Academic Support Services

Harvard Law School strives to ensure the success of each student. If you are having difficulties with your academic studies, please contact Susannah Tobin, Director, First-Year Legal Research and Writing and Academic Support Services, by e-mail (stobin@law.harvard.edu) or phone (617-496-3673), to set up an appointment.

On-campus resources and peer tutoring

Individual advising sessions with Susannah Tobin are available at any time. In appropriate cases, tutoring sessions with upper-class students may be arranged. Advising and tutoring covers class preparation, note taking, outlining, exam prep, and exam taking but does not cover specific subjects. In preparation for your first meeting with Susannah, please collect any model answers or other feedback on your exams from your professors. Bring your own exam answers as well as your model answers/feedback to the first meeting. 

Exam Book Archives

Institute for English Language Programs(Harvard Extension School) for ESL students

University Health Services Programs

Harvard Bureau of Study Counsel

On-line resources

"How to Approach and Take a Law School Examination"
Professor Elizabeth Garrett
University of Southern California

"Writing Law Examinations"
John H. Langbein, Sterling Professor of Law
Yale Law School

"How to Write Good Legal Stuff"
Professor Eugene Volokh, UCLA
Professor Alexander Tanford, University of Indiana-Bloomington

"How to Read a Legal Opinion"
Professor Orin Kerr
George Washington University Law School

CALI lessons on legal writing and law school exams

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Stress Management

"Law School and Stress"
Professor Barbara Glesner Fines
University of Missouri-Kansas City School of Law

"Stress Management"
Martha M. Peters, Ph.D.
University of Iowa

Stress Management (Suffolk University)

Time Management

Time Management (Villanova University)

Note-taking and study skills

"Taking Notes"
Stanford University

"It All Starts with Listening"
University of Pennsylvania

The Cornell Note-taking System