Strategies and Tactics for the First Year Law Student gives you a detailed, step-by-step program for thriving in the first year of law school. Note-taking—Sharpening your note-taking skills to maximize your study time and improve your grades Your law professor--Understanding what they want you to do Effective studying—Study smarter, not harder Memory aids—How to memorize the law Law School Stress—Effective techniques for handling the pressure Taking exams—The steps to writing exceptional exam answers New to the Second Edition: Guidance to help provide students with a positive outlook Tips for balancing life and school When to seek academic accommodations Staying motivated Updated to reflect where students are likely to start in the semester Overview of new technologies

Strategies and Tactics for the First Year Law Student gives you a detailed, step-by-step program for surviving the first year of law school. Note-taking--Sharpening your note-taking skills will maximize your study time and improve your grades Your law professor's personality--Understanding it can be to your advantage Study traps--What are they and how to avoid them Memory aids--How classic memory systems work and when you should (and shouldn't) use them The pressures of law school--Effective techniques for handling the pressure from classmates, professors, and reading assignments Taking exams--Nine steps to writing exceptional exam answers The Internet--Useful search engines and websites

Strategies and Tactics for the First Year Law Student gives you a detailed, step-by-step program for surviving the first year of law school. The pressures of law school - Effective techniques for handling the stress created by classmates, professors

In 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. This concise handbook focuses on all aspects of law school that are mystifying or tricky or both. The Law School Survival Manual: From LSAT to Bar Exam offers complete coverage, Before law school What you'll need before you apply Picking the right law school for you Orientation Your checklist for law school First year Collegiality and etiquette Friendships, romance, and networking The psychology of law professors Reading cases and statutes Outlining and studying Preparing for essay and multiple-choice exams Choosing upper-level courses Managing your time and scheduling your life Exploring joint-degree program opportunities Finding and applying for a summer job Landing a judicial clerkship Studying for the bar exam and the MPRE With reassuring humor and unique perspectives, Nancy Rapoport and Jeff Van Niel show you how to cope with stress, manage your time, study efficiently, nurture new friendships, write a paper, prepare for exams, and make sound decisions - in law school and beyond.

This book introduces international students to the characteristics of legal education in the United States and helps them develop the linguistic, analytical, and cultural skills to thrive at a U.S. law school. Part I focuses on the academic legal writing skills needed to write in law school. It guides students in reviewing their own writing skills and helps them to adapt to the conventions of academic legal writing at the whole text, paragraph, and sentence levels. It also gives students guidance in effectively presenting their ideas in writing so that a reader can quickly grasp their reasoning and meaning. Part II introduces students to common law and legal analysis. Following a brief introduction to the U.S. legal system, the book focuses on the skills required to read, discuss, and write about legal cases in a U.S. law class. Cases in torts and criminal procedure law provide an opportunity to apply these skills while also teaching high-frequency legal vocabulary. Throughout the book, students can read clear and concise explanations and practice the skills they are acquiring with detailed practice exercises. Professors and students will benefit from: Clear explanations of academic legal writing expected of law students on written assignments, such as exams and papers Straightforward definitions and explanations about how the common law system in the U.S. works Guidelines and practice in reading, discussing, and writing about legal cases Authentic tasks and exercises for all key concepts

Based on the latest research, this entertaining, practical guide offers law students a formula for success in school, on the bar exam, and as a practicing attorney. Mastering the law, either as a law student or in practice, becomes much easier if one has a working knowledge of the brain's basic habits. Before you can learn to think like a lawyer, you have to have some idea about how the brain thinks. The first part of this book translates the technical research, explaining learning strategies that work for the brain in law school specifically, and calling out other tactics that are useless (though often popular lures for the misinformed). This book is unique in explaining the science behind the advice and will save you from pursuing tempting shortcuts that will take you in the wrong direction. The second part explores the brain's decision-making processes and cognitive biases. These biases affect the ability to persuade, a necessary skill of the successful lawyer. The book talks about the art and science of framing, the seductive lure of the confirmation and egocentric biases, and the egocentricity of the availability bias. This book uses easily recognizable examples from both law and life to illustrate the potential of these biases to draw humans to mistaken judgments. Understanding these biases is critical to becoming a successful attorney and gaining proficiency in fashioning arguments that appeal to the sometimes quirky processing of the human brain. This book is part of the Context and Practice Series, edited by Michael Hunter Schwartz, Professor of Law and Dean of the McGeorge School of Law, University of the Pacific. Your Brain and Law School was a finalist in the Best Published Self-Help and Psychology category of the 2015 San Diego Book Awards

The book treats common law principles, The Restatement and Second Restatement of Contracts, and UCC Article 2, and analyzes all the major cases. Special features: At the end of each chapter, you'll find special Exam Tips on how to spot the key issues, what's most frequently tested, how to structure and phrase your answers . . . And more an up-to-date capsule summary summarizing the entire subject for night-before-the-exam review Essay, short-answer, and multiple-choice exam questions and answers to completely drill the concepts into your head Tables and Subject-Matter Index --------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Labor Law covers all aspects of this incredibly complex area. The book has been completely revised for 1998. Author Mark Adams is a Professor of Law at Valparaiso University School of Law. Special features: A Glossary, specifically designed to help you master the terminology of Labor Law Flowcharts, To help students see the "big picture Sample forms used by attorneys before the National Labor Relations Board Detailed tables, including a Table of Cases and Table of Statutory Sections and Restatement References A Detailed Subject-Matter Index A favorite outline series among seasoned law students, Professor Series offers detailed course outlines focusing on major elective subjects in the law school curriculum. Each title is authored by an experienced law school professor. Professor Series Features: Capsule summary of all major cases Table of cases Time-saving format Q&A section Authored by leading law school faculty Great for exam prep, too

"The abrupt move to online legal education in Spring 2020 accelerated the move to online legal education that has been slowing gathering steam in recent years. As more institutions consider the potential to expand their reach with online courses and programs, law professors must move past "pandemic teaching" and seriously consider how they can create and deliver quality legal education online. Law Teaching Strategies for a New Era: Beyond the Physical Classroom, the first comprehensive book on online legal education, explores techniques, tools, and strategies that can assist all types of law professors in that endeavor. The 34 chapters, authored by law professors from across the country, provide a comprehensive look at expanding legal education beyond the traditional classroom experience. Divided into four sections, the book starts by offering tips for getting started and fostering inclusion in online courses. It then moves to suggestions for course design of blended, synchronous, and asynchronous courses, including a chapter on measuring success through empirical research. Finally, it concludes with two sections on course-specific topics covering the range of legal education-from large first-year courses to seminars to skills-based courses and bar preparation. Both new online educators and seasoned veterans of online education will find tips and strategies to improve their online teaching"--

Most first-year students think that the substantive side of Criminal Law is easy. But as many students find out every year, The subject can be very subtle indeed. Our Criminal Law book helps you spot and understand these subtleties. Virtually every Model Penal Code provision is analyzed in detail. A capsule summary is provided. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Special features: A Casebook Correlation Chart which helps you pinpoint what parts of our outline cover what parts of your casebook A capsule summary summarizing the entire subject for night-before-the-exam review Essay, short-answer, and MBE-style multiple-choice exam questions and answers to completely drill the concepts into your head Tables (Cases, Model Penal Code References) and Subject-Matter Index --------------------------------------------------------------------------------