You emphasize how important it is to memorize key rules of law. What is the best way to memorize?
A. The best way to memorize almost anything is to use the methods the ancient Greeks devised more than 2,000 years ago. Picture a building you know very well, one with a number of windows or a number of columns. Or else imagine yourself walking along a street you know very well, one with different-looking buildings or shops on it. Then take the parts of the rule of law that you are memorizing, and place one part on the first column of the building, or in front of the first shop on your imagined street, the next one on the second column or in front of the second shop, and so on. When you want to remember the rule, go back down the building, or the street. In addition, while you are memorizing, it helps to associate each key part of your rule with images, mental pictures, perhaps of something with a similar sound. Recite the rule from memory, and as you do so, as you walk down the row of columns, or the row of shops, in your imagination, you should also bring to mind the pictures you hav
