Introduction
This guide will aid new law students in preparing for and surviving the first year of law school. It includes books, audiotapes and CDs, videotapes and DVDs, podcasts, blogs, and Internet resources. Additional books and study aids can be found in the library's online catalog. The library call numbers referred to relate specifically to the collection at the Pace Law Library.
Other Resources
- How Not to Succeed in Law School Article by James D. Gordon, III, published at 100 Yale Law Journal 1679 (1991). Good advice on keeping law school in perspective. Available on HeinOnline.
- How to Read a Legal Opinion: A Guide for New Law Students This essay by Orin S. Kerr is designed to help new law students prepare for the first few weeks of class. It explains what judicial opinions are, how they are structured, and what law students should look for when reading them.
- Pace Law School Academic Support Advice for 1Ls, programs, and pointers for exam taking and studying.
Comment & Suggestions
Summer Reading
Becoming Gentlemen: Women, Law School, and Institutional Change - Lani Guinier, Michelle Fine, & Jane Balin
ISBN/ISSN: 0807044040
The Bramble Bush: On Our Law and Its Study - Karl N. Llewellyn
Call Number: KF272 .L55 1960
ISBN/ISSN: 0195368452
The Brethren: Inside the Supreme Court - Bob Woodward & Scott Armstrong
Call Number: KF8742 .W66
ISBN/ISSN: 0743274024
A Civil Action - Jonathan Harr
Call Number: KF228.A7 H37 1995
ISBN/ISSN: 0679772677
Film also available PN1995.9.J8 C58 1999 Video and DVD.
The Moral Compass of the American Lawyer: Truth, Justice, Power and Greed - Richard A. Zitrin & Carol M. Langford
Call Number: KF306 .Z572 1999
ISBN/ISSN: 0345433149
One L - Scott Turow
Call Number: KF373.T88 A33
ISBN/ISSN: 0374226474
The Paper Chase - John Jay Osborn
Call Number: PS3565.S38 P37 2003
ISBN/ISSN: 087875539X
Film also available in the Law in Film collection.
Pinstripes & Pearls: The Women of Harvard Law School Class of '64 Who Forged an Old-Girl Network and Paved the Way for Future Generations - Judith Hope
Call Number: KF372 .H67 2003
ISBN/ISSN: 074321482X
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Pace Law Library
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Legal Humor
Amicus Humoriae: An Anthology of Legal Humor - Robert M. Jarvis, Thomas E. Baker & Andrew J. McClurg
Call Number: PN6231.L4 A45 2003
ISBN/ISSN: 0890894108
The Law School Trip: The Insider's Guide to Law School - Andrew J. McClurg
Call Number: PN6231.L4 M32 2001
ISBN/ISSN: 1552126463
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