The Companion Text is designed to equip loved ones of law student's parents, partners, and other friends and relatives with all the information and tools needed to understand and survive their student's intrepid journey through the highs, lows, and sometimes crazy world of legal education. Written by an award-winning professor with wide experience teaching thousands of law students at six law schools. Explains all the essentials of legal education, including the first-year curriculum, the Socratic Method of teaching, and ...
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The Companion Text is designed to equip loved ones of law student's parents, partners, and other friends and relatives with all the information and tools needed to understand and survive their student's intrepid journey through the highs, lows, and sometimes crazy world of legal education. Written by an award-winning professor with wide experience teaching thousands of law students at six law schools. Explains all the essentials of legal education, including the first-year curriculum, the Socratic Method of teaching, and the dreaded single-exam format. Explores the psyches of law students, including what they love to talk about, things you should never say to them, their sources of stress, and how law school can change their personalities. Addresses the impact of law school on outside relationships and vice versa and gives tips for navigating relationships with law students. ?Includes dozens of comments, anecdotes, and insights from real law students and their loved ones. Extras include a chapter on the types of jobs available to new law graduates, fun legal questions you can use to stump your student, a sample case, and a glossary. Backed up throughout by academic research. Written in a lively, reader-friendly voice, bolstered by humor.
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