m*******i
发帖数: 43 | 1 I am going to law school this fall, and I am an engineer.
DAXIAs, can you recommend any books for me to read b4 school starts, or
recommend something MUST do b4 school starts.
A little bit nervous about this career change.
BEN NIAO XIAN FEI. | o*********s
发帖数: 275 | 2 I will go to law school this fall as well. Just got a letter from the dean,
here is the last paragraph:
"Before I close this letter, let me impart one more piece of advice. I know
that you will be tempted to try to get a head start on substantive law
study. You should resist the impulse. The first year of law school is
grueling enough as it is. Moreover, such efforts are likely to be confusing
or pointless, or both. You will be much better served by finding time to
simply relax."
If you wan | d********2
发帖数: 44 | 3 Suggestions
1) improve your reading speed and vocabulary. No need to read law-related
books. WSJ, Time, Newsweek, etc are all good ones. Focus a little bit on
political issues.
2) if you REALLY have time and REALLY want to get jump start, listen to PMBR
CDs (just for first semester classes), make an outline yourself by trying
to understand as much as possible. I know American law students who are so
determined that they takes bar preparation classes before law school. They
usually get highe | c*******m
发帖数: 248 | 4
PMBR
so
They
哦 还有练习打字速度 那些美国人打字真是TMD的快
【在 d********2 的大作中提到】
: Suggestions
: 1) improve your reading speed and vocabulary. No need to read law-related
: books. WSJ, Time, Newsweek, etc are all good ones. Focus a little bit on
: political issues.
: 2) if you REALLY have time and REALLY want to get jump start, listen to PMBR
: CDs (just for first semester classes), make an outline yourself by trying
: to understand as much as possible. I know American law students who are so
: determined that they takes bar preparation classes before law school. They
: usually get highe
| c*******i
发帖数: 951 | 5 Law school is a marathon. You should work out more in the summer so as to be
physically prepared. | m*******i
发帖数: 43 | 6 谢谢大家呀，看来要好好锻炼身体。
从小就是偏理的利害，文科非常糟糕。最近一定要多读。
平时什么topic应该多注意一点呢？ | h*******i
发帖数: 1626 | 7 Your dean is right
,
know
confusing
reading
【在 o*********s 的大作中提到】
: I will go to law school this fall as well. Just got a letter from the dean,
: here is the last paragraph:
: "Before I close this letter, let me impart one more piece of advice. I know
: that you will be tempted to try to get a head start on substantive law
: study. You should resist the impulse. The first year of law school is
: grueling enough as it is. Moreover, such efforts are likely to be confusing
: or pointless, or both. You will be much better served by finding time to
: simply relax."
: If you wan
| s*****e
发帖数: 6 | 8 My two cents:
1) One L, a book by Scott Turow, gives you a basic idea of the life of a
first-year law student.
2) Vault 100 & AMLaw 100/200 lists, to get familiar with the names of the
law firms, if Big Law is your career goal.
3) "Getting to Maybe", or "law School Confidential", gives you some ideas of
the game played by law professors in class or in exam.
With respect to BarBri or PMBR, I don't recommend since first, you won't
understand much; second, memorization is not the key to get good gr | j*******g
发帖数: 188 | 9 上面几位的建议都很好，比如练习打字速度，看一下描述法学院生活的书，等等。
还有就是尽快熟悉校园和你住处的环境，知道以后缺什么到哪去买。没人给你做饭的话
，最好熟悉附近的饭店，估计1L你是没空自己做
如果一定要看关于课程的书的话，可以买本Examples and Explanations 系列的书随便
翻翻，不过不用花太多时间 | c**d
发帖数: 3888 | 10 I read Law 101, One L, and Law School Confidential before law school. Knowing what I know now, if I could do it all over again, I wouldn't have done anything before law school started.
Now that I've been out of law school for a while, the only thing I wish I did before law school was to take bar/bri lectures. Unfortunately, I don't think bar/bri offers any prelaw programs. | a***a
发帖数: 204 | 11 i did absolutely nothing, ie, no books, no typing, no exercise, physical or
otherwise
turned out doing nothing was the best prep. I was a science major too.
【在 m*******i 的大作中提到】
: I am going to law school this fall, and I am an engineer.
: DAXIAs, can you recommend any books for me to read b4 school starts, or
: recommend something MUST do b4 school starts.
: A little bit nervous about this career change.
: BEN NIAO XIAN FEI.
| D**********s
发帖数: 320 | 12 Agree. I would rather enjoy some free time. 1L is hell and I don't want to
get burnt out so quickly.
Physical exercise is important. A healthy body is the most important thing
you need.
Knowing what I know now, if I could do it all over again, I wouldn't have
done anything before law school started.
did before law school was to take bar/bri lectures. Unfortunately, I don't
think bar/bri offers any prelaw programs.
【在 c**d 的大作中提到】
: I read Law 101, One L, and Law School Confidential before law school. Knowing what I know now, if I could do it all over again, I wouldn't have done anything before law school started.
: Now that I've been out of law school for a while, the only thing I wish I did before law school was to take bar/bri lectures. Unfortunately, I don't think bar/bri offers any prelaw programs.
| c***d
发帖数: 80 | 13 To oligobrains,
Is the letter from Dean Bell? It is verbatim as mine except your removed a
few words enclosed in parenthesis. Gosh.Are we going to the same place? |
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