Guide for First-Year Law Students: Survival Skills

Includes CD. Provides suitable preparation for the International Legal English Certificate (ILEC).

What to expect before you come to law school; What to do when you get to law school; How to organize for classes; How study for exams; How to attack writing papers.

Guide for law students, lawyers, and international executives who speak English as a second language.

Includes tips on assessment-targeted study, time management, resource allocation, and taking law school exams, along with reviews and descriptions of commercial study aids.

How to read a case; How to brief a case; Learning from socratic class discussion; Navigating the bluebook of legal citation; Legal research; Legal writing; Using study aids effectively; Outlining; Preparing for exams; Writing exam answers.

Volume 1: Advice for pre-law and first-year law students; Volume 2: Advice for second-year law students

Are lawyers unhappy?; Happiness: a primer; What makes lawyers happy and unhappy; The happiness toolbox; Preparing for a satisfying career: the law school years; What law firms can do to make lawyers happier; Lawyers' stories; Seeking happier ground

Preparing for law school; Briefing cases; Professor expectations; Outlining; Studying; Final exams; Outside of class; Beyond law school; The bar exam

Written by a law student, who recounts his own experiences and interviews professors and practicing attorneys for tips on managing and thriving in law school.

Also available as an e-book.

The documentary; Preparing for the journey; Law school Zen : mind, body, and spirit; The students speak: advice, tips, and thoughts on law school life; Final exams; Advice from law school professors; Summing up the law school experience; After graduation : the bar exam; Conclusions

Strategies for graduating in the top 10% of your class even if you're not a first-rate student.

Written for students getting ready to start law school, by students who have successfully survived the contemporary law school experience.

Lesson from the labyrinth, or how I learned to stop worrying and start booking classes; The money minotaur: keeping law school costs at bay; How to hit the ground running your first day as a 1L; Your law school study approach; How to prepare for final exams; Summer clerkships; Your second and third years; The bar exam and beyond

Before law school begins; Orientation: welcome to law school; Some universal truths; The first two weeks; The first month; Some advice about writing; Preparing for exams; The marathon aspect of exams; First-semester grades; The upperclass curriculum; Summer jobs; Evening (part-time) programs/the nontraditional law student; The judicial clerkship process; The bar exam; A few last survival tips

Preparing for law school; Paying for law school; Preparing for class; Using your learning style; Getting more out of class discussions; Outlining your courses; Doing your best on exams; Dealing with your grades; Choosing your classes; Extracurricular activities; Preparing for your career; Nontraditional students; Maintaining balance; Your first law job.

How to read this book; How lawyers use the law; How the legal system works; How to study law: the basics; How to read case decisions; How to write a case brief; How to participate in class; How to prepare a detailed course outline of the law; How to use common sense when thinking about the law; How to research and write a memorandum of law; How to study for exams and write essay exam answers.

Reading in law school; Basic briefing: developing an initial strategy for managing cases; Advanced thinking leads to advanced reading ; Expert reading: a new take on a familiar skill; Engage with energy; Monitor your reading and read for the main idea; Always (always!) read with a clear purpose; Get oriented and "own" your prior knowledge and experience; There's more to the five Ws (who, what, when, where, and why) than meets the eye; Evaluate what you're reading - your ideas matter; Review, rephrase, record; Casebook reading: a summary ; Reading statutes; Reading cases outside of casebooks; Reading on a screen

You are going to a lawyer, be excited and feel proud; For law school and life, five guideposts to live by; Preparing to be happy in law school, at work and in relationships; How to assure your success and significance in law school, at work and in life ; Finding your career path, applying for jobs and handling rejection or criticism; How to handle conflict or adversity; How to succeed on exams and what to do when you feel worried, unsure or a flop at the task at hand ; How to persist in your capacity to love the law

What lawyers do when a client calls; What happens during trial; What lawyers read; What trial courts do; What juries do; What appellate courts do; What courts of last resort do; Practice; Reading cases in casebooks; Law school exams; Where you are now.

Introduction; The mind-set of success; Drawing a bead on your professor; Studying and class preparation; Note-taking and the classroom experience; Outlining; Test preparation; Test-taking

The first days; Maintaining a healthy mental approach to law school; Reading and briefing cases efficiently; What your classes will be like; Taking notes: a three-step process; Creating a course outline; Legal synthesis; Legal analysis and answering the question "why?"; "However, . ." constructing your counterarguments; Legal writing; Study groups, study aids, and study schedules; Law school exams; Résumés and writing samples; Acing your job interview.

What to expect in law school; Government and law; The structure of the American legal system; The legal toolbox: basic techniques; The legal toolbox: concepts; The legal toolbox: strategies.