Time to start preparing for spring exams! Just a few weeks separate you from your summer, and here are some resources to make the most of your remaining study time. Additional recommended strategies and time management tips are available from Thomson Reuters' Law School Survival Guide and the Duke Academic Resource Center's Study Strategies that Work.
First, fill in those outline gaps with study aids, available in print and online via the Law Library. The West Academic Study Aids Library includes Acing, Concepts and Insights, Hornbooks, Nutshells, Black Letter Outlines, Legalines, and Sum and Substance audio. The Aspen Learning Library includes Examples & Explanations, Glannon Guides, and Emanuel Law Outlines. Elgar Advanced Introductions to Law provides accessible yet comprehensive overviews of more than two dozen legal topics, particularly strong in comparative and international areas of law. All three study aid databases can be accessed quickly from the Law Library's Legal Databases & Links page. For help locating study aids on a particular subject, Ask a Librarian. Additional information about available study aids and online tutorials can be found in the Library's guide to Law School Success.
The Library also has access to general exam preparation guides, like those listed on the library orientation guide to Law School Success. Titles like Getting to Maybe: How To Excel on Law School Exams (2d ed. 2023, Reserve KF283 .F57 2023), Mastering the Law School Exam: A Practical Blueprint (2d ed. 2023, KF283 .D37 2023 & online), and Law School Success in a Nutshell: A Guide to Studying Law and Taking Law School Exams (3d ed. 2017, KF283 .B87 2017 & online) provide advice to improve your issue-spotting and analytical abilities. More print and e-book titles can be found in the Duke Libraries Catalog with a subject search for "Law examinations - - United States".
Be on the lookout for more email messages this exam season from the Registrar, the Office of Student Affairs, and Academic Technologies about exam schedules, software, preparation tips, and study breaks! Good luck with your spring exams and summer plans.