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: Getting More or Less Than What We Bargain For

Law School: What Kind of Story Is It?

Scott Turow's One L: First Year at Harvard Law School

John Grisham's Rudy Baylor: Troubled Days at Memphis State   

Education as Journey & the Two Worlds Problem

The Transformation of Self

Mark Twain's Story About Becoming 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 (in progress)

Law Student Web Resources

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	Lawyer Ethics
Looking Ahead	An Eye on the Professors
A Humanistic Perspective	Law Search Sources

The Law School Experience

First Day of Law School Tutorial

A Web Tutorial from Southern Methodist University

Resource Portal Sites

'Lectric Law Library's Study of Law Study

Law Student and Prelaw Center
Hieros Gamos: Students Center