Law In a Flash: Torts
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I'm a big fan of the Law in a Flash series. These cards make for a great supplemental study aid. The best feature, in my opinion, is the "scenario" questions. These are like mini-fact patterns designed to get you thinking about one particular issue. I've found these to help get my mind around particular topics in a format conducive to an essay style exam (which all of my instructors use). I do wish that the cards had some more "concept w/definition" cards (where one side gives a word, concept, or issue, and the answer side has a rote definition), but it's not a major issue. I also do think that there was a bit too much repetition at times, and the product could have been pared down a bit. But maybe that repetition helps some people, despite annoying people like me.

I purchased 5 supplements for my 1L Torts course (Fall+Spring). This book, Emanuel CrunchTime Torts, which provides master outline and flow-charts. That is what I used the week before exams. The other book that I recommend is The Glannon Guide to Torts, which is a concise version of E&E. The other books were no use to me (Gilbert Torts Law Summaries (too much irrelevant info.), E&E Torts (not relevant to exam and way too long to read throughout semester), and Tort Law Shapo (a hornbook, not on point enough).

Cards came in out or order, some obviously had been drenched in water, still yet others were missing all together. Terrible.

This is a must have study tool for 1st year law students. They are compact and you can study anywhere. I also add any relavent information such as a significant case on the back of the card.

I am not disputing that alot of people were able to do better by using the flash cards. There are better aids out there, however. It is more efficient and likely more effective to use an E+E or Siegel's (or anything else with essays and pre-written "A" answers) and practice writing answers yourself. The answers on the flash cards are seldom, if ever, sufficient for an A in a class and sometimes they are just flat out wrong.

Also, there are like 1000 flash cards which makes it difficult to go through them all quickly. I'm not going to say that nothing beats case briefs and outlines because I don't really do either - but if you aren't gonna do that do ALOT of test prep that includes pre-writing answers, which is something flash cards will not help with.