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Study Support for Boston Police Promotion! presented by Law Enforcement Dimensions, LLC John Sofis Scheft, Esq. 7 Central Street, Suite 100 Arlington, MA 02476 781-646-4377 www.ledimensions.com ©Law Enforcement Dimensions-All Rights Reserved. 1 Read this whole document! You will find . . . What LED is Providing for Boston Candidates. Pages 1-4 How to Study the Management Texts. 5- 8 Examination Approach: Ready for Game Day. 9-14 Sergeant Study Plan: Week by Week. 15-18 Lieutenant & Captain Study Plan: Week by Week. 19-22 WHAT LED IS PROVIDING FOR BOSTON CANDIDATES Department-sponsored support We are glad to be back! Law Enforcement Dimensions, LLC (LED) and Attorney Scheft really appreciate Commissioner Willie Gross and the Bureau of Administration & Technology. They have asked us to supply study support lectures and materials to all candidates taking 2019 written examinations for the ranks of Sergeant, Lieutenant, and Captain. The Department is funding our development of quality materials and distributing them to you no later than September 16. As you know, LED and Attorney Scheft have been supporting candidates for detective and/or higher rank since 2002. A new feature this year is that the lectures will also cover the assigned legal manuals, not just the management texts and rules/special orders like in 2014.

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Study Support

for

Boston Police Promotion! presented by

Law Enforcement Dimensions, LLC John Sofis Scheft, Esq.

7 Central Street, Suite 100 ▪ Arlington, MA 02476

781-646-4377 ▪ www.ledimensions.com

©Law Enforcement Dimensions-All Rights Reserved.

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Read this whole document! You will find . . .

• What LED is Providing for Boston Candidates. Pages 1-4

• How to Study the Management Texts. 5- 8

• Examination Approach: Ready for Game Day. 9-14

• Sergeant Study Plan: Week by Week. 15-18

• Lieutenant & Captain Study Plan: Week by Week. 19-22

WHAT LED IS PROVIDING FOR BOSTON CANDIDATES

Department-sponsored support We are glad to be back! Law Enforcement Dimensions, LLC (LED) and Attorney Scheft really appreciate Commissioner Willie Gross and the Bureau of Administration & Technology. They have asked us to supply study support lectures and materials to all candidates taking 2019 written examinations for the ranks of Sergeant, Lieutenant, and Captain. The Department is funding our development of quality materials and distributing them to you no later than September 16. As you know, LED and Attorney Scheft have been supporting candidates for detective and/or higher rank since 2002. A new feature this year is that the lectures will also cover the assigned legal manuals, not just the management texts and rules/special orders like in 2014.

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The lectures will cover all assigned material. Attorney Scheft will lecture on the Boston rules and special orders; the police science (aka management) texts; and the legal manuals in procedure, law, motor vehicle, and juvenile. See chart on pages 3 and 4. The lectures will be included on a thumb drive distributed by the Department, just like the candidates received for the recent Detectives’ examination in 2017. The study support materials will also include practice questions on the management texts and rules/special orders. What’s not included in the Department sponsored materials.

• Candidates are responsible for purchasing the assigned management texts and LED legal manuals and, if they choose, practice questions on the legal subjects. We currently have an online special for our 4 pack “Q Slam!” – thousands of practice questions on the topics of procedure, law, motor vehicle, and juvenile. These question books can also be purchased individually at area police supply stores listed on our website. Go to www.ledimensions.com if interested.

• Candidates are responsible for oral board preparation. For this reason, LED will present its own preparation classes, as it did in 2014, to help officers prepare for the oral portion of the promotional process. Stay tuned! We will provide information about our classes in the coming months.

Philosophy for success You got to have a plan! The most important part of the promotional process is making the commitment to participate. Sit down and decide how much time you are willing to devote, and map out when you can study. Don’t listen to those officers who tell you it’s too late. That’s not true. You can start now and do fantastically well! Pay attention to the forest, then go for the trees. Don’t psyche yourself out by telling yourself that you need to know everything. Follow our study plan to the degree that you can. Too many officers lament the things they did not do. This is a waste of mental energy. If you only have 10 minutes to study, make it a great 10 minutes! A little studying every day is better than massive amounts sporadically. You retain significantly more in short, intense study bursts than you do with marathon sessions. These materials can be difficult. Make a plan to study every day, even for 20 or 30 minutes, and you’ll be better prepared in much less time. Get the correct editions of the management texts and law manuals for your exam preparation. Have the applicable management text or law manual with you when you listen to the lectures. In the meantime, read the sources on your own so the tapes will help reinforce – and go way beyond! − what you’ve already learned.

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HOW TO STUDY THE MANAGEMENT TEXTS Read the management books in the order of priority chapters. They are not novels! You won’t spoil the endings. Master the high percentage material first. If you do nothing else, read all the management priority chapters. Any reading is best done with a three-part process:

• Skim assigned chapters (flip the pages quickly to get an overview);

• Read a chapter really fast – 1 minute per page, no underlining;

• Re-read a chapter with minimal underlining – 2 minutes per page. Don’t overdo underlining. Save that for when you listen to the taped lectures!

If you are pressed for time, read the low priority chapters once quickly, or wait to read them when you get the CD lectures. Here’s LED’s rating of priority chapters:

For Sergeant candidates Managing and Leading Today’s Police (4th ed.)

• High priority: 3, 4, 6, 9, 2, 11, 12, 13

• Low priority: 10, 14, 1, 5, 7, 8 Community and Problem-Oriented Policing (7th ed.)

• High priority: 5, 6, 2, 7, 1, 8, 12, 13, 10

• Low priority: 9, 11, 4, 3, 14

Leadership, Ethics & Policing (2nd ed.)

• High priority: 4, 2, 5, 8, 10, 12, 11

• Low priority: 7, 3, 6, 9, 1, 13

For Lieutenant and Captain candidates

Organizational Behavior & Management in Law Enforcement (4th ed.)

• High priority: 11, 9, 8, 2, 5, 6, 4, 7, 3, 10, 12

• Low priority 1

Leadership, Ethics & Policing (2nd ed.)

• High priority: 4, 2, 5, 8, 10, 12, 11

• Low priority: 7, 3, 6, 9, 1, 13

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By the way, use good reading technique on the law manuals too. It also is best done with a three-part process:

• Skim an assigned chapter (flip the pages quickly to get an overview);

• Just read the “black letter law” – i.e., the bold headings throughout a chapter – and do not underline. Absolute maximum should be 1 minute per page;

• Then make time to read, but only underline the things you did not know (don’t waste time underlining what you already know!) – maximum of 2 minutes per page.

Crucial study keys for management texts The following study keys are designed to help you read the texts effectively. The recommendations are supported by examples of actual questions that have appeared on past examinations. Read for understanding. Gone are the days when you could memorize these books and pinpoint the exact sources for exam questions. Today, examiners paraphrase concepts, or present a brief scenario in which you apply a concept. You are much better off if you read to understand because, even if you do not know the material perfectly, you can usually figure out the correct answer.

• Define words & capture “nuggets” of information. You will notice that I define words from the text books. Sometimes officers will try to memorize book content without understanding the terms used. This makes comprehension difficult. In addition, I talk about focusing on “nuggets” of information – that is, distinct terms or phrases that will trigger your understanding of a whole topic in the book. Many times, just by recognizing a “nugget” within a question, you are able to figure out the correct answer.

• Contemporary question trend is to paraphrase concepts in the book. Answering correctly relies on an overall understanding of the book, not the type of rote memorization that used to be the key to promotional success.

Example: One of the misunderstandings by police officers and administrators concerning Community Policing (CP) is:

A. Most interactions with the police are positive. B. Police officers forget that most citizens have the same attitude they do. C. The police job inherently creates negative attitudes of the police toward

citizens. D. It is easy to implement.

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Note: C, CP 4th ed., pg 308. The source of this question is impossible to locate in the book; page 308 was the best we could do. The way it was written, however, made the answer obvious.

Pay attention to likely sources for questions through active reading. Don’t mindlessly underline and read to the point of exhaustion. You are not going to memorize these books. Instead, read with the critical eye of the examiner. How would you formulate the test questions? Here are some clues:

• Focus on words of distinction: “The best, the most important, the primary . . . The least, the worst . . .” When a concept is singled out, it is easy to make that point the answer to a question. This is the most common tactic of the examiners.

Example: According to Supervision of Police Personnel (SPP), what is the single most important cause of a law enforcement instructor’s ineffectiveness?

A. Aimlessness B. Irrelevant material C. Oversimplification of the subject D. Overloading the student

Note: A, SPP 7th ed., pg 77

• Watch out for words of error: “A common misconception, contrary to popular belief, erroneous belief . . .” The examiners love to focus on this type of information. They know that unprepared officers will fail to absorb this material because it is commonly misperceived. Moreover, this information makes for excellent fake answer choices.

• Watch out for BS! When you read these books, you are bound to come upon information that you disagree with (or worse, think is utter BS). Some information may be different from what your department does under the same circumstances. The natural tendency of human beings -- when they disagree with what they read – is to ignore the information. This is a problem because the examiners frequently feature this type of information on the exam. So we have to discipline ourselves to learn material that we think is stupid . . . or out of date . . . or impractical . . . or irrelevant . . . to begin with.

• Notice alternative terms. Sometimes an author will refer to the same concept with different terms. For example, Iannone in Supervision of Police Personnel refers to a conversation with an upset employee as the “problem solving interview” or the “chaplain interview.” When they have asked a question in the past, the examiners have chosen to use the term “chaplain interview” – even though it is not the main term.

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• Groups of 4: Best choice question. When the examiners see a group of four concepts in a book, all they need to do is define one, then use the other three concepts as the false answers.

Example: According to Police Administration (PA), Rensis Likert analyzed organizations in terms of their traditional versus democratic management. He described this particular style as benevolent authoritative:

A. System 1 B. System 2 C. System 3 D. System 4

Note: B, PA 7th ed., pg 191.

• Groups of 3: Good exception question. The examiners see three concepts together in a book, and all they need to do is make up a fourth “false” concept.

Example: According to Police Administration (PA), there are three considerations on dealing with the officer's decision to terminate a pursuit. All are factors except:

A. Discretional - allow officers to make some decisions. B. Judgmental - allow officers to make all major decisions. C. Restrictive - placing certain restrictions on officers. D. Discouragement - cautioning of discouragement in any pursuit.

Note: A, PA 7th ed., pg 593. “Discretional” was a totally made up term!

Pay attention to diagrams. Diagrams are valuable for three reasons: (1) they are an excellent source of questions; (2) they sometimes have material that is not presented in the text, so they make for a sneaky question should officers overlook them; and (3) they summarize concepts well, which aids comprehension.

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EXAMINATION APPROACH: READY FOR GAME DAY!

Beyond the knowledge accumulated from your study, how well you do will depend heavily on your test taking skills. Review the techniques discussed below. They will help you select the right answer and, equally important, help you avoid sabotaging your correct responses.

Administrative principles

• Do not study one day or, preferably, two days before the test -- at all! It is more important for you to be relaxed and ready to use your mind than it is to cram. Cramming can only confuse you. Go to a movie, exercise, forget about the test. Your mind must be clear. Remember, more mistakes on the exam are due to poor reading, than to a lack of knowledge. A clear mind is a terrible thing to waste!

• Get a good rest two nights before the exam, not just the night before the exam. Also, the morning of the test eat breakfast, but do not have a heavy meal or drink lots of coffee or tea.

• Bring four No. 2 pencils to the test. Do not over sharpen them because it will take

longer to fill in the answer sheet.

• Bring a watch to keep time. You are allowed to have one with you. Dealing with time pressure is a critical aspect of test success.

• Pay careful attention to any instructions provided by exam administrators. You will not get a chance to rectify an error later. The examiners insist that following directions is part of the exam process.

• Respond to every question. There is no benefit to skipping a question. The outcome is the same whether you respond incorrectly to a question or do not respond at all. So, worst case scenario, you might as well guess!

• Respond to every question in order. Do not skip a question. Put a check mark if you want to come back later. Then, if you have extra time, you can review it. I have heard too many stories over the years of officers skipping a question – only to find that they mis-numbered all of their later responses. One officer told me he got a 50 because of this blunder!

• Mark all your answers in your test booklet, then transfer them -- 5 at a time -- to

the answer sheet. It improves your concentration, and the transfer gives you a mental break. Make sure you mention, silently to yourself, the number of the question and the number on the answer sheet so you mark it correctly.

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Performance principles

Remember, on a multiple choice examination. The answer

is always in front of you!

• Take at least four minutes to preview the entire examination before starting to answer a single question.

• The examiners try and intimidate officers in the initial few questions. By looking over the test, you inevitably get a sense of the breadth and scope of the questions. You can relax. You see where there is extensive reading for questions, where the legal questions are, etc. As you preview the test, take several deep breaths.

• Make sure you have the complete examination. Check the examination page by page. Since examination booklets have numbered pages, simply make certain that you have all of the pages.

• Always read all of the choices before you select an answer. Don’t make the mistake of falling into the trap that the best distracter, or wrong answer, comes before the correct choice! Read all choices.

• Never make a choice based on frequency of previous answers. Some students pay attention to the pattern of answers when taking an exam. Always answer the question, without regard to what the previous choices have been.

• Use the process of elimination because some answers are obviously wrong. By removing them from consideration, you have a much better chance of getting the correct answer from the remaining answer choices. For tough questions, it helps to mark any wrong answers with a little “X.” If you have time to come back to the question later, you will not waste time considering answer choices that you already eliminated.

• Read carefully. Many officers find, to their frustration, that while they know the information from the books, they end up making reading comprehension mistakes. Reading the question and answer choices first will help solve this problem. Also, read with an attitude that you are learning this for the first time. That way you will not jump to conclusions the minute you read familiar material. For questions that you do not know, good reading comprehension may allow you to guess the right answer.

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Example: You are giving a community lecture and an attendee asks for your advice on protection against identity fraud. He specifically asks what one should do in the event that his or her credit card is stolen. You would suggest all of the following, except:

A. Notify check cashing services. B. Cancel credit card and get a new one with the same numbers. C. Notify police immediately. D. Complete a credit card fraud report and submit to the credit bureaus.

Note: The answer is B, Criminal Investigation 9th ed., pg 519. Do you see what I mean by commonsense reading? Why would it ever make sense to cancel your credit card and get a new one with the same numbers? Yet, many officers got this question wrong on an actual exam because they either (1) did not read closely, or (2) got freaked out because they did not remember any information about identity fraud from the investigation book. Again, careful reading is many times as valuable as having knowledge of the content of the texts.

Another example: What criterion is used by police to identify gang members?

A. An individual arrest of someone committing a crime. B. Reliable informant confirms membership in gang. C. Evidence of gang tattoos that have recently been removed. D. Denies being a gang member.

Note: The answer is B, Community Policing, pg 272. Think about each answer. Choice A is overbroad – any criminal is not a gang member. Choice C is obvious – the former gang member would remove tattoos. Choice D is likewise obvious – he denies it. Choice B makes sense – even if you did not read the book. Did people get this question wrong on an actual exam? Yes, because they remembered from their studying that informant confirmation was the last recommended option to identify a gang member, so they did not think it could be the right answer. It is easy to overlook the obvious! Don’t try too hard on the exam!

• On long questions, read the question and answers first, then go back and begin to read the body of the question. This holds true for both management and criminal procedure questions. By knowing the question and the answer choices, you now have a context within which to focus your reading. You are better able to zero in on the important statements that relate to the information requested, rather than being sidetracked by irrelevant information placed purposefully within the question.

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Here is an example from a prior civil service exam: An on-going problem has been how police managers can measure police performance. Traditional quantitative measures -- number of arrests, reports written, calls answered, miles driven, etc. -- do not directly address the nature of the police function and the delivery of police services. Ideally, quality measures of an individual officer's performance should be collected -- communication skills, how the officer relates to the public, and the quality of decisions made -- all would tell us what we really want to know about the officer's effectiveness. Thus, community policing affords a wider range of variables that can be measured, and it requires that officers use initiative and creativity. There must be different strategies to address different pockets of resistance. The normal reluctance to change can be overcome with strategies that focus on the benefits of community policing. Some will be persuaded if they see positive results in the community. Still others may become community policing advocates if they see that it improves the quality of the work which, according to Community Policing: How to Get Started, is known as:

A. job enlargement. B. job enrichment. C. job quality. D. job essentiality.

Note: The answer is B and the information necessary to answer the question occurred in the last sentence!

• Make an “educated guess” by applying these helpful tips. Your chances of picking the correct answer to questions you are not sure of will significantly increase if you consider the following clues:

• If two choices have a conflicting meaning, one of them is probably the correct answer. And, if two choices are too close in meaning, probably neither is correct. Consider the following questions:

Example: John’s complaint about the weather was that:

A. It was too hot. B. It was too cold. C. It varied too much. D. It was unpredictable.

In this example, choices C and D are so close together in meaning that neither is likely to be the correct answer. Choices A and B, on the other hand, are quite opposite each other, and one of them is most likely the correct answer.

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Example from past exam: According to Community Policing, what does the research show about the relationship of fear and victimization in regards to gender and age?

A. There is some degree of rationality B. Fear patterns match victimization patterns C. The ordering of fear by age is not the opposite of victimization rates D. The ordering of fear by age or gender is the opposite of victimization rates

Note: D, Comm. Pol. 4th ed., pg. 184 Notice how choices A and B basically say the same thing. Then choices C and D are opposite. One is usually right!

• Pay maximum attention to absolute & limiting words.

• Absolute words -- such as “all,” “never,” “none,” “only,” “always” and “every” -- indicate no exceptions. As a rule, these have less chance of being correct because in law enforcement (and just about every other professional activity), absolute procedures are impractical given the varied situations faced by officers.

• Limiting words -- such as “sometimes,” “may,” “generally” and “possibly” -- soften a statement and present a better chance of being correct because they allow for a necessary level of discretion.

• The answer choice that has significantly more or significantly fewer words is often the correct choice.

• Always . . . always . . . go with your first answer choice! Do not change it unless you are 1,000% certain that another choice is correct. Studies show that students do significantly better when they go with their first choice on multiple choice exams – even when they have no previous knowledge of the subject matter!

Question typology These are the types of questions that you will probably encounter on the exam. BEST CHOICE QUESTION

According to Supervision of Police Personnel, these types of questions are asked by one student and passed along by the instructor to another member of the group for an answer:

A. Overhead questions B. Reverse questions C. Bounced questions D. Relay questions

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Note: The answer is D. This is the basic question. You are trying to select the true answer amidst the three false choices. EXCEPTION QUESTION

According to Criminal Investigation, of the following, all are characteristics of incised and stab wounds except:

A. The incised wound -- more commonly referred to as the cutting wound -- is inflicted with a sharp-edged instrument.

B. The weapon typically employed in inflicting both incised and stab wounds is a pocket knife.

C. The gaping incised wound is indicative of a large cutting instrument, since the size of the wound is proportional to the instrument employed.

D. The severity of most incised wounds is directly related to the shape and sharpness of the weapon, the part of the body being cut, and the amount of force used.

Note: The answer is C. Treat the exception question like the mirror image of the best choice question. In the best choice question, you treat each answer choice as a mini true/false question. Then you pick the true answer, and you reject the three false choices. In the exception question, it is the opposite. You are trying to find the false choice. At the end of your analysis, the goal is to have located the three true answer choices, and to select the false answer.

Here is another example: Traits found in superior leaders would probably be found in most lists of desirable leadership characteristics. Which of the following is not an example of a supervisor showing moral and physical integrity?

A. It is more important that he/she be trusted and respected, than liked. B. He/she does not make promises they cannot keep because their word is their

bond. C. He/she must be honorable, know right from wrong and have prejudices. D. A real leader has moral as well as physical courage.

Note: C, SPP 6th ed., pg. 41. The phrase, "have prejudices," replaced the actual phrase from the book, "and be fair without prejudice." Many times on exception questions your common sense will tell you which of the statements is false . . . just by careful reading!

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14

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mm

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ity

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P):

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hap

ters

5, 6

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in p

rio

rity

ord

er (

80

pag

es

= 20

per

day

).

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5

-11

CP

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P:

Rea

d c

hap

ters

1, 8

, 12

, 13

, 10

(1

00

pag

es =

15

per

day

).

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tor

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le L

aw (

MV

): R

ead

ch

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rs 1

-7,

8 (

seat

bel

ts o

nly

), 9

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d 2

1 (

ped

estr

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50

pag

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per

day

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te: M

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w is

less

den

se t

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pro

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ure

so

rea

din

g is

mu

ch q

uic

ker)

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3

1

2-1

8

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agin

g &

Le

adin

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day

’s P

olic

e (

M&

LP):

Rea

d c

hap

ters

3, 4

, 6, 9

in p

rio

rity

ord

er (

82

pag

es =

11

per

d

ay).

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min

al P

roce

du

re (

PR

O):

Rea

d c

hap

ters

1, 2

, 3 a

nd

4 (

60

pag

es =

10

per

day

).

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Q b

oo

k: D

o p

ract

ice

qu

esti

on

s o

n a

ssig

ned

ch

apte

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tice

ho

w

the

stu

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pla

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as y

ou

do

ap

plic

able

qu

esti

on

s af

ter

the

wee

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her

e yo

u r

ead

th

e m

ater

ial s

o y

ou

can

ass

ess

wh

at in

form

atio

n y

ou

ar

e re

tain

ing

and

wh

ere

you

nee

d t

o i

mp

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e sa

me

app

roac

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pp

lies

late

r to

th

e m

anag

emen

t te

xts.

Est

imat

e 3

.5 h

ou

rs.

4

1

9-2

5

M&

LP:

Rea

d c

hap

ters

2, 1

1, 1

2, 1

3 (

72

pag

es =

7 p

er d

ay).

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O: R

ead

ch

apte

rs 5

, 6 a

nd

7 (

70

pag

es =

20

per

day

).

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nile

Law

(JV

): R

ead

ch

apte

rs 1

, 2

, 3

, 4

, 5

, 6

, 7

, 8

(7

4 p

ages

= 1

1 p

er d

ay).

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te:

Ski

m J

V c

hap

ters

9,

10

, 11

, 12

an

d 2

0 (

70

pag

es).

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ey

larg

ely

ove

rlap

mat

eria

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Cri

min

al L

aw t

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yo

u w

ill s

tud

y.

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5

A

ugu

st 2

6-3

1 Se

pte

mb

er

1

Lead

ers

hip

, Eth

ics

& P

olic

ing

(Eth

ics)

: R

ead

ch

apte

rs 4

, 2, 5

, 8 in

pri

ori

ty o

rder

(8

6 p

ages

= 1

2 p

er d

ay).

PR

O: R

ead

ch

apte

rs 8

, 9, 1

0, 1

1 a

nd

12

(70

pag

es =

11

per

day

).

JV Q

bo

ok:

Do

pra

ctic

e q

ues

tio

ns

on

ass

ign

ed c

hap

ters

yo

u s

tud

ied

last

wee

k. E

stim

ate

3 h

ou

rs.

6

2

-8

Eth

ics:

Rea

d c

hap

ters

10

, 12

, 11

(6

9 p

ages

= 1

0 p

er d

ay).

PR

O: 1

3, 1

4, 1

5, 1

6 a

nd

17

(9

0 p

ages

= 1

5 p

ages

per

day

).

PR

O Q

bo

ok:

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qu

esti

on

s o

n P

RO

ch

apte

rs 1

th

rou

gh 1

2. E

stim

ate

3 h

ou

rs.

JV:

Rea

d c

hap

ters

21

, 22

, 24

an

d 2

5 (

48

pag

es =

8 p

ages

per

day

).

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9

-15

PR

O: 1

8, 1

9, 2

0, 2

1, 2

2, 2

3, 2

4 a

nd

25

(1

25

pag

es =

18

per

day

).

PR

O Q

bo

ok:

Do

qu

esti

on

s o

n P

RO

ch

apte

rs 1

3 t

hro

ugh

17

. Est

imat

e 2

.5 h

ou

rs.

JV Q

bo

ok:

Do

pra

ctic

e q

ues

tio

ns

on

ch

apte

rs 2

1, 2

2, 2

4 a

nd

25

. Est

imat

e 1

.5 h

ou

rs.

8

1

6-2

2

Th

um

b D

rive

s w

ith

Lec

ture

Su

pp

ort

& Q

ues

tio

ns

dis

trib

ute

d b

y B

PD

!

CP

/PO

P L

ectu

res:

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ten

to

wh

ole

bo

ok.

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der

line.

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rk it

! Es

tim

ate

8 t

o 1

0 h

ou

rs.

PR

O Q

bo

ok:

Do

qu

esti

on

s in

Pro

Q o

n c

hap

ters

18

th

rou

gh 2

5. E

stim

ate

4 h

ou

rs.

9

2

3-2

9

CP

/PO

P Q

ue

stio

ns:

Do

all

the

pra

ctic

e q

ues

tio

ns

on

th

e th

um

b d

rive

. G

o o

ver

the

on

es t

hat

yo

u g

ot

wro

ng.

Do

a g

oo

d d

iagn

osi

s.

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it a

kn

ow

led

ge m

ista

ke?

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pro

ble

m.

Go

into

th

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oo

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arn

th

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as i

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read

ing

mis

take

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o p

rob

lem

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e co

nsc

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s o

f th

e n

eces

sary

ad

just

men

ts y

ou

nee

d

to m

ake

in y

ou

r ex

am s

tyle

of

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eri

ng

qu

esti

on

s! T

his

pay

s h

uge

div

iden

ds.

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imat

e 8

ho

urs

.

Cri

min

al L

aw (

LAW

): R

ead

ch

apte

rs 2

-8 (

75

pag

es =

12

per

day

. No

te:

law

is le

ss d

ense

th

an p

roce

du

re s

o

read

ing

sho

uld

be

qu

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r; u

se t

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sam

e te

chn

iqu

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wit

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).

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0

Se

pte

mb

er 3

0

Oct

ob

er

1-6

M&

LP L

ectu

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ten

to

wh

ole

bo

ok.

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der

line.

Wo

rk it

! Es

tim

ate

8 t

o 1

0 h

ou

rs.

LAW

: R

ead

ch

apte

rs 9

-20

(1

88

pag

es =

31

per

day

. No

te: C

hap

ter

14

is la

rgel

y a

rep

eat

of

JV C

hap

ter

3).

1

1

7

-13

M&

LP Q

ue

stio

ns:

Do

all

the

pra

ctic

e q

ues

tio

ns

on

th

e th

um

b d

rive

. Est

imat

e 8

ho

urs

.

Bo

sto

n R

ule

s an

d P

roce

du

res

(R&

P):

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ste

n t

o l

ectu

re o

n 1

02

, 1

03

, 1

03

A,

10

3B

, 1

04

, 1

04

A,

10

5,

10

6,

109

, 11

0, 1

11

, 11

2, 1

13

an

d 1

14

. Est

imat

e 3

.5 h

ou

rs.

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1

2

O

cto

ber

1

4-2

0

Eth

ics

Lect

ure

s: L

iste

n t

o w

ho

le b

oo

k. U

nd

erlin

e. W

ork

it!

Esti

mat

e 8

to

10

ho

urs

.

LAW

: R

ead

ch

apte

rs 2

1-3

5 (

15

0 p

ages

= 2

5 p

er d

ay).

1

3

2

1-2

7

Eth

ics

Qu

est

ion

s: D

o a

ll th

e p

ract

ice

qu

esti

on

s o

n t

hu

mb

dri

ve. E

stim

ate

8 h

ou

rs.

R&

P:

Lis

ten

to

lec

ture

on

20

0,

20

1 (

pag

es 1

an

d 2

on

ly),

20

2,

20

3,

20

4,

20

5,

20

6,

30

0,

30

1,

30

2,

30

3,

303

A, 3

04

, 30

6, 3

06

A, 3

07

, 30

9, 3

09

A, 3

10

, 31

1, a

nd

31

4.

Esti

mat

e 3

.5 h

ou

rs.

1

4

O

cto

ber

28

-31

No

vem

ber

1

-3

R&

P Q

ue

stio

ns:

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pra

ctic

e q

ues

tio

ns

on

th

um

b d

rive

fo

r R

ule

s 1

02

to

31

4. E

stim

ate

2.5

ho

urs

.

LAW

Q b

oo

k: D

o p

ract

ice

qu

esti

on

s o

n c

hap

ters

2-3

5. E

stim

ate

5 h

ou

rs.

JV L

ect

ure

s: L

iste

n t

o c

hap

ters

1-1

2. U

nd

erlin

e. W

ork

it!

Esti

mat

e 5

ho

urs

.

1

5

4

-10

Bo

sto

n R

&P

Lec

ture

s:

List

en

to

Ru

les

31

5,

31

6,

31

7,

31

8,

31

8A

, 3

18

B,

31

8C

, 3

18

D,

31

8E,

32

0,

32

0A

, 3

20B

, 3

21

, 3

22

, 3

22

A,

32

3,

32

4,

32

4A

, 3

25

, 3

26

, 3

27

, 3

27

A,

32

7B

, 3

28

, 3

29

, 3

30

, 4

00

, 4

00

A a

nd

40

1.

Esti

mat

e 4

ho

urs

.

R&

P Q

ue

stio

ns:

Co

mp

lete

fo

r R

ule

s 3

15

to

40

1. E

stim

ate

2.5

ho

urs

.

JV L

ect

ure

s: L

iste

n t

o r

est

of

juve

nile

co

vera

ge. U

nd

erlin

e. W

ork

it!

Esti

mat

e 3

ho

urs

.

1

6

1

1-1

7

PR

O L

ectu

res:

Lis

ten

to

ch

apte

rs 1

-7. E

stim

ate

5.5

ho

urs

.

Fre

esty

le:

Pic

k th

e m

anag

emen

t b

oo

k yo

u w

ant

to r

e-l

iste

n t

o c

om

ple

tely

, o

r ju

st l

iste

n t

o p

rio

rity

ch

apte

rs in

tw

o b

oo

ks. W

hat

is it

go

ing

to b

e −

CP

/PO

P, M

&LP

, or

Eth

ics?

Or

wo

uld

it b

e b

ette

r to

go

ove

r th

e m

anag

emen

t p

ract

ice

qu

esti

on

s ag

ain

? Yo

u d

ecid

e! E

stim

ate

5.5

ho

urs

.

1

7

1

8-2

4

PR

O L

ectu

res:

Lis

ten

to

ch

apte

rs 8

-16

. Est

imat

e 5

.5 h

ou

rs.

LAW

Lec

ture

s: L

iste

n t

o c

hap

ters

1-1

8. E

stim

ate

5.5

ho

urs

.

1

8

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ove

mb

er 2

5-3

0 D

ece

mb

er

1

PR

O L

ectu

res:

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ten

to

ch

apte

rs 1

6-2

5. E

stim

ate

5.5

ho

urs

.

LAW

Lec

ture

s: L

iste

n t

o c

hap

ters

19

-35

. Est

imat

e 5

.5 h

ou

rs.

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1

9

D

ece

mb

er

2-8

Last

big

wee

k o

f w

ork

! M

ake

it c

ou

nt!

Fre

esty

le:

Pic

k th

e m

anag

emen

t b

oo

k yo

u w

ant

to r

e-l

iste

n t

o,

or

just

lis

ten

to

pri

ori

ty c

hap

ters

, o

r m

ayb

e yo

u w

ant

to g

o o

ver

the

Ru

les

& R

egu

lati

on

s o

utl

ines

an

d/o

r p

ract

ice

qu

esti

on

s. Y

ou

dec

ide!

Es

tim

ate

5.5

ho

urs

.

MV

Le

ctu

res:

Lis

ten

to

all

assi

gned

ch

apte

rs. E

stim

ate

6.5

ho

urs

. Yo

u c

an s

kip

th

is if

yo

u f

eel

yo

u’r

e re

ady

eno

ugh

on

MV

law

, an

d m

ayb

e ad

d a

litt

le m

ore

fre

esty

le.

2

0

9

-14

Bo

sto

n S

pe

cial

Ord

ers

(SO

):

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en t

o l

ectu

re o

n 1

2-0

44

, 1

2-0

35

, 1

3-0

33

, 1

3-0

30

, 1

3-0

25

, 9

4-0

23

, 0

5-

013

, 03

-00

9, 9

9-0

36

, 96

-01

3. E

stim

ate

2 h

ou

rs.

SO Q

ue

stio

ns:

Co

mp

lete

all

app

licab

le q

ues

tio

ns.

Est

imat

e 1

ho

ur.

Fre

esty

le:

Pic

k th

e m

anag

emen

t b

oo

k yo

u w

ant

to r

e-l

iste

n t

o,

or

just

lis

ten

to

pri

ori

ty c

hap

ters

, o

r m

ayb

e yo

u w

ant

to g

o o

ver

the

Ru

les

& R

egu

lati

on

s o

utl

ines

an

d/o

r p

ract

ice

qu

esti

on

s. Y

ou

dec

ide!

2

ho

urs

max

imu

m. K

eep

it li

ght

this

wee

k.

NO

STU

DY

ING

– A

T A

LL −

TH

E D

AY

BEF

OR

E T

HE

EXA

M.

Y

OU

AR

E R

EAD

Y .

. . G

AM

E D

AY

: DEC

EMB

ER 1

4, 2

01

9!

“Lu

ck i

s th

e re

sid

ue

of d

esir

e a

nd

pre

pa

rati

on . . .”

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BO

STO

N P

OLI

CE

LIEU

TEN

AN

T’S

& C

AP

TAIN’S

EX

AM

INA

TIO

N 2

01

9:

STU

DY

PLA

N!

Wee

k

Dat

es

Pre

par

atio

n

1

A

ugu

st

1-4

C

riti

cal p

relim

ina

ry p

rep

ara

tio

n: “

Set

the

tab

le”

for

succ

ess!

Rea

d s

tud

y su

pp

ort

pla

n (

14

pag

es)

twic

e!

Rea

lly le

t te

chn

iqu

e an

d c

om

men

ts s

ink

in.

Rea

d t

his

stu

dy

pla

n t

wic

e. F

igu

re o

ut

you

r o

ther

co

mm

itm

ents

, va

cati

on

, d

etai

ls,

etc.

Pla

n y

ou

r p

erso

nal

ap

pro

ach

to

pre

par

atio

n.

Mak

e su

re y

ou

hav

e o

rder

ed a

ll th

e m

anag

emen

t te

xts

& l

egal

man

ual

s. P

rin

t o

ut

assi

gned

Bo

sto

n

rule

s &

SO

s! N

ow

yo

u d

on

’t h

ave

to t

hin

k ab

ou

t h

avin

g th

e ri

ght

mat

eria

ls a

gain

!

Pu

rch

ase

Q S

lam

on

line

or

at u

nif

orm

sto

re f

or

pro

ced

ure

, la

w,

MV

, an

d j

uve

nile

qu

esti

on

s. N

ote

: C

apta

in c

and

idat

es

are

no

t re

spo

nsi

ble

fo

r M

V la

w, s

o d

on

’t g

et t

hat

lega

l man

ual

or

Q b

oo

k!

Org

aniz

atio

nal

Be

hav

ior

& M

anag

em

en

t in

Law

En

forc

eme

nt

(OB

M):

Rea

d c

hap

ters

11

, 9

, 8

in

pri

ori

ty

ord

er (

69 p

ages

= 1

0 p

er d

ay).

Th

is b

oo

k is

den

se!

Do

n’t

dri

ve y

ou

rsel

f cr

azy.

2

5

-11

OB

M: R

ead

ch

apte

rs 2

, 5, 6

(92

pag

es =

15

per

day

).

Lieu

ten

an

ts o

nly

!

Mo

tor

Ve

hic

le L

aw (

MV

): R

ead

ch

apte

rs 1

-7,

8 (

seat

bel

ts o

nly

), 9

-16

, an

d 2

1 (

ped

estr

ian

s o

nly

) (2

50

pag

es =

36

per

day

. No

te: M

V la

w is

less

den

se t

han

pro

ced

ure

so

rea

din

g is

mu

ch q

uic

ker)

.

3

1

2-1

8

OB

M: R

ead

ch

apte

rs 4

, 7, 3

in p

rio

rity

ord

er (

64

pag

es =

9 p

er d

ay).

Cri

min

al P

roce

du

re (

PR

O):

Rea

d c

hap

ters

1, 2

, 3 a

nd

4 (

60

pag

es =

10

per

day

).

Lieu

ten

an

ts o

nly

!

MV

Q b

oo

k: D

o p

ract

ice

qu

esti

on

s o

n a

ssig

ned

ch

apte

rs.

No

tice

ho

w

the

stu

dy

pla

n h

as y

ou

do

ap

plic

able

qu

esti

on

s af

ter

the

wee

k w

her

e yo

u r

ead

th

e m

ater

ial s

o y

ou

can

ass

ess

wh

at in

form

atio

n y

ou

ar

e re

tain

ing

and

wh

ere

you

nee

d t

o i

mp

rove

. Th

e sa

me

app

roac

h a

pp

lies

late

r to

th

e m

anag

emen

t te

xts.

Est

imat

e 3

.5 h

ou

rs.

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4

1

9-2

5

OB

M: R

ead

ch

apte

rs 1

0, 1

2, 1

(5

8 p

ages

= 8

per

day

).

PR

O: R

ead

ch

apte

rs 5

, 6 a

nd

7 (

70

pag

es =

20

per

day

).

Juve

nile

Law

(JV

): R

ead

ch

apte

rs 1

, 2

, 3

, 4

, 5

, 6

, 7

, 8

(7

4 p

ages

= 1

1 p

er d

ay).

No

te:

Ski

m J

V c

hap

ters

9,

10

, 11

, 12

an

d 2

0 (

70

pag

es).

Th

ey la

rgel

y o

verl

ap m

ater

ial i

n C

rim

inal

Law

th

at y

ou

will

stu

dy.

5

A

ugu

st 2

6-3

1 Se

pte

mb

er

1

Lead

ers

hip

, Eth

ics

& P

olic

ing

(Eth

ics)

: R

ead

ch

apte

rs 4

, 2, 5

, 8 in

pri

ori

ty o

rder

(8

6 p

ages

= 1

2 p

er d

ay).

PR

O: R

ead

ch

apte

rs 8

, 9, 1

0, 1

1 a

nd

12

(70

pag

es =

11

per

day

).

JV Q

bo

ok:

Do

pra

ctic

e q

ues

tio

ns

on

ass

ign

ed c

hap

ters

yo

u s

tud

ied

last

wee

k. E

stim

ate

3 h

ou

rs.

6

2

-8

Eth

ics:

Rea

d c

hap

ters

10

, 12

, 11

(6

9 p

ages

= 1

0 p

er d

ay).

PR

O: 1

3, 1

4, 1

5, 1

6 a

nd

17

(9

0 p

ages

= 1

5 p

ages

per

day

).

PR

O Q

bo

ok:

Do

qu

esti

on

s o

n P

RO

ch

apte

rs 1

th

rou

gh 1

2. E

stim

ate

4 h

ou

rs.

JV: R

ead

ch

apte

rs 2

1, 2

2, 2

4 a

nd

25

(4

8 p

ages

= 8

per

day

).

Ca

pta

ins

on

ly!

JV:

Rea

d c

hap

ter

23

(9

pag

es =

1 p

er d

ay).

7

9

-15

PR

O: 1

8, 1

9, 2

0, 2

1, 2

2, 2

3, 2

4 a

nd

25

(1

25

pag

es =

18

per

day

).

PR

O Q

bo

ok:

Do

qu

esti

on

s o

n P

RO

ch

apte

rs 1

3 t

hro

ugh

17

. Est

imat

e 2

.5 h

ou

rs.

JV Q

bo

ok:

Do

pra

ctic

e q

ues

tio

ns

on

ch

apte

rs 2

1, 2

2, 2

4 a

nd

25

. Est

imat

e 1

.5 h

ou

rs.

8

1

6-2

2

Th

um

b D

rive

s w

ith

Lec

ture

Su

pp

ort

dis

trib

ute

d b

y B

PD

!

OB

M L

ect

ure

s: L

iste

n t

o C

hap

ters

1-6

. Un

der

line

. Wo

rk it

! Es

tim

ate

8 t

o 1

0 h

ou

rs.

PR

O Q

bo

ok:

Do

qu

esti

on

s in

Pro

Q o

n c

hap

ters

18

th

rou

gh 2

5. E

stim

ate

4 h

ou

rs.

9

2

3-2

9

OB

M Q

ue

stio

ns:

Do

pra

ctic

e q

ues

tio

ns

on

th

e th

um

b d

rive

per

tain

ing

to c

hap

ters

1-6

. G

o o

ver

the

on

es

that

yo

u g

ot

wro

ng.

D

o a

go

od

dia

gno

sis.

W

as i

t a

kno

wle

dge

mis

take

? N

o p

rob

lem

. G

o i

nto

th

e b

oo

k an

d l

earn

th

e m

ater

ial!

W

as i

t a

read

ing

mis

take

? N

o p

rob

lem

. B

e co

nsc

iou

s o

f th

e n

eces

sary

ad

just

men

ts y

ou

nee

d t

o m

ake

in y

ou

r ex

am s

tyle

of

answ

eri

ng

qu

esti

on

s!

This

pay

s h

uge

div

iden

ds.

Es

tim

ate

8 h

ou

rs.

Cri

min

al L

aw (

LAW

): R

ead

ch

apte

rs 2

-8 (

75 p

ages

= 1

2 p

er d

ay. N

ote

: la

w is

less

den

se t

han

pro

ced

ure

so

re

adin

g sh

ou

ld b

e q

uic

ker;

use

th

e sa

me

tech

niq

ue

as w

ith

PR

O).

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1

0

Se

pte

mb

er 3

0

Oct

ob

er

1-6

OB

M L

ect

ure

s: L

iste

n t

o C

hap

ters

7-1

2. U

nd

erlin

e. W

ork

it!

Esti

mat

e 8

to

10

ho

urs

.

LAW

: R

ead

ch

apte

rs 9

-20

(1

88

pag

es =

31

per

day

. No

te: C

hap

ter

14

is la

rgel

y a

rep

eat

of

JV C

hap

ter

3).

1

1

7

-13

OB

M Q

ue

stio

ns:

Do

all

the

pra

ctic

e q

ues

tio

ns

for

chap

ters

7-1

2 o

n t

hu

mb

dri

ve. E

stim

ate

8 h

ou

rs.

Bo

sto

n R

ule

s an

d P

roce

du

res

(R&

P)

Lect

ure

s: L

iste

n t

o le

ctu

re o

n 1

02

, 10

3, 1

03

A, 1

03

B, 1

04

, 10

4A

, 10

5,

106

, 10

9, 1

10

, 11

1, 1

12

, 11

3 a

nd

11

4. E

stim

ate

3.5

ho

urs

. C

ap

tain

s o

nly

!

R&

P L

ect

ure

s: L

iste

n t

o le

ctu

re o

n 1

07

. Est

imat

e 1

0 m

inu

tes.

1

2

O

cto

ber

1

4-2

0

Eth

ics

Lect

ure

s: L

iste

n t

o w

ho

le b

oo

k. U

nd

erlin

e. W

ork

it!

Esti

mat

e 8

to

10

ho

urs

.

LAW

: Rea

d c

hap

ters

21

-35

(1

50

pag

es =

25

per

day

).

1

3

2

1-2

7

Eth

ics

Qu

est

ion

s: D

o a

ll th

e p

ract

ice

qu

esti

on

s o

n t

hu

mb

dri

ve. E

stim

ate

8 h

ou

rs.

R&

P L

ect

ure

s: L

iste

n t

o le

ctu

re o

n 2

00

, 20

1 (

pag

es 1

an

d 2

on

ly),

20

2, 2

03

, 20

4, 2

05

, 20

6, 3

00

, 30

1, 3

02

, 3

03, 3

03

A, 3

04

, 30

6, 3

06

A, 3

07

, 30

9, 3

09

A, 3

10

, 31

1, a

nd

31

4.

Esti

mat

e 3

.5 h

ou

rs.

1

4

O

cto

ber

28

-31

No

vem

ber

1

-3

R&

P Q

ue

stio

ns:

Do

pra

ctic

e q

ues

tio

ns

on

th

um

b d

rive

fo

r R

ule

s 1

02

to

31

4. E

stim

ate

2.5

ho

urs

.

LAW

Q b

oo

k: D

o p

ract

ice

qu

esti

on

s o

n c

hap

ters

2-3

5. E

stim

ate

5 h

ou

rs.

JV L

ectu

res:

Lis

ten

to

ch

apte

rs 1

-12

. Un

der

line

. Wo

rk it

! Es

tim

ate

5 h

ou

rs.

1

5

4

-10

R&

P L

ectu

res:

Li

sten

to

Ru

les

31

5,

31

6,

31

7,

31

8,

31

8A

, 3

18

B,

31

8C

, 3

18

D,

31

8E,

32

0,

32

0A

, 3

20

B,

32

1,

322

, 3

22

A,

32

3,

32

4,

32

4A

, 3

25

, 3

26

, 3

27

, 3

27

A,

32

7B

, 3

28

, 3

29

, 3

30

, 4

00

, 4

00

A a

nd

40

1.

Esti

mat

e 4

h

ou

rs.

R&

P Q

ue

stio

ns:

Co

mp

lete

fo

r R

ule

s 3

15

to

40

1. E

stim

ate

2.5

ho

urs

.

JV L

ectu

res:

Lis

ten

to

res

t o

f ju

ven

ile c

ove

rage

. Un

der

line

. Wo

rk it

! Es

tim

ate

3 h

ou

rs.

1

6

1

1-1

7

PR

O L

ectu

res:

Lis

ten

to

ch

apte

rs 1

-7. E

stim

ate

5.5

ho

urs

.

Fre

esty

le:

Pic

k th

e m

anag

emen

t b

oo

k yo

u w

ant

to r

e-l

iste

n t

o c

om

ple

tely

, o

r ju

st l

iste

n t

o p

rio

rity

ch

apte

rs in

tw

o b

oo

ks. W

hat

is it

go

ing

to b

e −

CP

/PO

P, M

&LP

, or

Eth

ics?

Or

wo

uld

it b

e b

ette

r to

go

ove

r th

e m

anag

emen

t p

ract

ice

qu

esti

on

s ag

ain

? Yo

u d

ecid

e! E

stim

ate

5.5

ho

urs

.

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1

7

N

ove

mb

er

18

-24

PR

O L

ectu

res:

Lis

ten

to

ch

apte

rs 8

-16

. Est

imat

e 5

.5 h

ou

rs.

LAW

Lec

ture

s: L

iste

n t

o c

hap

ters

1-1

8. E

stim

ate

5.5

ho

urs

.

1

8

N

ove

mb

er 2

5-3

0 D

ece

mb

er

1

PR

O L

ectu

res:

Lis

ten

to

ch

apte

rs 1

6-2

5. E

stim

ate

5.5

ho

urs

.

LAW

Lec

ture

s: L

iste

n t

o c

hap

ters

19

-35

. Est

imat

e 5

.5 h

ou

rs.

1

9

D

ece

mb

er

2-8

Last

big

wee

k o

f w

ork

! M

ake

it c

ou

nt!

Fre

esty

le:

Pic

k th

e m

anag

emen

t b

oo

k yo

u w

ant

to r

e-l

iste

n t

o,

or

just

lis

ten

to

pri

ori

ty c

hap

ters

, o

r m

ayb

e yo

u w

ant

to g

o o

ver

the

Ru

les

& R

egu

lati

on

s o

utl

ines

an

d/o

r p

ract

ice

qu

esti

on

s. Y

ou

dec

ide!

Es

tim

ate

5.5

ho

urs

. Cap

tain

s m

ay w

ant

to t

ake

it u

p t

o 7

ho

urs

. Li

eute

na

nts

on

ly!

MV

Le

ctu

res:

Lis

ten

to

all

assi

gned

ch

apte

rs. E

stim

ate

6.5

ho

urs

. Yo

u c

an s

kip

th

is if

yo

u f

eel

yo

u’r

e re

ady

eno

ugh

on

MV

law

, an

d m

ayb

e ad

d a

litt

le m

ore

fre

esty

le.

2

0

9

-14

Bo

sto

n S

pe

cial

Ord

ers

(SO

):

List

en t

o l

ectu

re o

n 1

2-0

44

, 1

2-0

35

, 1

3-0

33

, 1

3-0

30

, 1

3-0

25

, 9

4-0

23

, 0

5-

013

, 03

-00

9, 9

9-0

36

, 96

-01

3. E

stim

ate

2 h

ou

rs.

SO Q

ue

stio

ns:

Co

mp

lete

all

app

licab

le q

ues

tio

ns.

Est

imat

e 1

ho

ur.

Fre

esty

le:

Pic

k th

e m

anag

emen

t b

oo

k yo

u w

ant

to r

e-l

iste

n t

o,

or

just

lis

ten

to

pri

ori

ty c

hap

ters

, o

r m

ayb

e yo

u w

ant

to g

o o

ver

the

Ru

les

& R

egu

lati

on

s o

utl

ines

an

d/o

r p

ract

ice

qu

esti

on

s. Y

ou

dec

ide!

2

ho

urs

max

imu

m. K

eep

it li

ght

this

wee

k.

Ca

pta

ins

on

ly!

SO:

List

en t

o le

ctu

re o

n 1

2-0

43

, 13

-00

9. E

stim

ate

30

min

ute

s.

NO

STU

DY

ING

– A

T A

LL −

TH

E D

AY

BEF

OR

E T

HE

EXA

M.

Y

OU

AR

E R

EAD

Y .

. . G

AM

E D

AY

: DEC

EMB

ER 1

4, 2

01

9!

“Lu

ck i

s th

e re

sid

ue

of d

esir

e a

nd

pre

pa

rati

on . . .”