December and January: Exams (First Act) Summary and Analysis

As December begins the One Ls anticipate with dread the exams which will be given after the Christmas holiday. As a way to take away some of the anguish, the law school publishes red books which contain the text of the previous year's final exams. The students scramble to get copies of the coveted books in the hopes of gaining insight into the questions to be posed on this year's exams by the different professors. One of Scott's study group colleagues, Stephen, is obsessed with excellence and determines a plan for a detailed outline and supporting material for the group's study of the Criminal Law class material.

Once more the topic of achieving Law Review enters into daily discussions and students dig into their studies even deeper than before. As Christmas...