Simply re-reading a contract multiple times is not practice; you need to craft drills to work on discrete issues. The best legal reading drills focus on one discrete legal reading technique per drill. For example, you might try identifying conditions and consequences or determining whether a provision is mandatory or permissive. Choose a single clause […]

What to do when you hit a roadblock in learning law So you’ve been studying the basics of law for a few weeks now, but you feel like you’re not really making any progress. The material all seems the same, it’s hard to keep similar concepts straight, and when you try to apply the concepts […]

When you need to make progress every day, it’s harder to read than when you only need to read occasionally. The key to being able to remember legal concepts for the long-term versus quickly forgetting them is to work with your schedule, not fight it. Start by identifying a regular time each day to read […]

The greatest pitfalls in contract negotiation are buried in terms that sound straightforward until money changes hands or a deadline draws near. New practitioners swiftly read over sentences, assuming that terms like “reasonable” or “promptly” share a common-sense interpretation, only to realize later that the meanings differed between parties. The technique to cultivate now is […]