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Practical Advice

The Unofficial Guide to Legal Studies in the United States for Foreign Lawyers by Albert Vincent Y. Yu Chang; Johana Mantilla Gomez
Call Number: 5th Stacks ; KF283 .U56 2012

ISBN: 1614386730

Publication Date: 2012-09-01
LL. M. Roadmap: an international student's guide to U.S. law school programs by George Edwards
Call Number: 5th Stacks ; KF272 .E385 2011

ISBN: 9781454802396

Publication Date: 2011-09-19
International Lawyers Guide to Legal Analysis and Communication by McGregor
Call Number: 5th Stacks ; KF250 .M377 2015

ISBN: 1454841567

Publication Date: 2015-06-22
U. S. Legal Practice Skills for International Law Students by Anne Burr; Howard Bromberg
Call Number: 5th Stacks ; KF300 .B87 2014

ISBN: 9781611631081

Publication Date: 2014-10-01
How to Be Sort of Happy in Law School by Kathryne M. Young
Call Number: Online - If the link above does not work, log into ProQuest Central using the link below and then try this link again.

ISBN: 9780804799768

Publication Date: 2018-08-07
1l of a Ride: a well-traveled professor's roadmap to success in the first year of law school by Andrew McClurg
Call Number: Online

ISBN: 9781634607896

Publication Date: 2017-06-09
Acing Your First Year of Law School by Shana Connell Noyes; Henry S. Noyes
Call Number: 5th Stacks ; KF283 .N69 2008

ISBN: 9780837714103

Publication Date: 2008-03-01
Hard-Nosed Advice from a Cranky Law Professor by Cristina Knolton; Lisa Dennis; Austen Parrish
Call Number: 5th Stacks ; KF283 .P37 2021

ISBN: 1531022308

Publication Date: 2021-07-01
Getting to Maybe by Richard Fischl; Jeremy Paul
Call Number: 5th Stacks ; KF283 .F47 1999

ISBN: 9780890897607

Publication Date: 1999-05-26
How to Succeed in Law School by Gary A. Munneke
Call Number: 5th Stacks ; KF283 .M86 2008

ISBN: 9780764139796

Publication Date: 2008-06-01
Ivy Briefs: true tales of a neurotic law student by Martha Kimes
Call Number: 5th Stacks ; KF373.K473 A3 2007

ISBN: 9780743288385

Publication Date: 2007-05-15
Law School Confidential by Robert H. Miller
Call Number: 5th Stacks ; KF283 .M55 2011

ISBN: 0312605110

Publication Date: 2011-04-26
Law School Without Fear: Strategies for Success by Helene Shapo; Marshall Shapo
Call Number: Online

ISBN: 9781599414195

Publication Date: 2009-05-26
Law School Exams by Alex Schimel
Call Number: Online

ISBN: 9781531023751

Publication Date: 2022-01-01

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Connecticut Law Tribune ( Jan. 1991-)
Corporate Counsel (Jan. 2001 -)
Delaware Business Court Insider (March 2011 -)
Delaware Law Weekly (Nov. 1998 - )
The Legal Intelligencer (Jan. 1992 -)
The National Law Journal (Jan. 1983 -)
New Jersey Law Journal (July 1990 -)
The New York Law Journal (Jan. 1989 -)
The Recorder (California) (Online) (Jan. 1990 -)
Texas Lawyer (Jan. 1990 -)

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