S.O.U.N.D. Advice for Law School, 6.8.09
S.O.U.N.D. Issue Spotting--a Property hypothetical to help you prepare for exams:
You see the following: “Seller agreed to sell Blackacre to Buyer. Buyer was to finance the purchase by giving a mortgage to Bank. Bank’s attorney asked Seller and Buyer to appear at the Registry of Deeds for the closing at a designated date and time, and they did so. At the closing, the Bank’s attorney asked Seller if he brought the deed. Seller said yes, and handed the deed to Bank’s attorney. Bank’s attorney reviewed the deed and stated that it appeared to be in order. He asked Seller to sign it, which he did, and then Bank’s attorney notarized the deed. Bank’s attorney then excused himself so he could do a final title rundown, and then record the deed. When he arrived back at the closing table 15 minutes later, he said that everything was fine, and that he had recorded the deed. Buyer neither saw nor touched the deed before it was recorded.”
You should have spotted the following issue: Whether there was valid delivery of the deed?
You should have paid attention to the following buzz words: “Buyer neither saw nor touched the deed before it was recorded.”
You see the following: “Seller agreed to sell Blackacre to Buyer. Buyer was to finance the purchase by giving a mortgage to Bank. Bank’s attorney asked Seller and Buyer to appear at the Registry of Deeds for the closing at a designated date and time, and they did so. At the closing, the Bank’s attorney asked Seller if he brought the deed. Seller said yes, and handed the deed to Bank’s attorney. Bank’s attorney reviewed the deed and stated that it appeared to be in order. He asked Seller to sign it, which he did, and then Bank’s attorney notarized the deed. Bank’s attorney then excused himself so he could do a final title rundown, and then record the deed. When he arrived back at the closing table 15 minutes later, he said that everything was fine, and that he had recorded the deed. Buyer neither saw nor touched the deed before it was recorded.”
You should have spotted the following issue: Whether there was valid delivery of the deed?
You should have paid attention to the following buzz words: “Buyer neither saw nor touched the deed before it was recorded.”
Another School Year Over!
Congratulations to all you overworked law students who made it through another year of law school!
Remember that S.O.U.N.D. preparation makes all the difference when it comes to academic success next year. Check out the 1L BootCamp website for information about study materials that will be released just in time for the new school year!
Remember that S.O.U.N.D. preparation makes all the difference when it comes to academic success next year. Check out the 1L BootCamp website for information about study materials that will be released just in time for the new school year!
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