Professor Leora Harpaz

Western New England College School of Law
Summer, 2011

Sample of Web Resources for Law Students

This listing of web resources is designed to introduce you to some of the resources available on the web that are aimed at law students. Many of them are geared toward beginning law students. It is not intended as a complete list, but just to get you started.

Advice on How to Succeed in Law School

Advice For the Law School Class of '09: Ten Key Principles That Will Help You Succeed by Professor Vikram David Amar - http://writ.news.findlaw.com/scripts/printer_friendly.pl?page=/amar/20060817.html

Law School - Materials for Success by Professor Barbara Glesner Fines -
http://www.law.umkc.edu/faculty/profiles/glesnerfines/success-front.html

Strategies for Success (LawNerds.com) - http://www.lawnerds.com/guide/mind.html

The Incoming One-L FAQ by Charles Glasser - http://www.lectlaw.com/files/lws15.htm

and can be also found at http://www.ilrg.com/glasser.html

A Beginner’s Guide to Legal Education by Professor James Elkins -

http://myweb.wvnet.edu/%7Ejelkins/orientation/

First Year Survival Manual by Professor Richard Conviser - http://stu.findlaw.com/outlines/commercialout/gilbert/survival.html

Information Necessary for Law School Survival by Carolyn Nygren - http://www.findlaw.com/studyskills/necessary.html

What Makes Law School so Different for Many New Law Students by Amy Jarmon - http://lawprofessors.typepad.com/academic_support/study_tips_general/

Dealing with Stress and Time Management

Stress and Time Management: http://www.tsu.edu/pdffiles/academics/law/life/support/Stress%20&%20Time%20Management.pdf

Ten Stress Busters by Amy Jarmon - http://lawprofessors.typepad.com/academic_support/2010/11/25-stress-busters.html

Time Savers for Home and School by Amy Jarmon - http://lawprofessors.typepad.com/academic_support/2009/11/time-savers-for-home-and-school.html

Briefing Cases and Class Preparation

Ten Instructions for Briefing Cases by Professor Paul Bateman - http://www.law.umkc.edu/faculty/profiles/glesnerfines/bateman.htm

A Beginner’s Guide to Legal Education: Briefing Cases by Professor James Elkins- http://myweb.wvnet.edu/%7Ejelkins/orientation/briefcase.html

Classroom Preparation - http://www.law.du.edu/index.php/law-school-learning-aids/class-preparation-and-case-reading-faq

Preparing for Class - http://law.slu.edu/academics/academic_advising/preparing_for_class.html

How to Brief a Case by Professor Judith Karp -

http://www.nsulaw.nova.edu/faculty/documents/casebriefing.pdf

Socratic Method

The Socratic Method - http://www.princetonreview.com/law/socratic-method.aspx?uidbadge=%07

First Day of Law School Tutorial - http://www.law.smu.edu/firstday/about.htm

Note Taking and Classroom Learning

Effective Note Taking - http://law.slu.edu/academics/academic_advising/effective_note_taking.html

Tips on Getting the Most Out of Your Classes - http://www.kentlaw.edu/academics/asp/resources/ClassPrep05.pdf

10 Dos and Don'ts for Note Taking in Law School - http://lawschool.about.com/od/survivinglawschool/a/notetaking.htm

Study Groups

Study Groups - http://www.law.villanova.edu/Current%20Students/Academic%20Success/Study%20Groups.aspx

Should You Join a Study Group? - http://lawschool.about.com/od/survivinglawschool/a/StudyGroup.htm

Outlining - http://www.law.villanova.edu/Current%20Students/Academic%20Success/Outlining.aspx

Creating a Course Outline by Herbert N. Ramy -  http://www.kentlaw.edu/academics/asp/resources/OutlineRamy.pdf

Preparing for and Taking Exams

Preparing for Exams by Professor Barbara Glesner Fines - http://www.law.umkc.edu/faculty/profiles/glesnerfines/bgf-ed5.htm

Do's and Don'ts of Exam Preparation -  http://www.kentlaw.edu/academics/asp/resources/DosDontsExamPrep.pdf

Do's and Don'ts of Exam Taking - http://www.kentlaw.edu/academics/asp/resources/DosDontsExamTaking.pdf

Writing Law Examinations by Professor John H. Langbein - http://lawschool.westlaw.com/shared/marketinfodisplay.asp?code=so&id=6&subpage=3

Exam Strategies - http://www.law.villanova.edu/Current%20Students/Academic%20Success/Exam%20Strategies.aspx

How to Take a Law School Exam by Professor Marc Rohr - http://www.nsulaw.nova.edu/faculty/documents/examtake.pdf

Preparation for Law School Exams by Elizabeth Garrett - http://www.law.harvard.edu/current/student-services/how-to-approach-and-take-a-law-school-exam.pdf

Kent Syverud's Taking Law School Exams Lecture - http://www.law.umich.edu/currentstudents/studentservices/Pages/exam-tips.aspx

CALI Tutorial - Writing Better Law School Exams: The Importance of Structure - http://www2.cali.org/index.php?fuseaction=lessons.lessondetail&lid=543

Law Dictionaries

Duhaime's Legal Dictionary - http://www.duhaime.org/LegalDictionary.aspx

The ‘Lectric Law Lexicon - http://www.lectlaw.com/def.htm

Law.com Dictionary - http://dictionary.law.com/

Legal Dictionary - http://www.lawyers.com/legal_topics/glossary/index.php?site=111&eid=&paop=&caop=&consumertype=P&c01=&c02=&c03=&c04=

Research and Writing

Ten Easy Steps to Legal Research - http://www.lectlaw.com/files/lwr18.htm

Sally's Rules of Research by Sally Ginsburg Waters - http://justice.law.stetson.edu/faculty/sally/rules.htm

‘Lectric Law Library’s Reference Room - http://www.lectlaw.com/ref.html

Jurist: Legal Research and Writing - http://jurist.law.pitt.edu/sg_resch.htm

Outlines

Internet Legal Resource Guide Law School Course Outlines Archive -

http://www.ilrg.com/students/outlines/

FindLaw for Students: Outlines - http://stu.findlaw.com/outlines/

‘Lectric Law Library: Outlines and Pathfinders - http://www.lectlaw.com/study.html

Sample Exams

FindLaw for Students: Law School Exams - http://stu.findlaw.com/outlines/schoolexam/index.html

Harvard Law School Annual Examination Archive -  https://www.law.harvard.edu/academics/registrar/exams/

CALI - (The Center for Computer-Assisted Legal Instruction) - http://www.cali.org/

FindLaw - http://www.findlaw.com - and particularly FindLaw’s resources for law students - http://stu.findlaw.com/student/

Jurist -source for legal news - http://jurist.law.pitt.edu

The ‘Lectric Law Library’s Study of Law Study - http://www.lectlaw.com/study.html