PrepTest 131, Section 4, Question 9
A proficiency in understanding, applying, and even formulating(471 more words not shown)
Which one of the following(9 more words not shown)
- AIn spite of(32 more words not shown)
- BSince the skills(31 more words not shown)
- CAlthough statutes typically(27 more words not shown)
- DIn the theoretical(30 more words not shown)
- ELaw schools generally(23 more words not shown)
Reading the passage
We've already predicted the recommendation: law schools should teach statutory law. The author supports that proposal with better interpretation and synthesis, then answers the objection about regional differences. Look for that recommendation and its reasons.
Working the answers
- A
A standard national curriculum is a new proposal. The author says that useful skills transfer even when the statutes differ, not that every school should teach the same statutory content.
- B
The skills are important, but the author doesn't rank them above case-analysis skills or demand that the relative emphasis be reversed. Adding needed training doesn't require declaring the existing training less valuable.
- CCorrect
This matches our prediction and includes both developed benefits: interpreting individual statutes and understanding how laws work together. Its opening also acknowledges the regional variation addressed at the end.
- D
This focuses on what case-law proficiency does for a student in the current system. The central argument concerns improving that system through statutory training.
- E
The opening does criticize inadequate attention to statutes. But E stops at that problem instead of expressing the proposed improvement, and its claim that schools fail to teach the skills for analyzing legal information is too sweeping. The third paragraph says professors work hard at teaching case analysis.
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