It is important to remember that neither the law degree nor the GDL focus on memorising the law, rather you will be expected to learn how to
apply the law to a fact pattern.
Not exact matches
In something he calls the Hammurabi Project, Poulshock is writing source code for each
law, which can then be entered into computers and
applied to fact patterns.
Ultimately, the application of these statutes
to the
fact patterns in question require a dozen real human beings on a jury
to apply the
facts that hear testimony about
to the
law and there is no 100 % certain answer.
Especially painful, and very valuable: Analyze the
fact patterns of MBE questions
to make sure you know exactly how the rule of
law applies to the
facts.
Then the applicant has
to apply previously memorized legal rules
to the
fact pattern.37 On the essay portion of the bar exam, applicants rely entirely on rule - based reasoning — the same skill they need for their
law school exams.