A new law blogger is writing on the subject of leaving grad school and switching to law school. I recommend these two posts for advice and thoughts about choosing to go to law school.
By the way, a hornbook is a big ugly huge fat book, sometimes with bible-thin pages to accommodate its heft. Unless you're reading Chirelstein. (I am in love with Chirelstein.) Anyways, back to hornbooks, they are normally boring and useless. You can read them if you really have the burning desire, or you could do something actually useful, like volunteer at your community organization of choice.
While I'm on the subject, One-Ls, don't rush to your nearest campus bookstore to load up on study aids. Figure out your classes first, then consider buying the one study aid (primer, outline, &c.) that most closely tracks your course's content. There are classes for which there are no useful study aids (my civil procedure class comes to mind).
Or, if you get stuck with a washout, replacement Contracts prof who hasn't taught the course in 20 years and answers all difficult questions with "Look in the hornbook", said hornbook may well be the key to learning the material and, thereby, getting a decent grade. In my case, attending approximately 40% of scheduled Contracts II classes and a week of intensive hornbook study translated into a 3 point drop from my Contracts I grade, earned by hardly missing a class and always being at least two classes ahead on the reading.
Posted by: The Dodd on September 3, 2002 02:15 PMI found that Glannon's "Examples and Explanations" is a decent study aide for Civ Pro.
Posted by: Mad Wanker on September 4, 2002 08:43 AMWanker, whoever you are, it was absolutely worthless for my class. My professor did Civ Pro on crack.
Posted by: Alice on September 4, 2002 12:27 PMI'm trying to puzzle through Civ Pro in a Nutshell, but so far it's not helpful. The sad part of many of these study aids is the extent to which you need to understand the material in advance before consulting them. :(
Posted by: JCA on September 4, 2002 10:57 PM
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