Study Aids, Strategies & Exam Prep: 1L Year- Intro to Law School

Introduces the basic structure of our legal system and to the distinctive features of legal reasoning. To prepare students for exams, the book explains in clear and careful detail what exams are designed to test. It then devotes a single, clearly written chapter to each step of the process of answering exams. Includes sample exams for Civil Procedure, Constitutional Law, Contracts, Criminal Law, Property and Torts as well as student answers, model answers and professor analysis.

Older edition available in print on 2nd Floor at KF283 .G46 2016

Link to Amazon if wish to purchase own copy

Link to Amazon if wish to purchase owne copy

Link to Amazon if wish to purchase own copy

Link to Amazon if wish to purchase own copy.

Link is to Amazon if wish to purchase own copy

Link to Amazon

Older editions on Second Floor at KF240 .S52 2002, link to Amazon.

Topics include: Foundational knowledge, class prep, exam prep, self-assessment and reflection and more. Looking for some sessions to get started with?
Try:
• A Good Place to Start.... Depends on Where you are Beginning (LSS33) (Law School Success Lessons Overview & Finding Tool)
• Common Law Basics: What Faculty May Assume You Know (LSS20)
• Analysis 1: Thinking Like a Lawyer (LSS04)
• Finding The Rule (LSS21)
• Note-Taking in Law School 101: The Basics (LSS08)
• Note-Taking in Law School 101: Case-Based Content (LSS14)

Advice from a seasoned professor on: the Socratic method, preparing for class, note-taking during class, class participation, "riding out" that "lost at sea" feel common during the first few weeks of law school, the appropriate use of study aids, advice about law school exams, and general advice on doing well in law school.

Older editions available on the 2nd Floor: KF273 .H4 2014

Explains legal, analytical and deductive reasoning using cases as examples. Print copy available on the 3rd Floor at KF8775 .B87 2007

This book provides introductory survey of both procedural and substantive law -- is a comprehensive, though concise, survey of the American legal system -- its structure and its methodology.

Walks through a case introducing students to basic law school tasks such as reading analytically, understanding legal materials, and working with the common law.

A look at how law professors use the Socratic method to help students develop a legal framework for analysis.

Covers how to prepare for class, what to do in class and after class, managing stress and other study skills for law schools.