1L of a Ride: A Well-Traveled Professor's Roadmap to Success in the First Year of Law School; 2d (Career Guides)

1L of a Ride provides a candid step-by-step roadmap to both academic and emotional success in law school’s critical first year. Covered topics in this newly updated; revised; and expanded second edition include: top student fears; the first-year curriculum; effective class participation; types of law students and professors; case-briefing; note-taking; course-outlining; legal research and writing; exam preparation; essay and multiple-choice exam strategies; stress management; the impact of law school on outside relationships; special challenges faced by part-time and nontraditional students; and much more. Shows rather than tells with dozens of anecdotes and comments from real law students; as well as authentic samples of Socratic dialogue; exam questions; student case briefs; class notes; and course outlines. McClurg is an award-winning professor and noted legal humorist with experience teaching at several law schools.