Dear 1L student,<\/p>\n
No doubt friends, family, and complete strangers have given you advice about how to handle the law school experience.\u00a0 The research attorneys at the law library have some advice for you too: using the study aids found in the library’s reserve collection will improve your study experience.<\/p>\n
The books discussed below are available for two-hour checkout from the circulation desk, or overnight if you check them out within two hours of closing.\u00a0 The library circulation desk closes at 8 p.m. Sunday-Thursday and 5 p.m on Friday-Saturday.\u00a0 You can renew the book when it is due if you are still using it.<\/p>\n
Overview of law school<\/strong>.\u00a0 What are my classes about?\u00a0 How should I study and take notes?\u00a0 How do I prepare for exams?\u00a0 Cornell Law School Orientation does a great job answering these questions, but take a look at these resources for more info:<\/p>\n See the Big Picture: Nutshells<\/strong>.\u00a0 The Nutshell series of books provide an overview of legal topics.\u00a0 These books are helpful introductions to the topic before and after you study to help you get the perspective you need to put all the pieces together and make sure your outlines make sense.\u00a0 They are brief, quick reads.\u00a0 This semester you should look at:<\/p>\n Refine the Outline: Hornbooks<\/strong>.\u00a0 Hornbooks are more detailed than Nutshells.\u00a0 Basically, hornbooks are textbooks for studying law.\u00a0 In contrast with the case books used in class, hornbooks provide detailed explanations.\u00a0 Use hornbooks to help you review the finer points you may have misunderstood in class.\u00a0 One caveat: your professor may emphasize points not found in the Hornbook and skip over others.\u00a0 Pay attention to what is covered in class so you focus your efforts on the right topics.\u00a0<\/em> Here are some hornbooks to use this semester:<\/p>\n Deepen Your Understanding With Examples & Explanations<\/strong>.\u00a0 The Examples & Explanations series from Aspen Publishers provides hypothetical examples with explanations showing how legal principles apply to those examples.\u00a0 These books are great for preparing for exams and helpful for those of us who learn better using concrete examples.\u00a0 This semester you should look at:<\/p>\n Questions about study aids?\u00a0 Ask a research attorney at the reference desk or email your Lawyering research instructor.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Dear 1L student, No doubt friends, family, and complete strangers have given you advice about how to handle the law school experience.\u00a0 The research attorneys at the law library have some advice for you too: using the study aids found in the library’s reserve collection will improve your study experience. The books discussed below are […]<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":32,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[302],"tags":[463],"class_list":["post-124","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-iantha-haight","tag-study"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.law.cornell.edu\/library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/124","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.law.cornell.edu\/library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.law.cornell.edu\/library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.law.cornell.edu\/library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/32"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.law.cornell.edu\/library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=124"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blog.law.cornell.edu\/library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/124\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.law.cornell.edu\/library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=124"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.law.cornell.edu\/library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=124"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.law.cornell.edu\/library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=124"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}\n
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