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A Beginner's Guide to Legal Education Professor James R. Elkins
The Law School | Classroom Experience "[T]here are many individuals out there who are very confident that they know the 'truth' of the law school experience, in fact, there are very few people who have the kind of perspective on what is occurring in the law school that can be helpful to the students in the long run." [Peter F. Lake, When Fear Knocks: The Myths and Realities of Law School, 29 Stetson L. Rev. 1015, 1017 (2000)] Generally, "[t]here is no 'Introduction to the Law' course for first-year students, no course in 'The Western Legal Tradition.' You'll immediately find yourself in the thick of things--with assignments to prepare for your very first day of classes. Ironically, if you want an Introduction to the Law or to the Western Legal Tradition, you better get it before you go to law school. . . . Otherwise, you'll have to wait until the dust settles from your first year." [Atticus Falcon, Planet Law School 13 (Honolulu: Fine Print Press, 1998)]
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