This lesson teaches you why, when and how to create outlines when preparing for your law school exams.
Learning Outcomes
On completion of the lesson, the student will be able to:
1. Recognize the importance of outlines as a learning and test preparation tool in law school, thus making the outlining exercise more valuable.
2. Develop outlines during an optimum timeline.
3. Create outlines that offer the student a tool that improves comprehension, synthesis, and exam performance.
Author(s)
Nicole Robin Lefton
Nicole Lefton is an Assistant Professor at the Maurice A. Deane School of Law at Hofstra University, where she is the Director of Academic Support and Bar Exam Preparation. Before joining Hofstra Law, Ms. Lefton was the Senior Director of Academics at Kaplan Bar Review. In addition, she taught Legal Writing and Lawyering Skills at Cardozo School of Law. Ms. Lefton graduated from Vassar College and received her J.D. from Cornell Law School. After graduating from Cornell, she joined the law firm of Rosenman & Colin as a real estate associate. She then joined Brownstone Publishers, a national legal newsletter publisher, where she began as an editor and eventually became editor-in-chief. Ms. Lefton is admitted to the New York State Bar.
Director of Academic Support and Bar Exam PreparationHofstra University School of Law