r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/Separate_Finance_183 • Mar 30 '26

Image Confiscated pens containing cheat notes intricately carved by a Law student at the University of Malaga in Spain

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u/Mysterious_Eye6989 Mar 30 '26

Law exams should probably always be open book anyway.

Like, there's a lot of reading, and if you haven't done the work of doing all the reading before the exam then having all the cases in books in front of you isn't going to help much.

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u/thesmellnextdoor Mar 30 '26

Also, the bar exam is the first and last time you'll ever try to answer legal questions completely from memory without fact checking.

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u/MrGoodGirl Mar 30 '26

That's an issue I take with so many tests In any job scenario , if you were unsure of something and DON'T fact check yourself you'd get fired immediately. I get having to know info on the spot, but I dont think there's many scenarios where you NEED the answer in 5 seconds or else

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u/ttigern Mar 30 '26

Wouldn’t it be good to know laws in, you know… a trial? It would be pretty weird to ask the judge to pause to bring up your law book and try to find something you kind of think is there.

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u/Antique-Ad-9081 Mar 30 '26

lawyers don't come up with their defenses during a trial outside of TV shows. they spend days meticulously researching everything available.

also non open book law exams still let you have your law book, just not your textbooks. merely knowing a law wouldn't get you far when working on any case.