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1L here looking for the best online legal dictionary and the best source of case briefs.

BrooklynLaw16 wrote:1L here looking for the best online legal dictionary and the best source of case briefs.

Whatever your prof recommends.

Profs tell you not to use canned briefs and to use a paper dictionary. I want to use an online dictionary because it will facilitate faster lookup of concepts and use canned briefs to locate integral legal concepts before reading the case. Any suggestions?

You're not a 1L you're a 0L. Use the appropriate forum

BrooklynLaw16 wrote: I want to use an online dictionary

http://www.wikipedia.org/

maximator wrote:

BrooklynLaw16 wrote: I want to use an online dictionary

http://www.wikipedia.org/

Hell, OP will be looking between wiki, casebriefs.com, and invsipress by 3L yr. Hell, OP will probably be looking at lawnix by week one. But seriously gun-tastic 0L OP, enjoy summer.

BrooklynLaw16 wrote:1L here looking for the best online legal dictionary and the best source of case briefs.

Once you get access, use Blacks Dictionary in Westlaw so you can take advantaged of the KeyCite system. I am pretty sude I have not used a legal dictionary since 1L.

For case briefs....

Use Google.

For looking up words you don't know....

Use Google.

Your westlaw subscription will include Black's Law Dictionary. But just use google.

whatever you can find on google. profs will probably recommend actually reading the cases and briefing them yourself. LOL no. it's all part of a flame to make their chosen field of study seem rigorous and worthwhile.

MrsPalsgraf wrote:You're not a 1L you're a 0L. Use the appropriate forum

My law school already sent out the first reading assignment- 300 pages, including 10 strict products liability cases. I'm starting now. Don't assume what you don't know.

I.P. Daly wrote:http://lawschoolcasebriefs.com/

+1 thank you

Bikeflip wrote:

But seriously gun-tastic 0L OP

Yes, I am a gun owner. Strong believer in 2nd amendment rights. Don't know about gun- tastic though lol

BrooklynLaw16 wrote:

MrsPalsgraf wrote:You're not a 1L you're a 0L. Use the appropriate forum

My law school already sent out the first reading assignment- 300 pages, including 10 strict products liability cases. I'm starting now. Don't assume what you don't know.

Oh snap

BrooklynLaw16 wrote:

MrsPalsgraf wrote:You're not a 1L you're a 0L. Use the appropriate forum

My law school already sent out the first reading assignment- 300 pages, including 10 strict products liability cases. I'm starting now. Don't assume what you don't know.

LOL yikes

I liked http://www.lawnix.com a lot, and these were helpful: http://marissabracke.com/law-school-outlines

Google will work fine for a dictionary. Black's is a waste of money.

I had a hard copy of a law dictionary to start 1L, didn't use it once, and it turned out to NOT be the dictionary allowed for journal write-on. Use google and Black's on Westlaw for now, and later if you need to buy one, you won't have wasted money on the wrong one.

kalvano wrote:I liked http://www.lawnix.com a lot, and these were helpful: http://marissabracke.com/law-school-outlines

Google will work fine for a dictionary. Black's is a waste of money.

Thank you

http://www.casebriefs.com/blog/law/

^This website has briefs keyed to many major textbooks, but the short, concise rule statements included in Wikipedia summaries are better

http://www.invispress.com/law/index.html

^This guy also wrote some pretty good case briefs

kalvano wrote:I liked http://www.lawnix.com a lot, and these were helpful: http://marissabracke.com/law-school-outlines

Google will work fine for a dictionary. Black's is a waste of money.

Seconded. If you need to read it, google it. If you need to cite it, borrow it. If you need to buy it...don't.

ManOfTheMinute wrote:

BrooklynLaw16 wrote:

MrsPalsgraf wrote:You're not a 1L you're a 0L. Use the appropriate forum

My law school already sent out the first reading assignment- 300 pages, including 10 strict products liability cases. I'm starting now. Don't assume what you don't know.

Oh snap

LOL. Yea ok I'm sure you have a 300 page reading assignment on strict liabilty in a month before classes start. That's totally logical.

MrsPalsgraf wrote:LOL. Yea ok I'm sure you have a 300 page reading assignment on strict liabilty in a month before classes start. That's totally logical.

The RIGOR of BLS

Law dictionaries are of really limited usefulness. I don't think I ever cracked one after the early portion of my first semester. So definitely don't buy one, especially considering you can look up all the terms you need to look up on the web.

Yeah, I never used one either.