What Makes a Good Law School Essay?

This is the perennial question posed to law school professors and academic support instructors: What does a good legal analysis look like? More specifically, what distinguishes a good analysis from a poor one? And what distinguishes an average analysis from a good, or...

Analyzing Homicide

Most criminal law rules are straightforward and easy to apply. Most crimes are element-driven, so it is just a matter of stating, defining, and applying the elements of whichever crimes the facts suggest. Homicide, on the other hand, often gives students fits, because...