Break Into Tax: Exam Tips

Tips on how to prepare for, study for, and take a law school exam! This short video gives tips applicable to exams with various formats, such as multiple choice, short answer, and essay. It focuses on the tax law exam context but many of the tips apply to law school exams generally.

Contents of this video:

• 00:00 - Introduction
• 00:12 - 1. Find Out the Format
• 01:10 - 2. Work Through Practice Problems
• 02:04 - 3. Get Used To Using the Statutes
• 03:06 - 4. Finding Practice Problems
• 04:01 - 5. Taking the Exam
• 04:13 - A. Allocate Your Time
• 04:43 - B. Focus on the Call of the Question
• 05:44 - C. Managing Time During the Exam
• 06:08 - Diagramming Transactions
• 08:20 - Summary of the Exam-Prep Process
• 08:43 - Wrap-Up
• 09:01 - 3 Bullet Points on Taking Exams

For a shorter version Last-Minute Exam Prep, see https://youtu.be/MdEjZ-6jaKw. Our Writing Tips video may also interest you: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h8329.... For grammar tips, see https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dijm4....

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• Christians & Lederman: Should You Get A Tax LLM? (Feb. 24, 2021)
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• Lederman & Christians: Last-Minute Exam Prep (April 24, 2021)
• Lederman & Christians: Tax Papers Unlocked — The Elevator Pitch (May 19, 2021)
• Lederman & Christians: An Overview Of U.S. Federal Tax Controversies (June 21, 2021)
• Lederman & Christians: Tax Papers Unlocked — Rita de la Feria (July 9, 2021)
• Christians & Lederman: How To Read A Tax Statute (July 24, 2021)
• Lederman & Christians: Tax Papers Unlocked — Dan Shaviro (Aug. 2, 2021)
• Christians & Lederman: Tax Careers — The Office Of Chief Counsel And The IRS (August 14, 2021)
• Lederman & Christians: Tax Papers Unlocked — Jon Choi (Aug. 21, 2021)
• Christians & Lederman Launch Season 2 of Break Into Tax (September 18, 2021)
• Lederman & Bearer-Friend: Break Into Legal Academia (September 25, 2021)
• Break Into Tax: Friday The 15th (October 11, 2021)
• Break Into Tax: Talking Tax Careers With The Tax Chick (October 16, 2021)
• Break Into Tax: Tax Papers Unlocked — Victoria Haneman (October 23, 2021)
• Break Into Tax: Exam Tips (November 6, 2021)
• Break Into Tax: Introduction To Deductions (Nov. 20, 2021)
• Break Into Tax: Capital Gains & Losses — An Introduction (Nov. 27, 2021)
• Break Into Tax: The Limitation On Capital Losses (Dec. 4, 2021)
• Break Into Tax: The Capital Gains Preference (Dec. 11, 2021)
• Break Into Tax: The Federal Income Tax Treatment of Debt (Dec. 18, 2021)
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