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HUNDREDS of judges, lawyers and law students tell you the things they wish they had known before beginning law school. This volume contains thorough overviews of the major first year law school courses, including Constitutional Law, Contracts, Criminal law, Property law and Torts: if you have familiarity with the subject before you begin school, you can concentrate less on getting your bearings and MORE on getting great grades. Other sections tell you how to brief a case, how to read statutes, how to preserve personal relationships, introduction to legal theory and MUCH MORE! Includes a special discount code for the world's best SPEED READING and comprenehsion software, eyeQ which will save you over $100.00 !
Paperback: 382 pages
Publisher: Thinking Person's Press (June 29, 2009)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0984082107
ISBN-13: 978-0984082100
Product Dimensions: 7 x 0.9 x 10 inches
Shipping Weight: 1.8 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
Average Customer Review: 4.9 out of 5 stars See all reviews (9 customer reviews)
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This book may give you a head start on your classmates before you step into a classroom. There are plenty of tips to help first year students. You can get a pretty decent idea of what to expect your first year and some basic exercises/examples to help you start thinking like a law student. What you will not get, however, is help with the LSAT, or help with selecting or getting in to law school. This book basically assumes you are already admitted to law school. So, if you are still wondering if law school is the right choice for you, you can get some insight into what it is like, but really this book is aimed at people who are definitely going to law school and just want a leg up on the competition.
Nearly everyone going into law school has done their research and has heard that it is an environment and thinking style that involve significant personal adaptation. Practically no one understands what that actually means until, well, 'the landing craft hits the beach'. The latter two thirds of the book were helpful in 1L simply because, like many other books, it gave me the chance to preview material and know how to look at it. Doing so increases confidence and reduces that type of stress that detracts from your success.The real value of this book is in the first hundred or so pages, which could be a book unto itself and leave you with plenty of winning ideas. This first portion is unique and entirely practical, to which I credit for giving me the heads up I needed to stave off a relationship disaster, which would have likely ruined my law school experience. It calls out law school for what it is -- a business. It clued me in on how to view my legal education, in some respects, as a business decision; an attitude that has totally preserved and expanded my freedom now that I am graduated.This book is by no means an exhaustive treatise. It is simple and no nonsense. If you are willing to consider and put some energy into this Author's wisdom, you will save yourself a lot of grief, and may possibly even choose a different career path. Well worth the money.
After deciding where I was going to attend Law School, came the fear and realization of the challenge that I was tackling. This book was instrumental in putting those fears to rest. It covers everything from how to write a brief, how to read each case and what to look for in them to things like how to manage having a significant other during Law School. Prior to reading this, I had gotten a lot of advice from different people and it all seemed so extreme. Everything You Need to Know Before Beginning Law School even addresses the problem of dealing with what "they" say.It also has a coupon code for a speed reading program that is invaluable for first year law students!
I got my copy of "Everything You Need To Know Before Beginning Law School" this Summer and read it twice! I am now starting my fourth week at a fine law school. Studying Lord-Leutwyler's book not only served to ease my mind over the Summer, but gave me valuable insights on what to expect and how to prepare. I am certain that I would not be as comfortable today in school if it weren't for the advice the author gave me in this book. I am amazed at how many of my classmates, although very bright, are on edge and seem to be struggling to keep up. I can't help but think that they should have picked up a copy of Lord-Leutwylers treatise!This is a MUST READ for any incoming law students.
This book has made the transition from my undergraduate studies to graduate law studies less stressful with the author's "THINGS YOU NEED TO KNOW BEFORE BEGINNING LAW SCHOOL!" It was very comforting to read about the real-life experiences of current lawyers and the things they wish they had known during their law school years.
"Everything You Need to Know Before Beginning Law School" offers invaluable insights into the first year of law school.The information and resources contained within this book include practical advice for the 1L including how to read and brief a case, legal theory, summaries of core first year classes, and an introduction to legal research, as well as practical advice on how to finance law school and maintain healthy relationships. This book will provide pre-law and first year law school students with the tools needed to make the most of their time in law school and beyond by offering excellent resources for law outlines, legal research, and an invaluable list of study aids and software."Everything You Need to Know" will ultimately make better students and better lawyers of those who read it.
I loved it cuz I had no idea what law school is like, and I plan on attending this fall. I don't know any lawyers, my dad isn't a lawyer nothin like that, so i was just goin off what i saw on law and order on TV. But this book definitely showed me what the academics are like in law school, and now I'm sure I wanna be there. It also gives awesome advice about deciding and good reasons for getting a law degree or not. and the author is really funny at times which makes the book not boring. If you think the LSAT is the most important part of goin to law school, well this book is just as important as logic games. it's actually way MORE important cuz you might decide law school is a bunch of hooey then you don't have to even take the LSAT!!! :)
Well, I truly wish I had had this in my arsenal about law school before classes had started.
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