The 4.0 Law Student: How to Start And End at the Top
Description
The 4.0 Law Student is the guide for doing well in law school. It uses concrete examples of how to rise to the top immediately, continue flourishing throughout law school, pass the bar, and get the job you want.
This book is about how to beat the pack in that most important 1L year, then how to continue at the top. Instead of covering the law itself (that's what law school is for), The 4.0 Law Student talks about which classes to take, how to brief cases and create outlines, how to study for finals, what extra-curricular activities to choose, how to pick a career track, and all sorts of other helpful tips for starting and ending at the top.
The book is roughly divided into three parts: (1) Summary information about law school, (2) "How To" sections for particular law school tasks, and (3) appendices containing actual examples of briefs and outlines.
The summary information discusses what law school is and is not. Various career tracks are listed, and for each you will be given specific suggestions on how to shape your tenure at law school. What you should and should not do in classes, and what extra-curricular activities you should seek out, is discussed in detail.
The "How To" sections cover how to think like a lawyer, how and why to brief cases, how to outline, how to write papers, how to study for classes, how to take a final, and how to study for the bar. At that point, the text proper ends.
The appendices contain example briefs and outlines. There are several example case briefs--both full length and book briefs. Three outline excerpts show several approaches to outlining.
If you think of The 4.0 Law Student as your older brother that just finished law school, you'll have a good idea what to expect. Read it once to get ready for school, then refer back to specific sections as you continue.
Of course, you only want to read this book if you intend to do well in law school. Most students wish they would do well, but they have no idea how to take specific steps to succeed. The 4.0 Law Students helps you go beyond the normal, ambiguous desire for success and create a particularized plan of action so that you will graduate at the top, both in terms of GPA and in terms of how well you are situated for the job you want.
This book is about how to beat the pack in that most important 1L year, then how to continue at the top. Instead of covering the law itself (that's what law school is for), The 4.0 Law Student talks about which classes to take, how to brief cases and create outlines, how to study for finals, what extra-curricular activities to choose, how to pick a career track, and all sorts of other helpful tips for starting and ending at the top.
The book is roughly divided into three parts: (1) Summary information about law school, (2) "How To" sections for particular law school tasks, and (3) appendices containing actual examples of briefs and outlines.
The summary information discusses what law school is and is not. Various career tracks are listed, and for each you will be given specific suggestions on how to shape your tenure at law school. What you should and should not do in classes, and what extra-curricular activities you should seek out, is discussed in detail.
The "How To" sections cover how to think like a lawyer, how and why to brief cases, how to outline, how to write papers, how to study for classes, how to take a final, and how to study for the bar. At that point, the text proper ends.
The appendices contain example briefs and outlines. There are several example case briefs--both full length and book briefs. Three outline excerpts show several approaches to outlining.
If you think of The 4.0 Law Student as your older brother that just finished law school, you'll have a good idea what to expect. Read it once to get ready for school, then refer back to specific sections as you continue.
Of course, you only want to read this book if you intend to do well in law school. Most students wish they would do well, but they have no idea how to take specific steps to succeed. The 4.0 Law Students helps you go beyond the normal, ambiguous desire for success and create a particularized plan of action so that you will graduate at the top, both in terms of GPA and in terms of how well you are situated for the job you want.
