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Additional Resources and Links

Much has been written by law students, lawyers and legal educators about how to take notes, how to outline courses and how to brief cases and we can refer you to a number of sources to read about different approaches.  We can also refer you to sources about the more amorphous aspects of starting law school, including the socialization process, emotional survival, and dealing with stress and anxiety.

The following websites provide useful advice on adjustment to law school and law school study skills:

Professor Lenni Benson talks about Outlining
http://origin.eastbaymedia.com/~nyls/asx/audio/benson9.29.06.asx

Teaching and Learning Law Resources for Legal Education
http://www.law.umkc.edu/faculty/profiles/glesnerfines/bgf-edu.htm
Test how much you know about Law School on LawNerds.com
http://www.lawnerds.com

We also recommend the following supplementary texts for beginning law students:

Richard Michael Fischl and Jeremy Paul, Getting to Maybe (1999)

Ruth Ann McKinney, Reading Like a Lawyer (2005)

Michael Hunter Schwartz, Expert Learning for Law Students (2005)

Dennis J. Tonsing, 1000 Days to the Bar--But the Practice of Law Begins Now (2003)

Professor Vernellia Randell, Online Assistance for Law Students
http://academic.udayton.edu/legaled/online/index.htm