Books to Read Before our 1L Year?

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• westcoastbestcoast Alum Member

  April 2018 3788 karma

  Getting to maybe
  1L of a ride
  Planet Law school

  Also a typing course to increase your speed would be useful on those issue spotting exams
• Bob Loblaw Member

  April 2018 108 karma

  I've heard good things about:

  One L: The Turbulent True Story of a First Year at Harvard Law School

  https://www.amazon.com/One-Turbulent-Story-Harvard-School/dp/0143119028
• Ohnoeshalpme Alum Member ⭐

  April 2018 2531 karma

  It's not about law school, but I enjoyed reading "24 Hours with 24 Lawyers"

  https://www.amazon.com/24-Hours-Lawyers-Traditional-Non-Traditional/dp/0314276319
• Seeking Perfection Alum Member

  April 2018 4428 karma

  @westcoastbestcoast said:
  Getting to maybe
  1L of a ride
  Planet Law school

  Also a typing course to increase your speed would be useful on those issue spotting exams

  I'm using typing club online for this. It feels basically like a typing course. I also made a keyboard cover from cardboard.

  Getting to Maybe seems good, but hard to implement and really learn without knowing any substantive law.

  The LEEWS book felt a little easier to understand since it gave more thorough examples. You can probably get either used.

  I have not read 1L of a ride or Planet Law School yet but I too have heard good things.

  @"Bob Loblaw" said:
  I've heard good things about:

  One L: The Turbulent True Story of a First Year at Harvard Law School

  https://www.amazon.com/One-Turbulent-Story-Harvard-School/dp/0143119028

  I was given this as a gift last weekend. It seems like a fairly entertaining read so far if a little complainy, but I have only read twenty or thirty pages.
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  LSATisland Free Trial Inactive Sage

  April 2018 1878 karma

  Don't get too stressed out about reading prior to 1L. You'll have enough opportunity for that once school starts. Try to enjoy your pre-law school summer. Try to spend more time with friends and family - things will get busy at the beginning of 1L as you adjust to all the newness (and then after a bit things will hopefully become less hectic as you develop your own rhythm and process for studying).