A Beginner's Guide to Legal Education

Professor James R. Elkins
College of Law, West Virginia University

One Teacher's Perspective

Acquiring a Legal Mind   An Education in Cleverness    Looking Ahead

Law School: What Kind of Story Is It?   Scott Turow's First Year at Harvard Law School

John Grisham's Rudy Baylor Education as Journey & the Two Worlds Problem

The Transformation of Self   Mark Twain Becomes a Riverboat Pilot  

 Socrates and the Socratic Method      Law School Reading Practices

Things We Carry Into Legal Writing   Introspective Writing in Legal Education  

An Introduction to Story   Legal Education Bibliography Becoming a Lawyer

Web Resources for Law Students

Preparing for Law School	Briefing Cases
The Socratic Method	Study Skills & Learning Strategies
Study Aids, Outlines, & Notes	Legal Research and Writing
Law School Examinations	Legal Reasoning
Thinking Like a Lawyer	Legal Education in Perspective
A Critical Perspective	The Law School Experience
Looking Ahead	An Eye on the Professors
A Humanistic Perspective	YouTube Videos

The First Day of Law School: Tutorials

A Web Tutorial from Southern Methodist University

Legal Education: Wikipedia