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Keeping your own counsel : simple strategies and secrets for success in law school
Title:
Keeping your own counsel : simple strategies and secrets for success in law school
Author:
Effross, Walter, 1963- author.
ISBN:
9781543828337
Physical Description:
xiii, 174 pages ; 26 cm
Series:
Aspen select series

Aspen select series.
Contents:
Ten principles of success in law school -- Your personal purpose : five lists to consider creating -- Five (and ten more) reading suggestions for your pre-1L summer -- Nine differences between college and law school -- Fourteen ways law school might affect your thinking -- Thirteen themes : a starter set -- Twenty-two ways in which law school differs from law practice -- Nineteen ways in which law school resembles law practice -- Getting (fully) oriented -- Assumpsit : a word about dictionaries -- Eight useful supplies -- Four more core lists -- Engaging in, taking notes during, and preparing for class -- Five secret words for success (and five reasons why) -- Thirteen tips for constructing course outlines -- Effective exam preparation : a semester-long process -- What to read, after settling in -- Writing, to be noticed; and nine notes on writing -- Sixteen aspects of assessing a law review article -- Starting a reading (or other) student group -- Of stress, sanctuaries, celebrations, and saving worlds -- Eleven suggestions for answering exam questions -- Considerations for your course selections -- Five surprising secrets of business law -- ESG law, practice, and resources -- Compliance : a corporate, cultural, and curricular crossroads -- Fourteen advantages of studying and practicing bankruptcy law -- Preparing for, and succeeding during, job interviews -- Seven books about large law firms -- Eight virtues of judicial clerkships -- In conclusion : of keys, and bees -- Appendix A. Thirteen aspects of preparing and presenting "actionable" advice -- Appendix B. Enhancing the decision-making process -- Appendix C. Fourteen suggestions for ethical counseling in fluid situations -- Appendix D. A sample/starter checklist for drafting/editing/proofreading -- Appendix E. Policies, procedures, and practices for decision-making by voting -- Appendix F. Topics for papers and blogs -- Appendix G. Zen and the art of crisis management -- Appendix H. Creative career suggestions for ESG and corporate law.
Abstract:
A unique toolkit of practical systems, schedules, and scores of (sometimes-surprising) suggestions, to help students distinguish themselves in the classroom, the exam room, and the interview room. Drawing on the author's seven years of big-firm practice and quarter-century of full-time law teaching, the book provides encouraging and immediately-usable methods to support students throughout their law school careers, starting well before the first day of classes. Includes structures for mastering information, maximizing efficiency, minimizing stress, and building a portfolio of publications.
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