Front Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Dedication -- Acknowledgements -- Contents -- Introduction -- Section One: Pre-Law -- Chapter 1: Preparing for Law School -- Do You Really Want to be an Attorney? -- Law and Disorder -- Motivationally Speaking -- Take Inventory -- Lifelines -- Sense and Sensibility -- Returning to School Later in Life -- Chapter 2: Applying to Law School -- Personal Essay -- Letters of Recommendation -- GPA -- Putting it all Together -- Play the Field -- College Majors -- School Rank -- Know the Process -- Transferring In -- What's in a Name? -- The LSAT -- Summer Solstice -- Section Two: First Year -- Chapter 3: Welcome to Law School -- Honor Thy Self -- Re-Orientation -- Avoiding First-Day Fumbles -- Before Classes Begin -- The Law Library -- The Assignment Board -- The Bookstore -- First Year Quarantine -- Discover Your Own Secrets for Success -- Study Aids -- Professors -- Bar Review Courses -- Socrates Who? -- Chapter 4: Non Illegitimi Carborundum -- Handling It All -- Isolation, Intimidation, and Humiliation -- Beer Here -- Method to the Madness -- Section Three: Knowing the Ropes without Hanging Yourself -- Chapter 5: Studying the Right Way -- Habitat Habits -- Reseaching in the 21st Century -- Reading, Reading, and More Reading -- Briefing Briefly -- Note Taking for Novices -- Recording Rhetoric -- Outlining for Success -- Chapter 6: Strategic |