In this linguistic study of law school education, Mertz shows how law professors employ the Socratic method between teacher and student, forcing the student to

Publisher Description

A concise, highly accessible guide to exam success. Provides an insider s view of what professors look for in exam answers, and how exam-taking connects to good

Anyone who has attended law school knows that it entails an important intellectual transformation, frequently referred to as "learning to think like a lawyer."

The premise of the book is simple: to teach law students how to be law students. So much time is lost in law school with students trying to learn how to be a la