Getting To Maybe: How to Excel on Law School Exams

Getting to Maybe should be required reading on every law student's list! The authors take the mystery out of writing great law school exams. They tell you what the professor wants, and how to deliver that message. I wish I had had this book in law school. I spent the better part of 3 years wondering which coins the professors flipped to give grades. This book also is helpful for anyone taking a bar examination. The investment of $19.95 is a great deal!

No other essay-writing guide can compare in substance or style to this remarkable book. Writing with a rare combination of clarity and creativity, its authors carefully methodize law school essay writing without trivializing the difficulties of those students for whom good essay writing remains persistently elusive.

As a former student of Michael Fischl, I am not surprised that his eloquence and charisma extend to his written words as well as his lectures.

--written by someone who has been there, done that, and has even read all the available law school test taking guides

Getting to Maybe is a Godsend. Even for those of you who've already finished first-year, it's well worth getting.

I am the author of Planet Law School: What You Need to Know Before You Go--but Didn't Know to Ask. Unfortunately, Getting to Maybe was first published in 1999, a year after PLS, so I could not recommend it in PLS. Hence this posting, now. Even though the authors and I are competitors, and our books are published by different firms, I urge all law students to get Getting to Maybe. (For one thing, the authors' critique of the IRAC model is succinct and devastating.)

If you take doing well in law school (and becoming a good attorney) seriously, this book is a necessity.

It's so well-written that I had to force myself to put it down, and ended up reading it in just two sittings, of several hours each.

The earlier review, about the teaching of Tantric Yoga, in exactly right. With Getting to Maybe, the secrets are secret no more.

I not only struggled to learn how to take law school exams myself, but I also taught others how to do it for years. This book lays out the legal reasoning process in a way that is accessible and interesting. Legal scholars as well as students will find this book enlightening and fascinating.

If you have taken a class on legal reasoning or even a basic logic class, you do not need this book. On the other hand, it is very readable and will quell some of your law school stress. You may be better off studying. For a good law school prep book look for Jeff Deaver's guide.