Agency & Partnership

I am not normally a fan of strict outline style review for going over subjects for finals. However, Agency/Partnership/LLC is one of those areas that are very rule based. I purchased a competitors explanation book, and found myself relying solely on the Gilbert's outline. There are hardly as many cases to cite or case examples to know in Agency as there are in other areas of law. Knowing just the rules as laid out in this book helped me to know more than enough to do well on my exam.

I really didn't read the text or understood everything that went on in class and only read this, I ended up with a B in the class.

First off, I have found the Gilbert commercial law school outlines to be the best. They also put out the best lectures on tape/CD. However, the index is nearly as bad as Emanuel's. You can't just look up a subject by a word, such as "minors." For instance, if I can't remember whether or not a minor can be an agent, I can't just go to "M" in the index for "minor." I have to try and figure out which category or chapter the authors would have included that information in, and then hope they actually at least put "minor" in the index under the mystery section. These guys expect us to remember that the issue regarding a minor is "capacity," then figure out that "capacity" would be under "creating agencies," for example--which of course is a huge pain when you're exhausted with studying law & your brain is too wiped out to have to go through all that just to look up whether or not a minor can become an agent... That said, when you do finally find the section you're looking for....the outline is written pretty clearly & concisely without giving you all of the previous laws that are no longer relevent, like the Emanuel outlines do, which drives me nuts, too. Before you begin with this outline, though, I suggest you buy yourself a bunch of tab post-its so you can find info easily again, or jot your own index inside the front cover as you go along. Better yet, keep a running outline/notes document on your computer so you can just do a search of your document to quickly find topics/rules without having to spend 1/2 hour trying to figure out where it was in the Gilbert outline again.

The is the standard Gilberts outline book. A little thinner than most, but the content is good. If your professor is extremely socratic like mine was, this is the book for you. Even if the cases don't all match, the ideas are framed in easy to understand outline format. I know people who have kept this book and used it for bar review after graduation from law school!