Students undergoing preparation for law entrance exams often enquire about the s kills that are necessary

for a law student s academic survival in a law school. Whil e the skills are many in number, mastering some of them is necessary as they are indeed helpful in not only ensuring academic survival but in the academic long run as well. So aspiring lawyers must keep in mind the necessity of learning abo ut and mastering such skills because the sooner they start, the better it is. Writing is a major skill that needs to be mastered by students of all academic f ields, and law is not an exception. Students are often required to write Researc h Papers on a given topic during their law school years and without proper writi ng skills, a research paper will resemble nothing but a set of words portraying information, much of which might already be known by the person checking it. Pre sentation of information and research before writing are two major skills that s tudents must work upon before settling down to write a research paper. Students working hard to obtain a legal degree must know that well written resea rch papers are an academic asset and hence must know beforehand the necessary in gredients of a proper research paper. The topic must be chosen carefully and all that a student reads during his or her preparation days can come in handy becau se aspiring lawyers are known to cover a wide range of topics as a part of their preparation and any one such topic can serve as a good research paper topic. Reading continuously is a must as information extracted from any source can be p ut to good use as far as research papers are concerned. Once a topic has been fi nalized, writing a rough draft and showing it to a teacher is necessary as all t he flaws are pointed out, providing immediate scope for correction. The actual j ob of writing the paper should not be done hurriedly and a particular amount of words should be written daily in order to negate any chances of the work remaini ng pending. Immediate revision of whatever is being written also saves a lot of work as revi sing and correcting the errors in a research paper is time consuming and frustra ting.

The threat of the deadline approaching cannot be countered by any possible means and working on a research paper with adequate time in one s hands is a wiser option . The necessary skills and ingredients required to prepare a proper research pap er ought to be a part of an aspiring lawyer s must know about list as preparation fro orehand has always been beneficial.