Assigned as required or recommended reading at law schools throughout the country, 1L of a Ride: A Well-Traveled Professor’s Roadmap to Success in the First Year of Year of Law School provides a candid, comprehensive roadmap to both academic and emotional success in law school’s crucial first year.
Legal education continues to evolve and so does this classic work, now in its fourth edition.
Told in an accessible first-person voice, covered topics include: pre-planning, top student fears, the first-year curriculum, the Socratic and case methods of teaching, effective class participation, the top habits of successful students, essential study techniques, legal research and writing, exam strategies, maintaining well-being, and much more.
Combines comments from hundreds of law students, empirical research, and authentic samples of signature documents from the 1L experience, including exam questions, Socratic dialogue, and student case-briefs, class notes, and course outlines.
McClurg taught at six different law schools and received numerous awards for both teaching and research.
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