1L Resources, Tips and Tools

1 digital copy is available. It circulates for 2 hours (like a Reserve book).
The West Academic description notes that this law professor/author discusses "pre-planning, top student fears, the first-year curriculum, the Socratic and case methods of teaching, effective class participation, the top habits of successful students, essential study techniques, legal research and writing, exam strategies, maintaining well-being, online learning, career planning, and much more. Combines comments from hundreds of law students, empirical research, and authentic samples of signature documents from the 1L experience, including exam questions, Socratic dialogue, and student case-briefs, class notes, and course outlines."

1 digital copy is available. It circulates for 2 hours (like a Reserve book).

1 digital copy is available.

The publisher's description notes this is a toolkit "of practical systems, schedules and ... suggestions to help students distinguish themselves in the classroom, the exam room, and the interview room."
1 copy is available as an ebook. In SARA catalog record, click: ACCESS ONLINE VERSION - EBC. First time users click: CREATE ACCOUNT.

Discuss optimizing class time, outlining, talking to faculty, preparing for exams, selecting 2L/3L classes and taking care of yourself (including developing a "resilient mindset").

Provides an overview of key concepts taught in courses that frequently are part of a first-year law curriculum: civil procedure, constitutional law, contracts, criminal law, property and torts.

The publisher's description notes that this book provides "research-based learning strategies for law students who learn differently."

1 digital copy is available. It circulates for 2 hours (like a Reserve book).
Excerpt from book's description: "[T]his text breaks the well-known IRAC method of legal writing into comprehensible segments and gives students the tools needed to master their law exams. Provides readers with detailed student-written examples of the IRAC method in action."

Section IX includes a practice exercise and model answer for criminal law, torts and property.

Includes chapters: Preparing for exams: what to do after class - Why, when and how to get help - Your preparation pays off: what to do during an exam.

Includes chapters: The what and why of exams -- Connecting classes and exams - The pinball method of exam taking - Issue spotting and issue sorting - Rules - Analysis (application) - Outlining for exam success - Tackling other exam formats - Practice makes perfect - Exam trouble - The zen of law school.

Access through Aspen Learning Library. In SARA catalog record, click: ACCESS ONLINE VERSION - ASPEN
1 print copy also available in Main collection.