What Makes a Law School Exam Answer “Good”?

Seems like a no-brainer: Before you can write a successful law school exam answer, you need to know what makes an answer “good.”

Things You’ll Find in a Successful Law School Exam Answer

Here are some characteristics you’ll find in a good law school essay exam answer:

• It raises all the applicable issues in the fact pattern.
• It does not discuss issues not included in the fact pattern.
• It is completed in the allotted time.
• It is clearly written and is easy for the grader to read and understand.
• It contains accurate and concise rule statements.
• It uses IRAC (if the professor wants IRAC).
• It uses headers intelligently, to make the essay easier to read.
• It contains very few typos (typos can be distracting to the grader).
• It conveys a sense of confident mastery.
• It gets to the point and doesn’t ramble.
• It ANSWERS THE QUESTION!

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