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Law School Confidential (Revised Edition): A Complete Guide to the Law School Experience: By Students, for Students (平装)
by Robert H. Miller
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Law school exam prep |
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| MSL Pointer Review:
Absolutely a beacon in the darkness, this book is a must read for anyone considering law school. |
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Law Preview Book Review (MSL quote), USA
<2007-02-23 00:00>
Law School Confidential (Revised Edition) delivers again! Three new mentors, two new chapters, updated financial aid, recruiting and judicial clerkship advice, and much, much more. Solid, tested advice, eloquently delivered with humor and style.
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Journal of the Denver Bar Association (MSL quote), USA
<2007-02-23 00:00>
This abundance of information is just the remedy for the nerves of a student anxious to enter law school...
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The Houston Lawyer (MSL quote), USA
<2007-02-23 00:00>
This book is a must for anyone attending or thinking about law school.
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New York Law Journal (MSL quote), USA
<2007-02-23 00:00>
... walks the reader from the decision to go to law school through the bar exam... a useful, worthwhile book.
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A reader (MSL quote), USA
<2007-02-23 00:00>
As an adult student changing careers the prospect of going to law school has been a lot overwhelming; however this book has helped to realistically prepare me for what to expect in the coming months. Although it seems to be written primarily for younger, recent college grads (there seems to be a heavy emphasis on the extremely competitive cut-throat environment of law school) the authors provide very honest and useful information to consider in every aspect of the law school experience from "beginning to end." Again, my only reservations about the book is the on-going descriptions of the uber competitive nature of the experience - if you dont get A's in the first term you can forget about getting invited to participate in law review and/or top-rated internships? - seemed to be harsh and unnecessarily discouraging. Still this book is an easy read with a very real point of view for any student at any stage of law school. |
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Jorge Flores (MSL quote), USA
<2007-02-23 00:00>
First, this opinion is coming from someone who has not read any other books of the type that provide their view of the law school experience and so I having nothing to compare it to which may have affected how high I rated it and not know its uniqueness from other similar type books. That said, I gave it five stars basically because it covers the whole process of the law school experience from the very beginning of choosing to go to law school to the bar exam (look at the table of contents for details on exactly what). This includes the LSAT, financing and choosing the schools and later on summer internships and interviews. The book was easy read, very clear, and a book that you'll be able to use while you're in the various stages of the law school experience and not just for summer reading. Again because of the fact that I haven't read any other books of this type I would say it helped me immensely in showing me the big picture. Perhaps it wouldn't for others who read other books though. |
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Tim (MSL quote), USA
<2007-02-24 00:00>
For a book with a fairly simple subject and a fairly easy way of tackling it (i.e., commonsense advice), this book manages to contradict itself a lot. It tells you that your first and foremost job is to be sure you're ready to answer when you're called on in class, then it tells you sixty pages later, "do not prepare for class" - except it does it in all caps. This is the most glaring of such inconsistancies; others include advising you to live in the dorms your first year, then saying that you made a mistake living in the dorms once finals come around. He tells you to spare no expense and inconvenience to buy a really comfortable bed, then suggests a couch/futon to save space. And so on.
Couch/futon? Dorm life? That's right: in a fairly obvious attempt to stretch this book out to decent paperback length, the author focuses on some really mundane issues. He spends a page and a half extolling the virtue of having fans (you know, those electric things that spin to make cool air blow around) in your dorm room. Sure, it's probably a good idea to buy a fan. Maybe some of the author's readers won't have the gumption or the know-how to go buy a fan when their dorm room gets hot, so maybe it's good he mentions it. But spending a page and a half on electric fans seems a little much, especially when he spends no more than a page each giving an overview of what first-year classes are like. His advice about taking the infamous "logic games" section of the LSAT is even more brief: "practice them." (He then goes on the recommend Kaplan and Princeton Review, for which there is no excuse in my book.)
The main selling point of this book is the author's study "system," a complex, multicolored mess of highlighting and scribbling that takes commonsense notetaking, puts it in technicolor, and makes it complicated so it looks good in print. There are good study tips to be gleaned here, but his "system" is just silly--and I'm sure anyone who's taken the author to heart and given it a shot has abandoned within a week.
But to give credit where it's due: law school prep books have got to be one of the nastiest genres on the market, and any author is going to resort to nasty tricks to stretch the page length. It's almost refreshing that this book's tricks are so transparent. This book does have something going for it that many of the others out there don't: it covers, though usually very minimally, the whole legal education process from LSAT to your very first all-growned-up job. That overview in itself is of great use to any prospective law student who didn't already know it, and it comes across fairly clearly in this book.
Unless you're crazy enough to actually try to do everything this author tells you to do, then reading this book won't hurt you, and it will probably add to your growing knowledge of what law school is all about. Just don't expect any miracles, from this book or any other in the genre. |
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A reader (MSL quote), USA
<2007-02-24 00:00>
This book provides good insight into the trials and tribulations of preparing for and then attending law school. It's a good read for anyone who is interested in attending law school, or for the family/friends of a potential/current law student. This isn't necessarily fiction, so I wouldn't recommend it for general casual reading.
My only qualm with this book is that the author, Robert Miller, seems to think that his method for attacking law school classes is the only right way to do it. He seems to insist that participation in things like Law Review and various organizations are necessary. This may be the case for those who are gunning for the big-name law firm in downtown New York City, but if you're one of those (and you probably are) not in the top 25% of the law class and you don't care about working at a multinational law firm that spans into every possible area of legal services, then Robert Miller's recommendations in this book may not be practical. His view is, in fact, somewhat unilateral.
I recommend that you read this book if you are considering law school, but read it with a grain of salt. Remember that if you want law schools to look beyond your "numbers" (LSAT/GPA) then you're going to have to look beyond their numbers (US News & World Report Ranking). |
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A reader (MSL quote), USA
<2007-02-24 00:00>
Law School Confidential (LSC) is a great book. I did not know anything prior to going to law school. By reading this book it helped me reduce my anxiety by giving great tips on how to study. Also, LSC gave you tips on how to outline, brief, and highlight, a must for law school. One of the most valuable things LSC provided was what study aids to purchase. This is very helpful information for a 1L. Mr. Miller gives a list of study aids for all 1L courses that was decided upon my the group of peers helping him write the book. I just finished my 1L year at a tier 4 school and dreamed of transferring to a top 25 law school. This book helped me to finish in the top 5% of my class and make my dream become reality. If you want good grades, or at least a head start on how to go about the studying process, I would suggest buying this book. Even though LSC is written by people from the top law schools, it still provides useful information to students attending lower-tiered law schools. The key to law school is being better prepared than others, since grades are based on a curve. I went to a school where the curve was harsh, but A's and B's without C's is possible. LSC gives you hope.
Furthermore, this book provides crucial information to landing great summer clerkships with both firms and judges. Landing great clerkships is the key to your success and is an important area to consider prior to going to law school. Most firms fill their summer positions by November so planning ahead is the key. LSC will prepare you for almost every difficulty you will encounter.
I definitely recommend this book. And no, I am not getting paid to write this opinion. I just thought I would help other law students beginning on their journey. Remember preparation is everything and this book will definitely help you in that category. |
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