Blogs
- Above the LawAboveTheLaw.com takes a behind-the-scenes look at the world of law. The site provides news and gossip about the profession’s most colorful personalities and powerful institutions, as well as original commentary on breaking legal developments
- Bitter LawyerBitterlawyer.com is a legal humor and news blog targeted at disgruntled lawyers. The website features a webshow entitled "Living the Dream," which follows the bumblings of fictional big law junior associate Nick Conley.
- JD2B BlogThis resource for law students offers advice, commentary and news.
- Law Students Legal Blogs on BlawgCollection of legal blogs by law students.
- Learn the LawgTouro Law Student provides commentary on his law school experience in Long Island, N.Y.
- New Kid on the HallwayBlog from a former medieval historian who decided to leave academia and go to law school.
- Wish I Would Have KnownAdvice from law students on how they would do things over.
Books
- Ivy briefs : a privileged and confidential law school story - Martha Kimes
Call Number: KF373.K473 A3 2007ISBN: 0743288386First time author Kimes is entertaining and funny in recounting her three years at one of the country's premier law schools. - Law school success : a guide to studying law and taking law schoool exams - Ann M. Burkhart & Robert A. Stein.
Call Number: KF283 .B87 2008ISBN: 031416779XThis book answers questions students have as they begin their studies. What is a tort? Hornbook? Should I join a study group? It also explains and gives examples of the best methods for studying and for taking exams. It provides questions and model answers from actual law school exams. - Law school survival manual : from LSAT to bar exam - Nancy B. Rapoport, Jeffrey D. Van Niel.
Call Number: KF283 .R37 2010ISBN: 0735594902In the Law School Survival Manual, Nancy Rapoport and Jeff Van Niel serve as the friendly voice of experience whose wit and wisdom will guide you through law school from the application process to orientation, and from your first year to graduation - including summer jobs, clerkships, and the bar exam. - Law school without fear: strategies for success - Helene Shapo
Call Number: KF386 .S44 2009ISBN: 1599414198The book discusses in simple terms what law students need to know about law school and how to get the most out the law school experience. The text also discusses the problems law students encounter most frequently and solutions to those problems. Topics covered include briefing a case, precedent and how to use it, balancing competing interests and factors, legal writing, and psychological tips for the study of law. - Strategies & tactics for the first year law student : maximize your grades - Kimm Alayne Walton and Lazar Emanuel
Call Number: KF283 .W35 2010ISBN: 0735591075This book provides a detailed, step-by-step program for surviving the first year of law school. Tips for note-taking, outlines, exams, and handling the pressures of law school. - The international student's survival guide to law school in the United States : everything you need to succeed - Rachel Gader-Shafran
Call Number: KF283 .G33 2003ISBN: 0595278361What 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. - The ultimate guide to your legal career : what every young lawyer must know to avoid the mistakes and maximize the value of a career in the law - Charles Cannon
Call Number: KF297 .C327 2007ISBN: 1600940056Offers advice on law school, clerkships, and careers. - The Jim report : my life in law school - James Reavis
Call Number: KF373.R394 A3 2011ISBN: 1594609357This modern version of law school life from the perspective of a (mostly) ordinary student tells it like it is, without the benefit of hindsight, and leaves the matter up to the readers to decide if law school is right for them. - What can you do with a law degree? : a lawyer's guide to career alternatives inside, outside & around the law - Deborah Arron
Call Number: KF297 .A875 1997ISBN: 0940675463Written by a lawyer for lawyers, Deborah Arron's book is a virtual encyclopedia for lawyers in transition, covering such topics as how to conduct a self-assessment and transferrable skills analysis, how to detect and prepare for layoff, how to establish a transitional financial plan, how to market your special talents, how to work with career consultants and headhunters, how to decide whether to stay in law or leave, how to avoid job-interview hell, how to handle compensation negotiations that work in your favor.
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