Pre-Law
Students'
& Graduates'
Site
Casebooks / Study Aids
In addition to the usual sources (amazon, eBay, etc.), check out Law Swap, a free marketplace for used law books. Also check out specialized retailer Barrister Books.Finally, feel free to make use of the Students' & Graduates' book exchange area, where you can read and post your ebay auctions or individual books for sale.
Law Firm Guides
Vault
Guide to the Top 100 Law Firms
A useful survey of the most prestigious law firms. Vault surveys associates at the firms and complies a review of each. Also included are vital statistics like number of attorneys and starting salaries for each office.
National
Directory of Legal Employers
100 firms ain't enough? This directory lists 1000, including firms, goverment, and corporations.
Law School Success
The
Complete Law School Companion : How to Excel at America's Most Demanding
Post-Graduate Curriculum
This book includes general law school advice including outline tips and summer job information. There is also a significant portion of pre-law information, which may not be of use by the time you're reading this.
Acing
Your First Year of Law School : The Ten Steps to Success You Won't Learn
in Class
This one is more focused, specifically on the first year of law school. Topics include exam writing, outlining, briefing cases, etc.
Getting
to Maybe : How to Excel on Law School Exams
Sense a theme here? We're moving from general to specific. This one focuses on exam taking (which is almost synonymous with law school success). When it all comes down to one test: be prepared.
Lawyer Advice
Letters
to a Young Lawyer (Alan Dershowitz)
Harvard Law School professor and famous defender explains why you should make enemies in law school and be prepared to put a perjuring cop on the stand. A helpful guide to thinking about career choice and legal ethics.
Non-legal Careers for JDs
What
Can You Do With a Law Degree? : A Lawyers' Guide to Career Alternatives
Inside, Outside & Around the Law
If you wasted three years and $100k on a legal education but don't want to be a lawyer, this book will help you to cut your losses and make the most of what you have left.
Humor
The
Law School Trip (the insider's guide to law school)
When you think about it, law school is actually pretty funny. But if you don't want to think about it, because you do enough thinking already, just buy this book. (And read it.)
buy direct (cheaper than amazon)
Suggestions?
Use the contact form to suggest a book.