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Can anyone tell me the West-Thomson books that might be most universally used/most universally useful? I'm going to be a 1L in the fall and someone has offered to get me a few books now. Any advice would be great! I'm thinking the Law Dictionary and the Pocket Law Dictionary, but other suggestions would be appreciated!
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eh, none are really especially necessary. A lot of the reference stuff is so easy to pull up on wiki or via westlaw/lexis that a legal dictionary is sort of the height of unnecessaryBailarina08 wrote:Can anyone tell me the West-Thomson books that might be most universally used/most universally useful? I'm going to be a 1L in the fall and someone has offered to get me a few books now. Any advice would be great! I'm thinking the Law Dictionary and the Pocket Law Dictionary, but other suggestions would be appreciated!
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spend the time taking a speed reading course. it'll help in all of your classes.
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If you want to get ahead you need to spend this summer learning as much substantive law as possible.
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memorize FRCP #1 and you'll be fine
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How many forms of action are there again? fuck fuck fuck I bet this is going to be on the test...apper123 wrote:memorize FRCP #1 and you'll be fine
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I MEANT RULE 2 CRAP
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169apper123 wrote:I MEANT RULE 2 CRAP
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Dude, not even a solid GPA would get that meme into the T14. More like a 162. Good enough to know you did great compared to the population, bad enough that you realize how mediocre the population truly is.mikeytwoshoes wrote:169apper123 wrote:I MEANT RULE 2 CRAP
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I was being civil because he's not a 0L.disco_barred wrote:Dude, not even a solid GPA would get that meme into the T14. More like a 162. Good enough to know you did great compared to the population, bad enough that you realize how mediocre the population truly is.mikeytwoshoes wrote:169apper123 wrote:I MEANT RULE 2 CRAP
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lol i actually got a ~162disco_barred wrote:Dude, not even a solid GPA would get that meme into the T14. More like a 162. Good enough to know you did great compared to the population, bad enough that you realize how mediocre the population truly is.mikeytwoshoes wrote:169apper123 wrote:I MEANT RULE 2 CRAP
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and i'm T14 bound next year
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Epicapper123 wrote:lol i actually got a ~162disco_barred wrote:Dude, not even a solid GPA would get that meme into the T14. More like a 162. Good enough to know you did great compared to the population, bad enough that you realize how mediocre the population truly is.mikeytwoshoes wrote:169apper123 wrote:I MEANT RULE 2 CRAP
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and i'm T14 bound next year
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If you know what casebook you will be using, check to see if there are case briefs tied to the casebook. High Court Case Summaries is a good case brief to use. Also, get yourself the Crunchtime series and Acing series for your class (they are quick reads and tell you the law that you will need to know on the exam). Lastly, get yourself a good commercial outline--Sum and Substance is very good (especially for contracts), Black Letter Law Outlines are good too.
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I have a Black's Law Dictionary. It serves as a fantastic paperweight. Also handy as a doorstop!
Seriously, as far as reference books go, you'll be covered by what they have in the library.
Seriously, as far as reference books go, you'll be covered by what they have in the library.
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Erm...Google is your best friend. No, seriously.
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These outlines are by lexis and are great to use for your first year exams.
These outlines are by lexis and are great to use for your first year exams.
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