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May 13, 2009

An 'Objective' Look at the Law Exam

Substituting first-years' discursive essay exam with multiple-choice or true-false questions may work to a student's (and professor's) benefit, writes Brian Gray.

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By Brian E. Gray

The bane of what is otherwise an engaging and gratifying professional life as a law school professor is the semi-annual task of grading papers. As each semester's final examination period looms, those of us who teach large first-year classes wrestle with the temptation to substitute multiple-choice or true-false questions for the more discursive essay exam. There are good reasons to do so, some of which actually may w...

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