PROFESSOR SERIES: THE BICE TORTS EXAM

From Arnab Banerjee (banerjee@usc.edu):

What you should remember most about Prof. Bice’s exam is that it is purely substance over style. He is one of the few professors where you can actually answer in outline format and receive as much credit as someone who writes a full essay. That being said it is a real racehorse exam even if you write an outline due to the fact that he has a 45 minute reading time and a 45 minute writing time. Take the 45 minute reading period to not only make an outline, but to mark down which of the issues you believe are the most important, and rank the order of issues you will try to return to if you have the time.

From Drew Gloger (gloger@usc.edu):

How I Prepared - the most important thing that I didn't do was practice enough multiple choice questions. As far as good things I did to prepare, I took a lot of practice tests and became comfortable with the way in which Prof. Bice expected students to respond to the issue spotters. He has a pretty particular formula for how you should structure your answer and I tried to adhere to that format. Also, on the policy question, make sure to touch on all the policy doctrines covered in class, even if they don't fit into answering the problem - just find a way to fit them in somewhere.