Over at The Legal Underground there’s some great tips by a real live first-year professor on how not to write an exam. A little late for me this term.
Do not write your law school exam as if you are instant messaging your junior-high lockermate. While recognizing the time pressure you may be under, never, for the love of God, use “u” instead of “you.” Ever. Two exams this semester contained that abbreviation. This is a law school exam, not a Prince album title.
I don’t have my bluebooks back, but I dimly remember my Contracts exam including the phrase “Surely, Sally should skip shopping for sweaters, since she’s seen only signs of scholarship sufficiency” or some such, regarding foreseeable reliance on a promise.