CALI
The Center for Computer-Assisted Legal Instruction is a non-profit consortium that creates tutorials for first and second year law students. They are typically Flash-based and include quizes, examples, and interactive illustrations. Some students find these to be very helpful for preparing for exams.
Articles to Get You Started in Law School
- How to Read a Legal Opinion by Orin S. KerrThis essay is designed to help new law students prepare for the first few weeks of class. It explains what judicial opinions are, how they are structured, and what law students should look for when reading them.
Practical Advice
- How To Save Money On A New SuitIf you haven’t started law school yet, you’ll want to include a new suit in your list of back to school supplies. You’ll not only need it for job interviews, but if you plan on taking part in moot court, you’ll have to wear one, too. But at $200-$300 a pop, suits are expensive, especially for a starving law student like yourself. Here are 5 tips on how you can save tons of money on your next suit, but still look like a million bucks.
- 180 Money Saving TipsHere’s a list of 180 money saving tips that can turn your financial life around 180 degrees.
Introduction
Heafey Law Library has nutshells, hornbooks and other study resources available for use by law students. Typically, the latest editions of the nutshells and hornbooks are available in the Stauffer Reserve Collection, unless a professor has placed the title on course reserve. You can search for either hornbooks or nutshells in OSCAR, the library's online catalog, by searching by title for the phrase: hornbook series or nutshell series. Other series students may find of interest are: Black Letter, Law School Exam Series, Examples & Explanations, Siegel's, Exam Pro, Legal Text Series, Questions & Answers Series, or the Understanding Series. Check on ClaraNet for Research Guides prepared by the reference staff. Please check with the reference staff if you need assistance in finding a title. The library also has old SCU Law exams on file, but only those exams that the faculty have agreed to include in our collection. These published exams normally include only essay questions and do not include multiple choice or true/false questions. Please see the Research Guide on The library staff recommends that you utilize the exam indexes first to locate exams. If no exams are available for your course or professor, check the Course Reserve Lists on OSCAR. Finally, you should check the personal website of the faculty.
Essential Reading
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