Overview of Major Topics Covered:
Introduction; Goals of the First Year of Law School; Before the First Day of Class; Preparing for Class; In-Class Work; Preparing for the Exam During the Semester: Outlining; Use of Study Groups; Preparing for the Exam During the Semester: Assessing Your Weaknesses; Preparing for the Exam Right Before Finals; Taking the Test; How to Write an “A” Paper; How Do Professors Grade; Learning from the Test for Future Classes; Final Comments on Law School

About the Professor:
Professor John S. Dzienkowski holds the John Redditt Professorship in State & Local Government at the University of Texas School of Law. John is a summa cum laude graduate of the University of Miami with a Bachelor of Business Administration and is a high honors graduate of the University of Texas School of Law. While in law school, John served at the Editor-in-Chief of the Texas Law Review, and he received the honors of a member of the UT Chancellors and the Order of the Coif. Professor Dzienkowski began his teaching career at Tulane Law School and joined the Texas faculty in 1988. John has been a visiting professor at the George Washington University School of Law in 1992–1993 and at Cornell Law School in 1995. In Spring 2002, John taught at the University of Florida Levin College of Law as the Hurst Eminent Visiting Scholar, and in Fall 2002, he taught at the University of Alabama School of Law as the Francis Hare Visiting Chair in Tort Law. Professor Dzienkowski teaches and writes in the areas of professional responsibility of lawyers, real property, international energy transactions, and oil and gas taxation. He is widely regarded as one of the most dynamic and effective speakers on topics of professional responsibility and has delivered almost one-hundred ethics presentations to in-house corporate departments, large and small law firms, state bar continuing legal education programs, and law faculties throughout the country.