Of course, the rules are never applied “in the same way” for everyone; in particular, people with better lawyers tend to get better results. If law school were pass-fail, or if there were no exams at all,[18] then a new ranking of those students would not have to take place, and everyone could leave law school with the same sense of accomplishment that they have when they get the acceptance letter.

And if you are not already besotted with the exhilaration of studying law for the next three years, reading Letters to a Law Student will certainly have you feeling that way!

Finally, although the Stanleys’ reluctance to sell their assets might be relevant in determining whether bankruptcy is a good option for them, it is not relevant to the application of the rule. During law school, she was Note Editor of the Arizona Law Review, a member of the National Moot Court Team, and the winner of the Jenckes Advocacy Competition.

At the end of this exercise, we will have illustrated again what the rule requires and the necessity of identifying facts to fulfill each requirement[42]. Instead of just reading and memorizing, you need to start digging for these rules of law and extracting them from the text. and change the facts in some way, you are asking the teacher to predict what a decision maker might think about these new facts. Most noticeably to me is her ability to make a nuanced and lucid argument on tricky issues such as rape cases, making reference to the grey areas of the law such as different perspectives on what amounts to consent between the defendant and plaintiff.If a court finds that the “value” of the Stanleys’ assets exceeds their debts, the Stanleys can’t file bankruptcy. Letters to a Law Student relays all that a prospective law student needs to know before embarking on their studies.

The first indication of the book's originality lies in its format: a series of 20 letters addressed to a prospective law student, who, by the end of the book, is in possession of a good law degree and contemplating his career as a lawyer.In my view, Letters to a Law Student provides an appreciated offering of strong, concise, practical advice and direction for anyone about to study law at university. It is well written, readable and wholly absorbing…My only regret is that this book of letters was not available to me when I was a student. Interestingly, he explains how studying law ‘is very much like flying a helicopter’ , how ‘reading cases is a bit like riding a bike ’ and teaches readers about the sources of English law by telling us to ‘imagine…standing on a riverbank, watching the river flow by. You learn from your classmates by listening to them in class, by observing their mistakes, by arguing points with them. If a statute requires four elements, you must convince the decision maker that all four elements are represented in the facts of this case to get relief under the rule.