Katherine Pang

Law School Basics: Contracts: First Year Katherine Pang

Success in law school is hard work and results from a combination of factors; such as, Memorization of Rules of Law, Application of FIRAC, Analytical Reasoning, and Diligence, Perseverance and Commitment. In this series, you will learn the FIRAC technique, the fundamental and foundational black letter rules of law for the first-year law school subjects, and the keys to sound analytical reasoning techniques. In law school contracts your primary goal is to focus on the substantive principles of Common Law, the Restatement of Contracts, and the Uniform Commercial Code. It is important to remember that in law school contracts the goal is not to teach you the practical principles of contract law but to teach you to think about identifying issues and memorizing the rules of law associated with Contracts so that you can excel on law school exams, and ultimately the Bar exam.