What Every Law Student Really Needs to Know An Introduction to the Study of American Law

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Edition: 4th
Format: Paperback
Pub. Date: 2025-01-30
Publisher(s): Aspen Publishing
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Summary

With the aim of decreasing students' anxiety and increasing their chances of achieving academic success, What Every Law Student Really Needs to Know: An Introduction to the Study of American Law, Fourth Edition prepares students to get through their first year of law school. It also serves as a valuable reference over an entire law school career, contributing to students' continuing academic success. With a friendly and informal writing style, this guide to law school features insights into how and why law school classes work the way they do, and the tools and techniques to better understand the substance of the first-year courses. It helps students enter law school with an understanding of legal concepts, the American legal system, and court structures, allowing the students not only to succeed, but to thrive in the classroom.
 
New to the Fourth Edition:
  • Fresh new graphics
  • Examples and explanations tailored to Gen Z and Gen Alpha
  • Updated information on the current law school experience
 
Professors and students will benefit from:
  • An introduction to analytic tools and methods of reasoning.
  • Exercises that allow students to independently test their understanding of the material in each section.
  • Visual aids that help students grasp and remember the material.
  • A self-study resource that students may use as they need throughout their entire law school career.
  • Grounding in discrete non-legal topics that are important to the contemporary study of law.

Table of Contents

Summary of Contents

Contents
Introduction 


Chapter 1
What to Expect in Law School 

Chapter 2
The Language of theLaw 

Chapter 3
The Structure of Government and the Structure of Law 

Chapter 4
The Structure of the American Legal System 

Chapter 5
Fundamental Legal Concepts

Chapter 6
How to Look and Be Smarter in the Classroom and Beyond 
Conclusion 

Acknowledgments 
Test Your Understanding: Answers and Analysis
Index 

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