Law Student's Pocket Mentor: From Surviving to Thriving

This pocket companion offers all of the essentials students need for success: - It is comprehensive in coverage: - guides students from the summer before their first class through their first clerking experience - covers essential academic skills (e.g., reading and briefing cases, taking notes in class, outlining, writing exams) - provides career preparation skills (e.g., building strong resumes, choosing classes) - discusses emotional aspects of legal education (e.g., maintaining balance, dealing with grades) - addresses special concerns of non-traditional students - It is accessible in nature: - approaches academic topics in a user-friendly, non-academic style - gives a student-eye-view of typical challenges faced by law students, including letters from actual students, narratives, etc. - presents skills in a logical, step-by-step manner - accounts for and addresses various learning styles - provides clear, how-to instructions regarding essential academic skills - offers exercises to help students identify challenges, plan strategies, and recognize progress - provides ample forms to show students how to best organize their time, brief cases, take class notes, and perform self-diagnoses on their exam answers - It has been proven effective: - All exercises, techniques, and forms have been student-tested and refined at William Mitchell College of LawIijima, Ann L. is the author of 'Law Student's Pocket Mentor: From Surviving to Thriving', published 2007 under ISBN 9780735540347 and ISBN 0735540349.