Reading before law school

            What should you read before coming to law school?   Books that immerse you in a law school experience or show you what it's like to be caught up in the practice of law will help you prepare.   Rather than reading the kinds of books that you will read for your classes, which focus on the substance of the law, the following books will inform, enlighten, and inspire you about the work that you will be doing and the people that you will be working with as you progress from law school to law practice.  

         Reading about the law school experience

            Bridging the Gap Between College and Law School: Strategies for Success -   Ruta Stropus & Charlotte Taylor (2001) (KF283.S77 2001).

            Starting off Right in Law School - Carolyn J. Nygren (1997) (KF273.N97 1997).

            Law School 101: Survival Techniques from Pre-Law to Being an Attorney - R. Stephanie Good (2004) (KF 283. G66 2004).

            Law School Basics: A Preview of Law School and Legal Reasoning - David Hricik (2000) (KF283. H75 2000).

            One L: The Turbulent True Story of a First Year at Harvard Law School - Scott Turow (Farrar, Straus & Giroux rev'd ed. 1988)

         Reading about the practice of law

            Gideon's Trumpet - Anthony Lewis (KF228.G53 L49).

            A Civil Action - Jonathan Harr (KF228.A7 H37 1995).

            The Buffalo Creek Disaster - Gerald M. Stern (KF228.P75 S7 1977).

            Stories of Scottsboro - James E. Goodman

            Lives of Lawyers: Journeys in the Organizations of Practice - Michael J. Kelly

            Make No Law: The Sullivan Case and The First Amendment - Anthony Lewis

           

The Courage of Their Convictions: Sixteen Americans Who Fought Their Way to the Supreme Court - Peter Irons

           

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