Cover Page; Title Page; Copyright Page; Dedication; Acknowledgments; Summary of Contents; Table of Contents; Introduction; 1. You Know More Than You Think You Know, but You Need Direction; 2. Why Students Do Poorly Their First Year; 3. Stop Worrying What to Do and Use This Book as a Checklist; 4. Things You Don't Need to Worry About; A. Law School Static; B. The Grading Curve; C. Class Participation; D. Your Intelligence; E. Accommodations; FIRST SEMESTER; Week One; 1. Make a Set Schedule; A. The Goals of a Schedule; i. Keeping on Track; ii. Keep You Studying Enough; Iii. Using Your Time Effectively.

B. How to Put Your Schedule Together; C. Now Try to Follow the Schedule to the Letter (You Will Evaluate How Effective It Was Next Week); D. Alternative Schedule Idea; 2. Social Events; A. You Need Friends; B. Significant Others; C. You'll Get Weird; D. These People Will Know You in Practice; E.A Caveat
Don't Overdo It; 3. How to Read a Case; 4. Brief Each Case; A. What's the Point of a Case Brief?; B. What Parts You'll Need for Class; C. Parts You'll Need for Exam; 5. How to Take Notes; A. Taking Your Notes; B. Reviewing Your Notes.

6. How to Approach Legal Writing Week Two; 1. Evaluate Schedule; A. How to Figure Out Where Your Time Is Going; B. What to Do If You Get Off Schedule; i. Getting Sick; ii. Children; 2. Continue to Brief; 3. Ask and Answer Relevant Questions in Class; A. The Importance of Participation; B. How to Approach a Professor's Office Hours; C. Preparing to Meet Your Professor During Office Hours; 4. Review Your Notes; 5. Consider a Study Group; A. What a Study Group Is for, and How to Avoid Conflicts; B. Study Group Contract; Week Three; 1. Evaluate Schedule.

A. Add Study Group Time to Your Schedule (If You Join One)B. Add Outlining Time to Your Schedule (Discussed Below); 2. Continue to Brief; 3. Start Your Outlines; A. What Is the Point of an Outline?; B. What Should You Include in Your Outline?; i. What Your Instructor Communicates as Important; ii. Black Letter Law with Elements and Exceptions; iii. Any Instructions About Analysis Skills; iv. Examples and Non-Examples of Each Concept; v. Question Checklists; vi. Memory Tricks; a. You Can Make Up a Sentence to Remember the Elements of a Law.

B. You Can Remember the Necessary Elements with a Wordc. What Information Do You Need from the Cases for the Outline?; d. What Does a Terrible Outline Look Like?; e. What Does a Good Outline Look Like?; f. Commercial Materials/Other Student Outlines; g. How Your Good Outline Will Help on the Exam; 4. Review Your Notes; 5. Legal Writing Assignment to Tutor/Professor; Week Four; 1. Evaluate Schedule; A. Suggestions to Speed Up Your Reading; 2. Continue to Brief; 3. Continue Outlines; A. Complete One Syllabus Section in Each Class; 4. Ask Relevant Question or Go to Office Hours; A. Email.