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1000 Days to the Bar - But the Practice of Law Begins Now: How to achieve your personal best in Law School
by: Dennis J. Tonsing

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Binding: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 340.071173
EAN: 9780837737263
ISBN: 0837737265
Label: William S. Hein & Company
Manufacturer: William S. Hein & Company
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 186
Publication Date: August 31, 2003
Publisher: William S. Hein & Company
Sales Rank: 354748
Studio: William S. Hein & Company

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1000 Days to the Bar explains the relationship between the professional practice of law and the practice you need to perform each week to achieve your objectives. This unique guide is designed to empower first-year law students by presenting the components for academic success in a step-by-step format that lays out a practice-centered approach to legal studies. In this book you will discover how to:

- Read and brief court opinions
- Take and transform class notes into course summaries, outlines and flow charts.
- Learn essential elements of the law 'by heart.'
- Gain fluency in the 'language of the law.'

Special supplements include:
- Study tips from law school professors and academic support professionals.
- Detailed descriptions of many of the most popular commercial study aids.
- Time management details and time allocation methods, including creation of a personal Flexible Time Resource Allocation Chart.
- Guidelines for powerful, effective study groups.
- Instructions for preparing a practical and efficient law study environment.

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- 1000 Days to the Bar
This book is everything I needed in a law school prep book and more. Although the author goes above and beyond with his method for success, this is geared to make a lasting impression on the reader. Very easy to read, and side notes informative. It was an excellent preparatory book for the summer before school.

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- Amazing Results!
I first picked this book up when I was a 1L student who had struggled with my first semester grades. I found the techniques and skills in "1000 Days" to be extremely helpful. I have read many law school study technique books, but this is clearly a cut above the rest. The chapters are very clearly written and provide a solid roadmap to improving any student's grades. Tonsing instructs the student on how to attack lawschool study from a variety of angles, the most important technique probably being the writing of hypothetical problems each week. After a semester of practice in writing and spotting issues, dominating the final exam becomes much easier. I stuck to Tonsing's advice and applied it to every course for 3 years of lawschool with dramatic improvements in my grade. I can honestly say that this book gives you the power to excell in any exam, from torts to Administrative law to Secured Transactions, it doesn't ... Read More

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- Modestly Helpful
Mr. Tonsing's manual is a useful volume for anyone preparing for law school. Not only is it filled with helpful tips on how to brief a case, take notes, and write course summaries, but it also motivates the student to enter law school as a lawyer, not a student.

There is no doubt that Mr. Tonsing is committed to helping the reader do his best in law school.

However, while there are many gems in book, overall the prose is weak, and often times just corny. The author pedantically defines words like 'equestrian' and 'loophole' for his reader, and goes off the deep end near the end of the book suggesting that law students cover the walls of their apartments with burlap to make enormous wall charts. I suppose it may work for some . . . but it reminds me of Russell Crowe's schizophrenic character in "A Beautiful Mind," and while that character was brilliant he was also crazy.

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- In the end, everything worked out
This item did not arrive within the time window. However, when I emailed the seller, they said they did send it and there must have been a problem with shipment. They responded to my email within 2 or 3 days, and then send the same titled booklet which arrived within less than 1 week.

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