McClurg’s 1L of a Ride: A Well-Traveled Professor’s Roadmap to Success in the First Year of Law School, 3d, Includes Video Course

Assigned as required or recommended reading at law schools throughout the country, 1L of a Ride provides a candid, comprehensive roadmap to both academic and emotional success in law schools crucial first year. Told in an accessible first-person voice, covered topics in the revised and updated third edition include pre-planning, top student fears, first-year curriculum, the Socratic and case methods of teaching, effective class participation, top habits of successful students, essential study techniques, legal research and writing, exam strategies, maintaining well-being, and much more. Combines anecdotes, comments from law students, empirical research, and authentic samples of signature documents from the 1L experience, including exam questions, Socratic dialogue, and student case-briefs, class notes, and course outlines. McClurg is an award-winning professor who has taught at six different law schools.nnThis version comes with an access code to a first-of-its-kind online video course designed to reinforce the reading. These thirteen videos address subjects covered in the book, often from fresh angles, and some new topics. Along with McClurg, the videos feature award-winning law professors Christine Coughlin (Wake Forest University), Meredith Duncan (University of Houston), and Nancy Levit (University of Missouri-Kansas City). Each video is roughly ten minutes, followed by a short self-assessment quiz. They include:nn1. Introduction to the Video Coursen2. Planning Ahead and Biggest Fearsn3. Structure and Role of U.S. Courtsn4. Socratic and Case Methodsn5. Overview of First-Year Curriculumn6. First-Year Sample Course: Tortsn7. How to Read and Brief a Casen8. The C.R.E.D.O.Top Five Habits of Successful Law Studentsn9. Essential Study Techniquesn10. Legal Research Basicsn11. Legal Writing Basicsn12. Managing Stress and Maintaining Well-Beingn13. ProfessionalismnnResearch shows students gain not only from reading, but seeing and hearing, in part because video helps accommodate diverse learning styles. Use the videos to enhance comprehension and retention. Studies also show students prefer and benefit from one-on-one facetime with professors, which the videos, while no match for the real thing, can help simulate.

Additional ISBNs: 9781683289968, 168328996X, 9781640200814, 1640200819