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Top tips for open book exams (according to many many articles + opinions😅): 1. Don’t highlight everything that’s in your notes / revision guide / textbook. This will make it more difficult to find key information that you really need. The best idea is to highlight information that will be useful to you in the exam so, for example, case names and legal principles... 2. Revise to learn and understand things rather than focusing on memorising as much as possible. The key thing for open book is that memory won’t be as essential as understanding. 3. Try to make notes in a logical way that works for you - either chronological or by grouping the topics together. The most important thing is that it works for you! 4. Learn the material as thoroughly as you would for any ordinary exam - this will save you so much time in the exam as you won’t have to keep flicking through information. 5. Tab and label the textbooks and folders that you are going to take in, this will make it much quicker to find information quickly. 6. Make a contents page so you know where to look quickly. 7. Prepare a condensed set of notes, or a summary of each topic - include the page numbers of where you could find more information if necessary 8. Try to avoid writing out large chunks of information as you won’t have time to read it and may be tempted to copy and paste it into your exams. Hope this all helps✨

traineelawyerdiaries (@traineelawyerdiaries) posted on Instagram May 10, 2020 07:55