Tips to study law : Final Topic

Rather than provide a 'correct model or indeed excerpts from highly graded exam responses which might encourage students into a misleading example of analysis, it has been decided to concentrate on the following vital points in the construction of written responses to law problems:
a. make certain you analyse the question (what it essentially asks)
b. make certain you respond to all of the question
c. start the response by clearly saying what the issue is
d. frame your response from the perspective of the law and then weave the relevant parts of the scenario in (otherwise you may lose yourself in the detail of the 'story')
e. make certain that whenever possible, a relevant authority supports the law issue
f. use the authority with perspective, providing a particular 'angle' to the leading point
g. move from point to point with precision, linking each to the next, setting out the issue, the authority and relevant detail, finishing with a law argument
h. try and ensure that your ending is crisp, to the point, presenting one plausible perspective on the issues entailed in the scenario (not necessarily a 'true' or 'correct' answer but one that shows substantial analysis)
i. make certain that you avoid borrowing language style from textbooks, use your own simple, clear descriptions, keeping your points as precise as possible
j. last, be economical in your use of authority and general quotes - use only what specifically applies and that which adds to your argument