Congratulations on your decision to enter the exciting and demanding field of law. The following resources may be useful to you before you begin law school and while you are completing your first year.
General
Richard Michael Fischl & Jeremy Paul, Getting to Maybe: How to Excel on Law School Exams (1999).
Charles Glasser, The Incoming One-L FAQ.
Helene Shapo & Marshall Shapo, Law School Without Fear: Strategies for Success (1996).
Legal Writing
Suzanne Rowe, Legal Research, Legal Writing, and Legal Analysis: Putting Law School into Practice
Kristen Woolever, Untangling the Law: Verbal Design in Legal Argument
Resources on this Website
While most of the materials on this website have been designed with the first-year student in mind, some are particularly useful for students making the transition to legal writing and analysis.