Survival Guide for New Students
I. STUDYING
II. RESEARCHING
III. ETCETERA
I. STUDYING:
Welcome to Cornell Law School! From August to May, your life will focus on seven subjects: Civil Procedure, Constitutional Law, Contracts, Criminal Law, Lawyering, Property, and Torts.
A. Where to Study?
2. Reading Room
B.Get to Know the First Year Subjects—from LII’s Wex:
3. Contracts
4. Criminal Law
5. Lawyering: A course on Research and Writing
6. Property
7. Torts
C. What Does That Word Mean?
1. Black’s Law Dictionary—The Standard. In the Reading Room, KF156.B62, or on Westlaw
2. 1-L Dictionary from Harvard Law School
D. Preparation for Class; Preparation for Exams
1. Study Aids in the Reserve Collection
E. More Law School Help
2. Westlaw’s Law School Life and Survival Guide
3. LexisONE Law Student Center
II. RESEARCHING:
Legal research and legal writing inhabit their own peculiar world. 1Ls encounter this world right away.
A. Entering the World of Lawyering
B. Getting to Know Legal Citation
1. Prof. Martin’s Introduction to Basic Legal Citation
2. LexisNexis Interactive Citation Workstation
III. ETCETERA:
A. Cornell: The Law School, the University, the Experience…
1. Cornell Law Student Association
3. CU Info
6. Campus Map
B. Around Town: Ithaca and Environs
1. IthacaNet
C. Don’t Have Enough To Do? Check out the Blawgosphere:
1. SCOTUSBlog
2. Lessig Blog
6. Blawg Listings (from Ernie the Attorney)
