Reviews of the law school books worth buying and not. The curmudgeons guide to practicing law, mark herrmann. If youre headed to law school, youve likely already heard about the importance of exams. How to excel on law school exams by richard michael fischl, jeremy paul online at alibris. It tells you to identify forks in the facts or law, but thats.
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