Campbell Law Library: 1L Library Orientation: Law School Success

1L of a Ride: A Well-Traveled Professor's Roadmap to Success in the First Year of Law School
Call Number: General Collection KF287 .M38 2013
A step-by-step roadmap to both academic and emotional success in law school's crucial first year. Covered topics include top student fears, the first-year curriculum, effective class participation, types of students and professors, essential study techniques, legal research and writing, exam strategies, stress management, and more.
Navigating the First Year of Law School: A Practical Guide to Studying Law
Call Number: General Collection KF283 .H47 2016
Covers how lawyers use the law, how the legal system works, how to study, how to read and brief case decisions, how to participate in class, how to prepare course outlines, and how to study for exams and write essay exam answers. It also provides a chapter with pointers about legal research and writing.
One L: The Turbulent True Story of a First Year at Harvard Law School
Call Number: General Collection KF373 .T88 A33 1997
Scott Turow's journal of his first year at law school has become a virtual bible for prospective law students. Not only does it introduce the ideas and issues that are the stuff of legal education, it brings alive the anxiety and competitiveness that set the tone in this crucible of character building.
Deconstructing Legal Analysis
Call Number: General Collection KF283 .W46 2009
Provides a variety of time-tested techniques, including a unique model for visualizing legal analysis, to teach students how to think like lawyers and take law school exams.

Introduction to the Study and Practice of Law in a Nutshell
Call Number: Law Reserves (Circulation Desk) KF273 .H4 2020
Where does law come from? Should judges follow precedent? What if your client wants to pave Paradise and put in a parking lot? If you love ideas you'll love this book and you'll love law school.
Demystifying the First Year: A Guide to the 1L Experience
Call Number: General Collection KF283 .M66 2010
Provides explicit frameworks for reading and analyzing court opinions in all first year courses. Using hypothetical classroom dialogues, the book explains how these frameworks will help student understand and participate in classroom discussions, answer questions on exams, and use the skills learned in the first year when representing clients in practice.
Off the Charts Law Summaries: An All-in-One Graphic Outline of the 1L Law School Courses
Call Number: General Collection KF388 .S34 2014
Contains concise charts summarizing the key concepts of all of the fundamental first year law school courses. This graphical presentation provides an organizational framework for the overwhelming quantity of dense and complex first year materials by displaying large amounts of information in a straightforward and visually appealing way that highlights the most important topics within the subject.
The Law Student's Pocket Mentor: From Surviving to Thriving
Call Number: General Collection KF283 .I35 2007
Helpful chapters cover learning your writing style, outlining your courses, and dealing with your grades.
Excelling in Law School: A Complete Approach
Call Number: General Collection KF272 .M548 2013
Demonstrates how to earn high grades by working smart, excel in extracurricular activities, publish, and land top jobs.

1L Library Orientation

Law Library Materials to Help You Succeed