1000 days to the bar, but the practice of law begins now / Dennis J. Tonsing.
2022
KF283 .T66 2022 JOBS
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Author
Tonsing, Dennis J., author.
Title
1000 days to the bar, but the practice of law begins now / Dennis J. Tonsing.
Edition
3rd edition.
Imprint
Getzville, New York : William S. Hein & Co., Inc., 2022.
Description
xv, 280 pages : illustrations ; 28 cm
Formatted Contents Note
The practice of law begins on the first day of law school
Components of assessment-targeted study
Hitting the target: scoring high on law school exams
Time management and resource allocation
Supplement one: Bar examination preparation begins on day one
Supplement two: Powerful study groups
Supplement three: Creating your study environment
Supplement four: Creating your subject-specific wall chart
Supplement five: Frequently asked questions
The last word.
Components of assessment-targeted study
Hitting the target: scoring high on law school exams
Time management and resource allocation
Supplement one: Bar examination preparation begins on day one
Supplement two: Powerful study groups
Supplement three: Creating your study environment
Supplement four: Creating your subject-specific wall chart
Supplement five: Frequently asked questions
The last word.
Summary
This book has but one objective: empowerment. Most law students have been anticipating the start of law school for weeks, months or years-- some for a lifetime. They approach the start of school with a mix of excitement and apprehension, often with a sense of awe at the majesty of the enterprise they are about to begin. This hopeful group includes a mightily gifted, dynamic, achievement-oriented variety of individuals. They are determined to do well-- and they should be. They have been chosen by admissions committees across the country adept at selecting only those students with the capability to succeed in law school, pass the bar examination, and enter into the professional practice of law. Why, then, do so many first-year law students express high levels of anxiety, depression, isolation, "drowning," a sense of imminent and inevitable failure, intense frustration, lack of control, and ominous foreboding within 90 days of beginning school? There are reasons. Most have recently exited successful positions of academic, social, or executive leadership. They believe the institution they are entering-- a "school"-- is merely an advanced version of what they were so good at before-- "school." Law school is not like college. Law school is your opportunity to begin the practice of law. If you are just beginning law school in a full-time program, you have about 1000 days until you sit for the bar examination-- but you have only 90 days until you sit for your first semester final examinations. Consider following all the suggestions in this book for 90 days. Ninety days. That's all. I suggest you take to heart the lessons presented here and accept my challenge to commit to the practice of law in law school with the same rigor, detail, planning and strategizing you intend to employ in the professional practice of law. Take your finals with confidence and self-assurance. Note your grade point average. Then determine whether it was worth it.--Preface.
Bibliography, etc. Note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 261-272) and index.
Other Editions
Revision of: Tonsing, Dennis J. 1000 days to the bar, but the practice of law begins now. 2nd ed. Buffalo, N.Y. : W.S. Hein & Co., 2010
Alternate Title
Law School Success Collection for New Students
Call Number
KF283 .T66 2022 JOBS
Language
English
ISBN
9780837742625
0837742625
0837742625
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