Abandoning the Case Book in favor of the E&E Forum

[Young Marino]

I'm considering doing this for Contracts. I feel I learn the material best from the e&e and what my professor says in class. He usually emphasizes the rule of law in each case and spends a good amount of time doing hypos instead of going over the facts of each case. I have the case summaries book so I figure I'd just use that when I need to refer to a case. Do any of the senior posters have experience with this method? If so, did it work?

[Kratos]

Just one anecdote. best grades I got were in classes I didn't open the casebook and used supplements/old outlines, lower grades were from those I read every case but didn't use supplements. So yeah, do what works best for you.

[BlueLotus]

I wouldn't take short cuts during 1HELL, esp. the fall semester. FWIW, I got an A in Ks thru reading the casebook and supplementing it with class notes and Farnsworth. I did not brief cases beyond the first couple of weeks, as it was a major timesink.

[Jloubriel26]

I have used old outlines in conjunction with the cases in order to understand the Rule of Law. The cases are meant to illustrate how Rules are triggered/Not Triggered into effect.

[JJ123]

Use the E&E, but look at case briefs instead of reading the whole case.

[lolcat]

read the casebook so u know which laws are applicable to your class...

you don't wanna write about stuff not covered in the book or class

[Tom Joad]

No way, Jose. Memorizing the law only teaches you to memorize. Reading opinions teaches you to think like a lawyer.