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[thesealocust]

What do you do when your professor asks you to be brief and come to definite conclusions?

Do you still spend a whole bunch of time exploring possible arguments/counterarguments?

It depends?

An important insight is that many professors who hate on long exams do so because a lot of long exams aren't just long, they're also rambling regurgitation of law or fact without analysis. It's exceedingly rare to find a professor who hates long exams intrinsically, but somewhat common to find professors who are tired of people that get nervous and start dumping their outline haphazardly on the page.

Of course, it could happen, so always try to read, respond to, and please your prof.

[JusticeHarlan]

What do you do when your professor asks you to be brief and come to definite conclusions?

Do you still spend a whole bunch of time exploring possible arguments/counterarguments?

It depends?

Credited. Some say this but don't mean it, a few will actually mean it.

Best strategy is always to find a 2L or 3L who had the professor and can tell you what you should be doing on the exam.

[dannynoonan87]

just realized the vehicles in the park example was from the affordable care act opinion....yayyyyy law school

[zworykin]

just realized the vehicles in the park example was from the affordable care act opinion....yayyyyy law school

No vehicles in the park is from 1958.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hart%E2%80%93Fuller_debate

[dannynoonan87]

bump for the 1L gunnaz

[thesealocust]

just realized the vehicles in the park example was from the affordable care act opinion....yayyyyy law school

No vehicles in the park is from 1958.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hart%E2%80%93Fuller_debate

OK, that's hilarious

[thesealocust]

It's that time of year again 1Ls. Good luck!!!

[Cane & Crutches]

It's that time of year again 1Ls. Good luck!!!

I wish I'd seen this earlier. Thank you for posting! It's reaffirming in a sense, but I do wish I'd been able to organize my answers more clearly. I can foresee median pwnage to the extent that I didn't. But who knows. It's time for a(nother) beer.

[hopefuljumbo23]

It's that time of year again 1Ls. Good luck!!!

I wish I'd seen this earlier. Thank you for posting! It's reaffirming in a sense, but I do wish I'd been able to organize my answers more clearly. I can foresee median pwnage to the extent that I didn't. But who knows. It's time for a(nother) beer.

100% agree - wish I had seen this earlier. It does make me feel better about my rambly answers though, because most of the time I was just going back and forth with myself as the original post said. I felt awful after the exam about it though, because I knew I had strayed so far from IRAC. I also threw some missing facts into my analysis, and I don't know how that will play out.

Like Cane says, I definitely foresee median pwnage in my future... but again, like Cane said, who really knows!