Study Guides Online: West Academic

The West Academic Study Aids collection includes legal study aids from the following series: Acing, Black Letter Outlines, Concepts and Insights, Exam Pro, Flash Cards, Gilbert Law Summaries, Hornbooks, Law School Legends Audio, Nutshells, Office Hours, Quick Reviews, Short & Happy Guides, Step-By-Step Guides, and Sum and Substance Audio. 

• Acing Series: (Type: Exam Prep) These titles feature an innovative method of content organization, utilizing a checklist format that leads students through the questions they need to ask to fully evaluate the legal problem they are trying to solve.
• Black Letter Outlines:(Type: Outlines) Offers both a comprehensive outline and a capsule summary for review. Also includes true/false, multiple choice, and essay review questions to help students prepare for final exams.
• Cold Call Companion:(Type: Case Briefs) BARBRI & West Academic’s Cold Call Companion provides you with resources to critically analyze and brief a case, distill the main points of law, prepare for the kinds of questions professors may ask in class, and so much more.
• Concepts and Insights Series:(Type: Hornbook Treatises) These titles provide concise conceptual overviews of the major subjects of law. 
• Concise Hornbook Series: (Type: Hornbook Treatises) This series features concise analyses of fundamental areas of the law by prominent legal scholars. Each text is lightly footnoted and focuses on the core principles and concepts fundamental to understanding the subject matter.
• Exam Pro Series:(Type: Exam Prep) Titles contain sample exams (either multiple choice or essay) with detailed answers that help students understand the correct
  answer while building exam skills.
• Flash Cards: (Type: Exam Prep) The electronic flashcards present objective questions on legal topics covered in law school. Helpful explanations accompany correct answers, providing a way to test your knowledge in black letter law for class and exam preparation.
• Gilbert Law Summaries: (Type: Outlines) Each title provides a detailed, comprehensive outline of the law and a capsule summary perfect for last-minute review.
• High Court Case Summaries: (Type: Case Briefs) Summaries are written to present the essential facts, issue, decision, and rationale for each case in a clear, concise manner. They assist students with identifying and understanding the key takeaways from the cases they read in their casebooks.
• Hornbook Series: (Type: Hornbook Treatises) Hornbooks explain the law in great depth and broaden students understanding with insights into not only the law’s historical development, but also its contemporary issues and future directions.
• Law School Legends Audio Series: (Type: Audio Lectures) Each course is condensed into single lectures and include examples and exam tips. Plus, students get a handout so they can take notes or work problems as they go.
• Law Stories: (Type: Overview) Provides true back stories to select landmark cases, highlighting the legal importance of the specific cases, while expounding upon the concepts illustrated and contextualizing them within the greater body of law.
• Nutshells: (Type: Overview) Narrative-style overviews for nearly all law school subjects. No prep questions.
• Quick Reviews: (Type: Overview) Primarily a “quick review” resource; subjects include practice questions with answers.
• A Short & Happy Guide Series: (Type: Overview) These titles provide a concise and economical explanation of legal principles, practices, and policies in terms students can grasp quickly.
• Sum & Substance Audio Series: (Type: Audio Lectures) Lectures presented by today's leading professors.  Students can listen to lectures anywhere, at their convenience-while commuting, exercising, or even running errands.
• BARBRI: (Type: Bar Exam Prep)   Leading provider of bar exam preparation courses and study materials for law school graduates who are preparing to take the bar exam. BARBRI’s services include live and on-demand lectures, study guides, practice exams, and personalized coaching. Access available through West Academic.