DO...
• Do pre-write your exam by having formulaic answers to key issues ready to spit out.
• Do outline your answer using about ten minutes for an hour-long answer.
• Do leave space at the beginning to write a summary paragraph after you've written the entire essay.
• Do jump right into the analysis of the major issues.
• Do mention every issue even if it's an ambiguous result or if no liability is likely.
• Do use every fact as proof or disproof of the validity of a rule.
• Do pay attention to the call of the question.
• Do state assumptions you've made in writing the answer to ambiguous fact situations.
• Do leave your biases at home.
• Do write legibly.
DON'T...
• Don't restate the facts of the problem.
• Don't answer questions the professor doesn't ask about.
• Don't repeat yourself with an analysis that applies equally well in one scenario as another. Make the distinction then refer back to a previous analysis.
• Don't waste time on your outline making it look pretty. You don't get credit for an outline.
• Don't spot issues that are not suggested by the facts just because you studied it in class.
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