Tips and advice for the newest law students II: Outside links.
Posted by AustinGroothuis | 20 Aug, 2007- Barbara Glesner Fines' (prolific CALI Lesson author and former CALI Board Member) fine article on stress in law school.
Following up on this post's list of links for new law students from within the Pre-Law Blog, here's a roundup of advice from outside of the blog, taken from the list of advice published on this blog for last year's law school entrants.
Previously mentioned on this blog, CALI's podcast interviews of professors here, here, and here.
Professor Ira Nathenson on his blog Digital Garbage points to some advice here and gives some of his own advice, mostly on study techniques, here.
MUCH MORE ADVICE FROM AROUND THE WEB BELOW!....
Professor Nathenson also points out a another resource: Professor Lawrence Krieger's booklet on law school stress.
Professor Mike Madison has a great ten part post of advice for incoming students called "Welcome to Law School."
Professor Brannon Denning on Instapundit suggests that a new law student treat law school like a job, exercise, and maintain outside interest here.
Professor Michael O'Hear on PrawfsBlawg tells students that if they are lost "it's not you, it's us" here.
Professor Orin Kerr on OrinKerr.com says it's normal to feel lost and suggests visiting with your professor often here.
Professor Gregory Bowman of Law Career Blog says don't read Turow's 1L (I second that) here and gives orientation advice here. Professor Bowman also points to:
Clever Wot, blog by Michigan Law student Kurt Hunt, points us to Prof Vikram David Amar's tips on how to succeed in law school here at FindLaw (added 8/17).
Professor Jim Maule, author of many lessons in CALI's extensive collection of Tax lessons, offers more here. (added 8/21)
ADVICE FROM STUDENTS AND OTHERS:The Wall Street Journal Law Blog has an open thread on advice for 1L's.
The students at Wish I Would Have Known blog discuss commercial study aides at length here.
More advice here on study aides from Modern Acropolis.
Ian Samuel, the law student behind the blog Burning Light of Reason explains his dislike of study groups here.
Top Law Student continues it's numerous posts about law school here.
Evan Shaeffer's Legal Underground points us to a Stanford law student's blog post of top ten things to remember about law school here. (added 8/20).
Some general tips from a Harvard law student here.
List of 19 great tips from 38-year old student here.
Does anyone else have more links they would like to add?
