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What books should every law student read before going to law school?

Post by thedragon5678 » Thu Feb 11, 2021 11:18 am

What books made the biggest impact on your legal career? Was it a classic or a memoir or a self help book or some other genre entirely?

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Re: What books should every law student read before going to law school?

Post by Anon-non-anon » Thu Feb 11, 2021 11:28 am

Getting to Maybe helped me understand law school tests after I bombed the first and only midterm. Really feel blessed that happened bc it kicked me into gear to learn how to take the tests (which generally follow the same formula, at least in part).

Maybe good to read as you get going on classes so it makes a little more sense but it'll be easy to forget in the frenzy of 1L. Maybe read now and skim again later.

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Re: What books should every law student read before going to law school?

Post by lookatriffraffplease » Thu Feb 11, 2021 12:54 pm

Crime and Punishment, To Kill a Mockingbird, in Cold blood is fun, I'd thrown in some Hemingway, Faulkner, and Flannery O'Connor too but I really love Southern literature.

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Re: What books should every law student read before going to law school?

Post by Dsquar3d » Sun Feb 14, 2021 7:12 am

Informal Logic by Douglas Walton

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Re: What books should every law student read before going to law school?

Post by FND » Sat Mar 27, 2021 5:27 am

not a book but a movie.
Watch the opening 15 minutes of The Verdict (1980). It shows you what's arguably the worst outcome for a lawyer. Imagine if things don't work out well, and you end up being that character. Then decide if you still want to go to law school.

Runner up is "The Night Of", for similar reasons.

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