{"id":53,"date":"2005-05-08T07:36:28","date_gmt":"2005-05-08T12:36:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.law.harvard.edu\/nesson\/2005\/05\/08\/how-to-take-a-law-school-exam\/"},"modified":"2005-05-08T07:36:28","modified_gmt":"2005-05-08T12:36:28","slug":"how-to-take-a-law-school-exam","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/nesson\/2005\/05\/08\/how-to-take-a-law-school-exam\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Take a Law School Exam"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>On Friday last I taught a class on how to take a Harvard Law School exam. I wrote earlier, 4\/25\/05, about the request from Mary Weld to do this. Now it is done. Each student first wrote out an answer to an exam question. Here are audio clips and photographs to give you a sense of what followed. <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/cyber.law.harvard.edu\/nesson\/blog\/wp-content\/introhowtotakeanexam.mp3\" title=\"\" \/><strong>introduction<\/strong><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/cyber.law.harvard.edu\/nesson\/blog\/wp-content\/zenflow.mp3\" title=\"\" \/><strong>zen flow<\/strong><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/cyber.law.harvard.edu\/nesson\/blog\/wp-content\/truestatements.mp3\" title=\"\" \/><strong>beware true statements<\/strong><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/cyber.law.harvard.edu\/nesson\/blog\/wp-content\/readoutloudtofirmyourvoice.mp3\" title=\"\" \/><strong>Read Out Loud to Firm Your Voice<\/strong><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/cyber.law.harvard.edu\/nesson\/blog\/wp-content\/openingstatement.mp3\" title=\"\" \/><strong>opening<\/strong><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/cyber.law.harvard.edu\/nesson\/blog\/wp-content\/organizationalalternatives.mp3\" title=\"\" \/><strong>organizational alternatives<\/strong><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/cyber.law.harvard.edu\/nesson\/blog\/wp-content\/howtoprepare.mp3\" title=\"\" \/><strong>How Best to Prepare<\/strong><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/cyber.law.harvard.edu\/nesson\/blog\/wp-content\/bepresentberealbeappropriate.mp3\" title=\"\" \/><strong>Fear is the Mindkiller<\/strong><\/a><br \/>\n<strong>Play Poker<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/cyber.law.harvard.edu\/nesson\/blog\/wp-content\/exampoker0s.jpg\" alt=\"\" WIDTH=\"210\" HEIGHT=\"158\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/cyber.law.harvard.edu\/nesson\/blog\/wp-content\/exampoker2s.jpg\" alt=\"\" WIDTH=\"210\" HEIGHT=\"158\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/cyber.law.harvard.edu\/nesson\/blog\/wp-content\/exampoker1s.jpg\" alt=\"\" WIDTH=\"210\" HEIGHT=\"158\" \/><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/cyber.law.harvard.edu\/nesson\/blog\/wp-content\/p1010029s.jpg\" alt=\"\" WIDTH=\"210\" HEIGHT=\"158\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/cyber.law.harvard.edu\/nesson\/blog\/wp-content\/p1010031s.jpg\" HEIGHT=\"158\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/cyber.law.harvard.edu\/nesson\/blog\/wp-content\/p1010036s.jpg\" HEIGHT=\"158\" \/><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/cyber.law.harvard.edu\/nesson\/blog\/wp-content\/p1010042s.jpg\" alt=\"\" WIDTH=\"210\" HEIGHT=\"158\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/cyber.law.harvard.edu\/nesson\/blog\/wp-content\/p1010044s.jpg\" HEIGHT=\"158\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/cyber.law.harvard.edu\/nesson\/blog\/wp-content\/p1010051s.jpg\" alt=\"\" WIDTH=\"210\" HEIGHT=\"158\" \/><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/cyber.law.harvard.edu\/nesson\/blog\/wp-content\/p1010045s.jpg\" alt=\"\" WIDTH=\"210\" HEIGHT=\"158\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/cyber.law.harvard.edu\/nesson\/blog\/wp-content\/p1010046s.jpg\" HEIGHT=\"158\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/cyber.law.harvard.edu\/nesson\/blog\/wp-content\/p1010047s.jpg\" alt=\"\" WIDTH=\"210\" HEIGHT=\"158\" \/><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/cyber.law.harvard.edu\/nesson\/blog\/wp-content\/p1010049s.jpg\" alt=\"\" WIDTH=\"210\" HEIGHT=\"158\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/cyber.law.harvard.edu\/nesson\/blog\/wp-content\/p1010043s.jpg\" alt=\"\" WIDTH=\"210\" HEIGHT=\"158\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/cyber.law.harvard.edu\/nesson\/blog\/wp-content\/p1010050s.jpg\" HEIGHT=\"158\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On Friday last I taught a class on how to take a Harvard Law School exam. I wrote earlier, 4\/25\/05, about the request from Mary Weld to do this. Now it is done. Each student first wrote out an answer to an exam question. 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