(Part 2) Best law practice books according to redditors
We found 147 Reddit comments discussing the best law practice books. We ranked the 55 resulting products by number of redditors who mentioned them. Here are the products ranked 21-40. You can also go back to the previous section.
Seriously, OP! You have a sympathetic case - and with his track record, maybe he won't even show up to the courthouse!
I would ask for the $200, another $250 to cover the "services" of your wedding guest, add on an estimate of the number of hours you spent trying to communicate with him x $50, and then add another $500 for a nice spa day for you and your hubby to handle the emotional damage!
Pick up this book at your local library to help you with all the details. It's really not too complicated.
I'm linking my favorite products!
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Warning: if you hand write, you're going to be writing A LOT. I feel like I learn better when I do my class notes by hand, but I do have a hard time keeping up with the pace of the class. Each professor's teaching style has an impact on the way you take your notes. Be prepared to be flexible. (I hate that my note system is not uniform across my classes, but I know it is better that way)
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If you like pen-and-paper:
These spiral notebooks have durable brightly colored covers that will survive your backpack, and it is a good idea to keep your notes organized by subject. The paper is thick enough that good highlighter (which I will also link) won't bleed through.
These erasable pens are great. They write very smoothly and erase cleanly--NOT at all like the crappy blue erasable pens of our youth. If you take notes in your textbook, these pens are the way to do it. I love them so much that I was having them shipped from Japan before they even hit the US market.
These standard pens are my go-to for anything that I don't want to be erasable. They write smoothly, and dry quickly enough that they don't smudge or transfer (I'm not sure for left-handed people though).
This mechanical pencil is what I use when I can't use pens. I like that it uses .5mm lead so that your writing can be small and precise. The barrel is large so it is comfortable to write with for extended periods of time (think blue-book exams).
These highlighters are the best. The colors are intentional mild/pastel so that they do not distract from other information on the page, but are easy to spot when you're looking for your highlights. They don't bleed through paper unless it is toilet-paper thin. When they do bleed through very very thin paper, the mild colors make it so that it is not a distraction.
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If you like pen-and-paper, but are afraid of your notes being lost or stolen:
Rocketbook Everlast Notebook coordinates with an app that lets you create a digital copy of your notes. Scan a picture of the page, and the QR code on each page tells the app where to send a SEARCHABLE .pdf copy of your handwritten notes. It works with Google Drive, Evernote, Dropbox, OneNote, OneDrive, Trello, Slack, box, Google Photos, and email. Best of all, the notebook is completely reusable! (As long as you use writing tools from Pilot's Frixion line) Once you've filled the book, you wipe down the plastic pages with a hot damp towel and you can use the book again. I've filled and reused my Rocketbook 4 time so far, and the pages are still in great condition. I send my notes to Google Drive and OneNote, and I've never had any problems.
These highlighters can be used inside the Rocketbook, or on regular paper.
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If you're thinking about going digital:
Your school might provide access to note taking programs. My school provides the full Office 365 Online suite, so I used OneNote. I was a pen-and-paper person in undergrad, and it pains me to switch to digital, but I just need that copy/paste functionality.
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Textbook Supplies:
These sticky flags just came in the mail the other day, and I am loving them for use in my textbooks. I HATE writing in my textbooks, so instead I use these sticky flags to point at lines my professors emphasize in class.
These lined sticky notes are what I used when I just can't avoid adding notes to my casebooks. I avoid the "super-sticky" post-its because casebook pages are thin, and the super-sticky adhesive tears the pages when you reposition notes.
This book stand lives in my backpack now. When I started 1L year my back and neck hurt all the time from hunching over my casebooks for hours every day. This book stand makes it so the book comes to my face, instead of my face to the book. My posture is much better.
Reading glasses are something worth looking into and talking to your eye doctor about. After just one semester of staring at books and screens all day, I went from needing a mild prescription to see long-distance to needing full-on bifocals. I linked some glasses that will magnify your textbooks up close and and also filter out the blue light from screens. Talk to your doctor.
If you are assigned soft-cover reference materials, like The Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, or Rule of Contract Law, you can take those books to FedEx or UPS, and they can spiral-bind them for you so that they lay flat and are easier to flip through. This can save you so much time on an exam.
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Most importantly, have a planner.
You can get one from the store, you can print pages on line, you can leave yourself sticky-notes, or you can write your to-do list on your hands, whatever. No matter how you record it, it is crucial to have plan and stick to it. You're about to be hit with an overwhelming amount of conflicting obligations and opportunities, and there will always be something you ought to be working on. Plan and schedule your study time. Take time away to take care of yourself, and make a note to keep up with friends and/or family. You're never going to have "free time" in law school, but you can definitely have some flex time if you make a conscious effort to make room in your schedule.
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Last: you don't need any of this stuff to be successful. Don't worry about what other people are doing, or even what the school tells you to do. If you feel like you do your personal best with a #2 pencil and loose leaf paper, then do that. Paying attention and managing your time wisely are far more important than having the perfect highlighters and the most organized planner.
For the interested:
Generally, a golfer has no liability for unintentional shots, provided you adequately warn parties in the path of potential injury (another good reason to liberally use "FORE!" even if you know they probably can't hear you; in the law's view, it's providing the warning that is important, not necessarily reception).
It does not matter what the course says, what signs are around, or who/what you hit. The course is sometimes liable depending on the circumstances, but they have no motivation to admit that.
That said, the law does not always follow what people think is "the right thing to do" and not every state has settled law regarding these types of injuries/damages. To you, it might be worth it to pay a couple hundred just to get a broken window guy off your back or because you like the karma or feel bad for the person.
Now, if your traditional slice hits a 4 year old in a swimming pool adjacent to #12, offering a couple hundred might just make mom/dad more pissed off, so that situation probably needs to be handled differently.
Some more links if you find golf law interesting:
https://apps.americanbar.org/buslaw/blt/2008-03-04/minan.shtml
http://www.nytimes.com/2013/06/24/sports/golf/the-intersection-of-golf-and-the-law.html?mcubz=0
https://www.amazon.com/Little-Green-Book-Golf-Law/dp/1590318455
Waste of time. I shelled out the money and was really unhappy with the resulting product. It seems like he put more work into the sit as of late, but having finished my first year, it's not as useful to me. I would advise you to get Open Book.
http://www.amazon.com/Open-Book-Succeeding-Exams-School/dp/1454806079
A quality pen, but not so nice they won't want to use it.
Additionally, this book is great.
http://www.amazon.com/The-New-Lawyers-Handbook-Things/dp/1572487097/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1397420327&sr=8-1&keywords=things+they+don%27t+teach+you+in+law+school
http://www.amazon.com/Law-Dummies-John-Ventura/dp/1568848609
Correct, the following maybe of interest for those that would like to understand this matter:
Condensed version:
https://www.hitpages.com/doc/4838941849026560/1#pageTop
In detail (I propose this is "essential reading" for all engineers):
http://www.amazon.com/A-Manual-Style-Contract-Drafting/dp/1614388032
Somewhat on this topic, English matters:
http://www.luc.edu/media/lucedu/law/students/publications/llj/pdfs/farrell.pdf
It sounds like you're describing a writing/organization problem rather than an understanding problem. You might want to take a look at ( http://www.amazon.com/Writing-Legal-University-Casebook-Series/dp/1599410028) to get an idea of the real world format the professors are looking for in the exams. Legal writing is pretty formulaic; you definitely don't want to just do stream of consciousness answering
The Rule of Law by Tom Bingham is very good.
Also recommend What about Law which breaks down some of the main concepts of law such as tort, contract, criminal and equity.
https://www.amazon.com/What-About-Law-Studying-University/dp/184946085X
It's a very interesting subject that idea highly recommend studying
The Five Types of Legal Argument is a good primer on what types of arguments are used in the courts that generate case law. Chemerinsky's Constitutional Law is an excellent resource for constitutional law, which is some of the more interesting stuff. The Nine is an easy read and a good introduction to the personalities and major decisions of the Rehnquist court and early Roberts court. Dressler's Understanding Criminal Law is another good one; it explains the general architecture of criminal law and its development. Those might be available at libraries near you. If there's a law library in your area, you can always grab a legal encyclopedia (like American Jurisprudence 2d. or Corpus Juris Secondum) and a Black's Law Dictionary and flip around until you find something interesting. And as others have mentioned, BarBri is a good resource.
> Religion makes people happy
This is not entirely true. In his book 'Society without God', sociologist Phil Zuckerman reviews quite an extensive body of peer reviewed work conducted in Northern Europe (including his own) in societies with low religiosity. Amongst other things, Dr. Zuckerman shows that religious people are often less happy in a variety of situations where religion may play a role. A fairly touching example was illustrated with a study conducted in hospice. Religious patients, on average, had a tougher time dealing with death and were much more sad. He cites other examples in society as well.
Society without God
Did you read this book? It's great!
> Legally she could have kept it.
This is not always true. It depends on the fact pattern. Try this book.
First? Holy shit, you are just an amazing human being.
Well, here's my genius plan.
I bought my books already and planned on panicking and hurting for money until I could refill my coffers by some source of miracles. I overheard someone in class talking about Reddit, and then decided to search Reddit for said miracles.
The books I needed are here:
I have one more class that still doesn't even have an instructor listed. It starts on Tuesday, and will also require 2-3 textbooks depending on which professor takes it over.
I did some quick math and have spent $202 in books and supplies like paper so far.
So all of those have been purchased, and I am now sitting in the wake of an empty bank account and a growing credit card charge. It's okay though..money is fluid and something can always work out if you allow it to.
https://www.amazon.com/Employment-Law-Business-Dawn-Bennett-Alexander/dp/0073524964/ref=mp_s_a_1_1?keywords=9780073524962&qid=1566836415&s=gateway&sr=8-1
https://www.amazon.com/Research-Analysis-Writing-William-Putman/dp/1133591906/ref=mp_s_a_1_1?keywords=9781133591900&qid=1566181689&s=gateway&sr=8-1
https://www.amazon.com/Contract-Law-Paralegals-Kathleen-Reed/dp/0135109450/ref=mp_s_a_1_1?keywords=9780135109458&qid=1566181572&s=gateway&sr=8-1
These were the 3 that i paid for but didn't receive, I'd really appreciate any help of any kind at this point
I think you have to stop thinking of getting a job and more about building a practice. Get into a law office by volunteering, clerking, filing, etc.
Get a space in a busy law practice by working for space and try and worm your way into a practice that can send you cases, work, clients, stuff they don't want to do. Talk to solos about how they got their practice rolling.
http://www.amazon.com/Directly-Into-Practice-Without-Missing/dp/B0006CO1G6
http://myshingle.com/articles/solo-out-of-law-school/
http://www.amazon.com/Solo-Contendere-Directly-Practice-Without-ebook/dp/B004X6ZGDS
Also, there's many underserved rural areas that need attorneys.
I'm taking the CA Bar this summer. I took a seminar with Chad Noreuil (Barbri instructor) on the Zen of Passing the Bar Exam. It was super helpful. I suspect his book with the same name has the same material.
http://www.amazon.ca/Your-Guide-Canadian-Law-Frequently/dp/1550418351
This one was a good beginner book for me:
https://www.amazon.com/Complete-IEP-Guide-Advocate-Special/dp/1413313132