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Guide to studying law

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How to Succeed in Law School
By Martha Rush (updated March 1995) - Marshall-Wythe Law Library, College of William and Mary. Pathfinder with selective biography of books worth looking at for studying law etc.

Law School - Materials for Success
2000 article by Professor Barbara Glesner Fines - including a section on outlining and exam preparation

Law School and Stress
1999 article by Professor Barbara Glesner Fines, University of Missouri - Kansas City School of Law

Legal Technique
Articles by Christopher Enright who lectures in the School of Business at the Australian Catholic University at North Sydney. Includes section on answering problems as well as many more resources.

Learning Law - General Resources for the Study of Law
Links prepared by the Learning in Law Initiative. Includes links to pages on study strategies, general study skills and general law student sites and articles

Letter to a Young Law Student
Published in 35 Tulsa LJ 275 (2000) by Professor Corinne Cooper, University of Missouri - Kansas City School of Law

Planning for Legal Education
By Vernellia R. Randall, Professor of Law

Reading is Critical
Article by Lyndal Taylor, Helen Bonanno, Arlene Harvey and Karen Scouller in University of Technology, Sydney
Law Review, 2001

Teaching and Learning Law - Resources for Legal Education
By Professor Barbara Glesner Fines, University of Missouri - Kansas City School of Law. Includes sections on Teaching Law: For Peer Teachers, Teaching Law: For Faculty, Learning Law: for Law Students and more


Answering legal problems and exam techniques

Briefing Cases: The IRAC Method
PDF Information Guide

Introduction to IRAC
Article at LexisLega by Joyce Deatrick Kloudal

IRAC on Examinations
Information at Saint Louis University School of Law. Also information provided on studying law generally


Learning online

Learning in Cyberspace
Article by Professor Abdul Paliwala in the Journal of Information, Law and Technology. According to the site, "This paper is a revised version of a paper presented to the 5th International Conference on Law in the Information Society, IDG, Florence, December 1998, and an update to the paper published in JILT in 1999 (3).". It can also be downloaded in word format


Misc

Deakin Unitexts Bookshop
Order books online - view booklists, merchandise and more.

How to Succeed in Law School
By Martha Rush (updated March 1995) - Marshall-Wythe Law Library, College of William and Mary. Pathfinder with selective biography of books worth looking at for studying law etc.

Lexis Law School Page
US based information about studying at law school, preparing for classes and using the web for research. Includes a virtual class room. Some of the facilities require registration.

LexisNexis Butterworths Student Zone
Various resources and links for law students

LLM-Guide.com - Masters of Laws Programs World Wide
Guide to hundreds of masters programs around the world

Web Lectures
US-based - covering many subjects, by Michael Geist