Outlines PT 2
If you see the comments in my first outlines post you will see that some of my outlines are somewhat incomplete. This is because I was in the habit of attaching sections of my outline that I deemed less important to the end of the outline, as one page inserts. I did this because I wanted my actual outline printouts to have the most important stuff right up front. So I’m posting the extra outlines for my torts class. If you wanna see any others please let me know and I will post them. Property, for example is one area where I had lots of inserts (but mostly only for statutory stuff).
Intentional Torts Outline — Chamallas
Torts Misc Outline – Chamallas
Torts Reproductive Rights Exam Outline
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November 30, 2011 at 10:52 pm
Hello. I’m a 1L at Harvard, and have Professor Chamallas as a visiting professor this year. (She is awesome!) I’m trying to find some old Torts exams of hers to use in preparation for finals. Any chance you could help? Thanks!
December 1, 2011 at 1:14 am
Hi, glad to hear you’re liking Professor Chamallas. She really is a great professor. She gave us 2 practice hypos last year, but I can’t find them. I think maybe I threw them out with my notes. If they turn up, I will let you know.
Even without her old exams, I don’t think you will be at much of a disadvantage. If I remember correctly her exams seemed pretty typical except for a few minor quarks. First, she gave us all the conflict pairings that she wanted us to discuss (and perhaps even the individual causes of action…though I can’t remember for sure). Second, one of the hypos was on an unusual area — reproductive rights. I posted about that before, but I think it is worth reiterating here. These two quarks aren’t really huge issues if you’re good at legal analysis. For example, I had zero practice with reproductive rights analysis. Yet, I still got an A.
I think the key is really two fold: 1) make sure you craft a top notch outline that is condensed to the essentials, and 2) practice as much as possible with old exams (preferably ones with answers). The Golden Gate School of Law has a good database of old exams with answers. There are some other good ones online too (like Pepperdine), just search around google. I like the GG database more than any other because it has real student answers and many even have professor comments/check marks. Basically, you can actually see what the professor was looking for. It doesn’t matter that GG is TTT either. You need practice more than anything else…don’t discriminate! And as far as I can tell, good analysis is good analysis no matter what school the student is from.
Good luck!
December 2, 2011 at 3:16 am
Thank you! I appreciate it!