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[goosey]

I am in love.

closed book K's and INSANE property exam--got an A- in both. I learned future interests from the law in a flash cards the first two days of reading period...and consistently studied for K's with the cards and am convinced thats why I did well.

the hypos help you memorize the law and make it second nature and I will def use these for all my classes going forward, especially closed book exams.

[romothesavior]

Are those the Emmanuel's flashcards?

[hurldes]

is this what you used?

http://www.amazon.com/Contracts-Law-Fla ... 975&sr=8-1

[swimmer33]

i have them from civ pro 2, and con law. if anybody's interested, PM me!

[jbarl1]

I have the contracts ones if anyone is interested in them just PM me. They are in perfect condition.

[romothesavior]

is this what you used?
http://www.amazon.com/Contracts-Law-Fla ... 975&sr=8-1

If yes, I've gotta say I found them to be pretty worthless (used them for Crim and Property this year).

[yinz]

If yes, I've gotta say I found them to be pretty worthless (used them for Crim and Property this year).

Yup. There are way better supplements out there.

[beach_terror]

is this what you used?
http://www.amazon.com/Contracts-Law-Fla ... 975&sr=8-1

If yes, I've gotta say I found them to be pretty worthless (used them for Crim and Property this year).

Found Law in a Flash to be meh too. I got an A on my Ks closed book exam, FWIW. Whatever floats yer boat though.

[Bobby Dazzler]

For closed book property I took two old outlines and made my own flash cards based on those. I think making them myself and then constantly reviewing them really solidified the material. Got an A.

[jbarl1]

For closed book property I took two old outlines and made my own flash cards based on those. I think making them myself and then constantly reviewing them really solidified the material. Got an A.

I kind of did it the opposite way. I used the contracts law in a flash cards to make my outline and then studied both the cards and the outline. I did like that the cards had hypos and questions too because that was nice for review.

[Bobby Dazzler]

For closed book property I took two old outlines and made my own flash cards based on those. I think making them myself and then constantly reviewing them really solidified the material. Got an A.

I kind of did it the opposite way. I used the contracts law in a flash cards to make my outline and then studied both the cards and the outline. I did like that the cards had hypos and questions too because that was nice for review.

I should add that I took a number of practice test in between reviewing my flash cards. Doing hypos and practice tests are key.

[blsingindisguise]

Didn't like them. They were full of information extraneous to my courses entirely (i.e. better to stick to your professor's coverage) and they test you on useless things like definitions you'd never actually have to recite on an exam.

[zeth006]

Useful info. Haven't had a completely closed book exam yet.

[jbarl1]

Didn't like them. They were full of information extraneous to my courses entirely (i.e. better to stick to your professor's coverage) and they test you on useless things like definitions you'd never actually have to recite on an exam.

They worked well for me because there was a lot of BLL in my class. Also, I skipped over the sections that my professor didn't cover.

[Bronte]

For me it's all about making study materials from scratch. People talk about it as if they've saved so much time by using other law students' outlines or commercial outlines. Personally, I don't really "use" outlines (or flashcards or whatever). I make outlines, and that's pretty much the last time I look at them. It's about realizing that if you make an outline as if you're planning to publish it, you'll know the material like a published author would (not quite, but you feel me). I used supplements lightly first semester and not at all second semester.

[risktaker]

OP did you use the Emanuel flash cards or something else?

[smokyroom26]

I'm glad they worked for you, goosey, but I didn't like the flash cards at all. I used them for Property last semester (both the future interests and real property ones) and abandoned the effort. I did find the future interests ones a bit more useful than the real property ones - since they're like mini-practice problems - but I won't buy again. I know some people who swear by them.

I prefer to make my own. http://www.loopware.com/iflash/ <--- Godsend. Great for people who want the benefits of making their own but are frustrated by pen-and-paper inefficiency/timesink.

[goosey]

OP did you use the Emanuel flash cards or something else?

I used Emanuel flashcards

I skipped over/took out the extraneous ones that we didnt cover. I also used them to help me twek my outline and to create pre-written answers for my property exam.

I tried making my own flashcards first semester and it was a HUGE waste of time (for me, personally) and I think these helped me more because you learn way more from hypos than just writing definitions on a card. The future interests helped a lot because the only way to nail future interests is to practice, and so any time something gives you practice questions with answers/explanations, its awesome.

My K's exam was a closed book race horse--basically a typing contest. I learned the BLL inside out by 1) making my own outline, 2) going through the flashcard deck twice in full, and tweaking my outline, 3) creating condensed outlines, and then 4) going over the "quick review" flashcards the hours leading up to the exam. I also did lots of practice tests. So I totally agree with people on here about making your own study aids--I made all of my own aside from the flashcards. But yeah..if you are going to do your own work and use these on the side, they are awesome