BB. Introduction To Law/Legal Systems

• Author: Ted Tjaden
• Profession: National Director of Knowledge Management McMillan LLP
• Pages: 255-256

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Scope This section provides information for first-time law students or persons interested in studying law. Some of the texts below are American but apply, for the most part, equally well to the study of law in any jurisdiction.

Subject headings

Justice, Administration of - Canada Law - Canada

Law - Studying and teaching - Canada Law examinations - [jurisdiction]

Law students - Canada

Books Ali, Ramsey et al. The ABC’s of Law School: A Practical Guide to Success without Sacrifice. Toronto: Irwin Law, 2002.

Civiletto Carey, Christian & Kristen David Adams. The Practice of Law School: Getting In and Making the Most of Your Legal Education. New York: ALM, 2003.

Dernbach, John. Writing Essay Exams to Succeed (Not just to

Survive). 2d ed. New York: Aspen, 2007.

Fischl, Richard. & Jeremy Paul. Getting to Maybe: How to

Excel on Law School Exams. Durham, NC: Carolina Academic Press, 1999.

Fitzgerald, Patrick & Barry Wright. Looking at Law: Canada’s

Legal System. 5th ed. Toronto: Butterworths, 2000. Gader-Shafran, Rachel. The International Student’s Survival

Guide to Law School in the United States: Everything you Need to Succeed. New York: IUNIVERSE, 2003.

Gall, Gerald L. The Canadian Legal System. 5th ed. Scarborough, ON: Carswell, 2004.

Hegland, Kenney. Introduction to the Study and Practice of Law in a Nutshell. 5th ed. St. Paul, MN: Thomson/West, 2008. Hutchinson, Allan C. The Law School Book: Succeeding at Law

School. 3d ed. Toronto: Irwin Law, 2009.

Kissam, Philip C. The Discipline of Law Schools: The Making of

Modern Lawyers. Durham, NC: Carolina Academic Press, 2003.

Miller, Robert H. Law School Confidential: A Complete Guide to the Law School Experience: By Students, For Students. Rev. ed. New York: St. Martin’s Griffin, 2004.

Noyes, Shana Connell & Henry S. Noyles. Acing Your First

Year of Law School: The Ten Steps to Success You Won’t Learn in Class. 2d ed. Buffalo, NY: William S. Hein, 2008.

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