Survival Techniques and Strategies

Contributed by Barb Kallusky.                                       

 

Some print resources that may help you through your first year and beyond.  If the law library doesn’t have the item, you may request it through interlibrary loan.

 

The law school experience : law, legal reasoning, and lawyering / edited by Lissa Griffin and Bennett L. Gershman. White Plains, NY: Pace University School of Law, c2000 ;  117p.

Call No: KF287.L39x 2000

 

Law school confidential: A complete guide to the law school experience / by Robert H. Miller.  New York: St. Martin's Griffin, 2000.

Call No. KF283 .M55 2000 

 

The law school rules : 115 survival strategies to make the challenges of law school seem like small stuff / Marion T.D. Lewis.  New York : Harmony Books, c1999; 174p.; Includes bibliographical references.

Call No. KF283 .L49 1999   

How to succeed in law school / Gary A. Munneke.  2nd. ed.  Hauppauge, NY : Barron's Educational Series, c1994 ; 262p. ; Includes bibliographical references and index.

Call No: KF283 .M86x 1994

 

Slaying the law school dragon : how to survive--and thrive--in first-year law school / George Roth. 2nd ed.  New York: Wiley, c1991; 182p.; Includes bibliographical references.

Call No: KF283 .R68 1991

 

A woman's guide to law school / Linda Hirshman.   New York : Penguin Books, 1999; 290p.; Includes index.

Call No: KF283 .H57 1999

 

The complete law school companion: How to excel at America's most demanding post-graduate curriculum  / Jeffery Deaver.  2nd Rev. ed.;  John Wiley & Sons, Inc, 1992; 240p.

Call No. KF283 .D4 1992  

 

What law school doesn't teach you … But you really need to know / by Kimm A. Walton.  Gilbert Law Summaries Ser.: Employment Guides;  Harcourt Legal & Professional Publications, Inc, 2000  450p.

Call No. KF297.W344 2000

 

Acing Your First Year of Law School: The Ten Steps to Success You Won't Learn in Class  / Shana Connell Noyes and Henry S. Noyes.  Buffalo, NY: William S. Hein & Company, Inc. 1999.

Call No. KF283 .N69 1999


 

Law school survival kit / by Jeff Adachi.  San Francisco, CA: Survival Series Pub. Co., c1999. 327p.

Call No. KF283 .A322 1999

 

Learning the Law: How to Succeed in Law School & Beyond / Steven J. Frank.

Reprint ed.  Replica Books, 1999; 226p

Call No. KF283 .F73 1997  

Law School?: Everything You Need to Know to Choose & Pursue a Degree in Law

Harry Castelman and Christopher Niewoehner.  John Wiley & Sons, Inc. 1997; 224p.

Call No. KF297.G64 

 

Becoming gentlemen : women, law school, and institutional change / Lani Guinier, Michelle Fine, and Jane Balin. Boston : Beacon Press, c1997.  175p. : ill. ;  Includes bibliographical references (p. 103-169) and index.

Call No: KF 287 .G85 1997

 

Looking at law school : a student guide from the Society of American Law Teachers / edited by Stephen Gillers; with a preface by William J. Brennan, Jr. Edition Rev. and expanded 4th ed.  New York : Meridian, 1997;  376p.;  Includes bibliographical references.

Call No: KF 283 .L66 1997

 

Elusive equality : the experiences of women in legal education.  Chicago: ABA Commission on Women in the Profession, 1996; 84p.  Includes bibliographical references.

Call No. KF287. E43 1996.

 

Thinking about law school : a minority guide.

Newtown, PA (Box 40, 661 Penn St., Newtown 18940-0040): Law School Admissions Council, c1995.  82p.; Includes bibliographical references.

Call No: KF 285 .T43x 1992

 

Introduction to the study and practice of law in a nutshell / by Kenney Hegland.

3rd ed. St. Paul, MN : West Group, 2000.; 429p.;  Includes index.

Call No: KF 273 .H4 2000

Going to law school? : everything you need to know to choose and  pursue a degree in law / Harry Castleman and Christopher Niewoehner;  New York: J. Wiley & Sons, c1997; 204p. Includes bibliographical references and index.

Call No: KF285 .C37 1997

 

Do your legal career Justice: opportunities for entry-level attorneys and law students at the U.S. Department of Justice.  [Washington, D.C.?] : The Dept., [2000?]; 39p.

Call No: J 1.2:L 52


 

How to study law and take law exams in a nutshell / by Ann M. Burkhart, Robert A. Stein.  St. Paul, MN: West Pub. Co., 1996; 366p. Includes index.

Call No: KF 283 .B87 1996

 

Law school without fear : strategies for success / Helene Shapo and Marshall Shapo.

Westbury, NY: Foundation Press, c1996; 200p.  Includes bibliographical references.

Call No: KF 386 .S44 1996

 

Law v. life : what lawyers are afraid to say about the legal profession / Walt Bachman.

Rhinebeck, NY: Four Directions Press, c1995; 140p.

Call No: KF 300.B32x 1995

 

The official guide to legal specialties : an insider's guide to every major practice area  /

Lisa L. Abrams.  Chicago: Harcourt Legal & Professional Publications, c2000; 475p. 

Call No: KF 297.A7512x 2000

 

America's greatest places to work with a law degree: and how to  make the most of any job, no matter where it is! / by Kimm Alayne Walton.  Chicago: Harcourt Brace Legal & Professional Publications, c1999; 1146p. ; Includes indexes.

Call No: KF 297.W35x 1999

 

Careers in international law : your indispensable guide to career  paths and internships in international law. 1999-2000 ed., rev. and updated; Washington, D.C.: American Society of International Law, c1999 ; 102p. Includes bibliographical references.

Call No: K 118 .I58 C37 1999

 

Careers in criminal justice / W. Richard Stephens, Jr.  Boston: Allyn and Bacon, c1999; 91p.

Call No: HV8143 .S83x 1999

How to start and build a law practice / Jay G. Foonberg.  Millennium 4th ed., rev. & updated; Chicago: American Bar Association, Law Student Division, Section  of Law Practice Management, c1999 ;  607p.; Includes index.

Call No: KF 300 .F66 1999

 

Entertainment law careers / William D. Henslee; edited by Sara Vlajcic. 2nd ed.

Chicago: American Bar Association, Law Student Division, c1998. 177p.

Includes bibliographical references.

Call No: KF 299 .E57 H46 1998

 

What they don't teach you in law school  / Schuyler M. Moore.  Littleton, CO: F.B. Rothman, 2001. 38p.

Call No. KF300.M66 2001

 

Young lawyer's handbook : "what they don't teach you in law school" / Polly McGlew.   Arlington, TX: Future Education Inc., 1990. 155p.

 

Law school guide to public interest careers / Public Service Committee ; Susan J. Feathers, Jacqueline Ortega, and Janet Smith, ed. National Association for Law Placement (U.S.) Public Service Committee  <Rev. ed.>  Washington, D.C.: Public Service Committee, National Association  for Law Placement, c1998. 129p. Includes bibliographical references.

Call No: KF 299 .P8 N38x 1998

 

The lawyer's career change handbook: more than 300 things you  can do with a law degree / Hindi Greenberg.  New York: Avon Books, 1998;  310p. Includes bibliographical references and index.

Call No: KF 297 .Z9 G74 1998

 

How to get the job you want in a law firm / Ann Turnicky ; illustrated  by Eugene Theroux.  New York: J. Wiley, c1997; 228p. : ill. Includes index.

Call No: KF 297 .T875 1997

 

The public defender experience: a student career guide into the heads and hearts of America's "real lawyers" / by Bradley M. Bittan.  West Hartford, CT: The Graduate Group, c1997;  171p.

Call No: KF 299 .C7 B58x 1997

 

What can you do with a law degree? : a lawyer's guide to career alternatives inside, outside & around the law / Deborah Arron.  3rd ed.  Seattle, WA : Niche Press, c1997; 373p. Includes bibliographical references and index.

Call No: KF 297.A875 1997

 

Guide to law specialties.  Washington, D.C.: National Association for Law Placement,  c1996; 79p.;  Includes bibliographical references and index.

Call No: KF 297.G85x 1996

 

JD preferred : 400+ things you can do with a law degree (other  than practice law) / Federal Reports, Inc. [Washington, DC]: Federal Reports, c1994 ; 1 v. [various pagings]

Call No: KF 297.J3x 1994

 

Nonlegal careers for lawyers / Gary A. Munneke and William D. Henslee.

3rd ed.  Chicago: American Bar Association, c1994; 103p.  Includes bibliographical references.

Call No: KF 297.M862 1994

 

Reading like a lawyer / Ruth Ann McKinney. Durham, N.C.: Carolina Academic Press,  2005.

Call No: KF 283 .M398 2005

 

Starting off right in law school / Carolyn Nygren. Durham, N.C.: Carolina Academic Press, 2005.

Call No: KF 273 .N97 1997

 

Understanding law school: an introduction to the LexisNexis Understanding Series and tips on how to succeed in law school / Newark, N.J.: LexisNexis 2004.

Call No: KF 283 .U53 2004

 

The eight secrets of top exam performance in law school: an easy-to-use, step-by-step program for achieving great grades! /Charles H. Whitebread. Chicago, IL: Harcourt Brace Legal & Professional Publications, 1995.

Call No: KF 283 .W48 1995

 

An introduction to law, law study, and the lawyer’s role, 2d ed./ James E. Moliterno. Durham, N.C.: Carolina Academic Press, 2004.

Call No: KF 272 .M65 2004

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