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OverviewThis pocket companion offers all of the essentials students need for success: - It is comprehensive in coverage: - guides students from the summer before their first class through their first clerking experience - covers essential academic skills (e.g., reading and briefing cases, taking notes in class, outlining, writing exams) - provides career preparation skills (e.g., building strong resumes, choosing classes) - discusses emotional aspects of legal education (e.g., maintaining balance, dealing with grades) - addresses special concerns of non-traditional students - It is accessible in nature: - approaches academic topics in a user-friendly, non-academic style - gives a student-eye-view of typical challenges faced by law students, including letters from actual students, narratives, etc. - presents skills in a logical, step-by-step manner - accounts for and addresses various learning styles - provides clear, how-to instructions regarding essential academic skills - offers exercises to help students identify challenges, plan strategies, and recognize progress - provides ample forms to show students how to best organize their time, brief cases, take class notes, and perform self-diagnoses on their exam answers - It has been proven effective: - All exercises, techniques, and forms have been student-tested and refined at William Mitchell College of Law Full Product DetailsAuthor: Ann L IijimaPublisher: Aspen Publishers Inc.,U.S. Imprint: Aspen Publishers Inc.,U.S. Dimensions: Width: 22.60cm , Height: 2.00cm , Length: 15.20cm Weight: 0.386kg ISBN: 9780735540347ISBN 10: 0735540349 Pages: 256 Publication Date: 01 August 2007 Audience: General/trade , General Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Out of Print Availability: Awaiting stock Table of ContentsReviewsAuthor InformationTab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |