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Social Workers - Avoid Litigation
This is a vital reference book for all social workers.Read more

Subjects:  1. Cases    2. Law and legislation    3. Legal Education    4. Legal status, laws, etc.    5. Public welfare    6. Social Science    7. Social Work    8. Social workers    9. Sociology    10. United States    11. Courts & procedure    12. Law as it applies to other professions    13. Social Science / Social Work   

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Author undoes her own argument
Guerrero's book is self-effacing; she undoes her own argument. Well written history of affimative action at Boalt
Guerrero provides both a well-written account of the rise and fall of affirmative action at Boalt Hall, and an articulate argument for the merits, especially in law school, of affirmative action. Her writing eschews ideological hyperbole and throughout remains grounded in the real issues affecting the greater population by a lack of diversity in law schools and the law community at large. Even those who disagree with affirmative action will find this book of interest for the readable account of, and insight into, the students of Boalt Hall who felt compelled to fight for their beliefs.

An Important Read!!
This book is thoroughly researched and compellingly argued. Guerrero takes a case study of the effects of affirmative action at Boalt Law School at the University of California at Berkeley, which was forced to abandon affirmative action several years ago. She concludes that the new policy has been a disaster for the educational quality of the school, which greatly benefits from the presence of a wide range of backgrounds and experiences among its students. Read more

Subjects:  1. Admission    2. Affirmative action programs in    3. Affirmative action programs in education    4. California    5. Civil Rights    6. Discrimination in education    7. General    8. Law    9. Law and legislation    10. Legal Education    11. Legal Reference / Law Profession    12. School of Law    13. University of California, Berk    14. University of California, Berkeley.    15. Constitutional & administrative law    16. History / Americas (North, Central, South, West Indies)    17. Racism & racial discrimination    18. USA    19. Universities / polytechnics   

Subjects:  1. Civil Procedure    2. General    3. Law    4. Legal Education    5. Legal Reference / Law Profession    6. Courts & procedure   

Subjects:  1. Contracts    2. Law    3. Legal Education    4. English law: contract law    5. Law / General   

Subjects:  1. Government - State, Provincial & Municipal    2. Law    3. Legal Education    4. Legal Reference / Law Profession    5. Reference    6. Wills   

Subjects:  1. General    2. Handbooks, manuals, etc    3. Law    4. Legal Education    5. Legal System    6. Legal assistants    7. Politics / Current Events    8. United States   

Subjects:  1. General    2. LSAT (Law School Admission Test)    3. Law    4. Legal Education    5. Study Guides    6. Law / General    7. Legal profession    8. Standardized educational test   

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Varied essays; Some good, some dull and PC
Some chapters are better than others.Several are good but many are written like the required reading for one of those required "diversity" courses in college.Those essays (about half the book) don't get into any practical information about law school, but instead focus on things like feminism, race, sexual orientation and how that relates to law, learning, or the typical student experience.Other chapters have interesting information and have good insight about subjects taught (Torts, Civil Procedure, etc.).

A big-picture view of law school
In preparing for law school, any student should try to get a little extra information to help him or her make the transition to law school and succeed.Many books offer tips and tricks for taking notes, making outlines, and networking.This book, however, offers a bit more background on the course of study. A great resource!
As a future law student, this book was an invaluable resource.I feelmuch more prepared for entering law school, and know what to expect from myclasses.Also, it has great info on financing and issues facing women,minorities, etc.The authors of the chapters seem to be very knowlegeableand qualified.I recommend it to everyone planning to go to law school. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Education    2. General    3. Graduate School Guides - Law    4. Law    5. Law (General)    6. Law schools    7. Law students    8. Legal Education    9. Reference    10. Study and teaching    11. United States   

Subjects:  1. Contracts    2. General    3. Law    4. Legal Education    5. Legal Reference / Law Profession    6. English law: commercial law    7. English law: contract law    8. Law / General   

Subjects:  1. Corporate    2. General    3. Law    4. Legal Education    5. Legal Reference / Law Profession    6. English law: company law    7. Law / General   

Subjects:  1. Government - Comparative    2. Indians of North America    3. Law    4. Legal Education    5. Legal Reference / Law Profession    6. Legal status, laws, etc    7. Law / Legal Education    8. Legal skills & practice   

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Great LSAT Book
The book was great, the shipping was great, and it came to me in an extremely fast manner.Great to do business with!

lsat
Tough read, but the sample questions and tests will prepare you for the real exam.

ABOVE AVERAGE TEST TAKERS BE CAREFUL
These books are ok but they aren't for everyone.I test well on standardized tests and took a practice test and scored very high.The more i worked in this book, the slower I became and the lower i scored.Take a practice test-If you are someone who scores high on standardized tests usually, you may just want to take the test on adrenaline and your good wits.That is what I will be doing next time, as I did on the SAT's as well.These books help lots of people I'm sure, but this is one case where someone scored significantly lower due to practicing methods not necessarily needed. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Entrance examinations    2. LSAT (Law School Admission Test)    3. Law School Admission Test    4. Law schools    5. Legal Education    6. Study Aids    7. Study Guides    8. United States    9. Study Aids / LSAT (Law School Admission Test)   

Subjects:  1. General    2. Law    3. Legal Education    4. Legal Reference / Law Profession    5. Quotations    6. Reference    7. Dictionaries of quotations    8. Humour collections & anthologies   

Subjects:  1. Citizen participation    2. Colorado    3. Corrupt practices    4. Corruption investigation    5. General    6. Golden    7. Justice, Administration of    8. Law    9. Legal Education    10. Management    11. Nonfiction - True Crime / Espionage    12. Offenses against the environme    13. Offenses against the environment    14. Rocky Flats Plant (U.S.)    15. United States   

Subjects:  1. Graduate School Guides - Law    2. Law    3. Legal Education    4. Reference   

Subjects:  1. Essays    2. Law    3. Legal Education    4. Legal Reference / Law Profession    5. Study and teaching    6. United States    7. LAW_STUDY AND TEACHING    8. Law / Legal Education   

Subjects:  1. Law    2. Legal Education    3. Legal Reference / Law Profession   

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Crunchtime Savior
The set saved my life. I just took my first-semester finals and I think I did well--thanks to the tapes. I am the kind of person who doze off in front of books, but tapes keep me awake. More importantly, instead of miring you down in nitty-gritty points, the tapes focus on the important stuff, the most frequently tested areas and they warn you of traps in such a way that the warnings jump out in your brain during exams! For example, Prof. Freer, who was in the Civil Pro set, warns you of traps by saying, "Here is the magic yellow marker moment!"And a few of the traps he warned of did appear on my final! Also you can finish listening to each title within a day, or even half a day if you are diligent. That's exactly what you want during crunchtime--something quick, simply, focused and memorable. I use the tapes as the major framework for organizing profs' lecture notes. But when I take the exams, I am literally following the tapes' outline step-by-step. Some titles are taped in actual lecture halls but some are not--Civil Pro, for example. Personally, I find background laughes quite energizing. And indeed, the profs are very very funny.

Cap'n Crunch
This tape series was helpful, but I liked the Sum & Substance series better. The Gilbert series is taped from lectures given in a class room setting. This makes them a little more dynamic than someone simply reading from a transcript, but the tape quality suffers for it. It is frustrating to pay 200 dollars for a tape and hear people coughing in the background.

Must Have for 1st Year Law Students
Excellent secondary source for first year law students.In law school, time is a valuable resource.This program allows you to make more productive use your time by listening to an overview of each first yearcourse in your car, or excercising, or whatever!The summaries provide anexcellent "big picture" for each course and build logicalreasoning and issue spotting skills.GREAT PROGRAM! ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Abridged Audio - Misc. Nonfiction    2. Audio Adult: Other    3. Graduate School Guides - Law    4. Legal Education    5. Unabridged Audio - Misc.Nonfiction   

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BELL IS HUMBLE, HELPFUL, AND WISE
A personal account of Professor Derrick Bell's protest of Harvard Law School's refusal to offer tenure to a woman of color. Bell, the first Black tenured Professor at Harvard Law, made it clear from the beginning that he did not wish to be a token member of the faculty. Professor Bell took a leave of absence in protest after years of waiting for the Harvard faculty hiring committee to offer tenure to a women of color. An insightful, retrospective look at each decision Bell made, the effects his choices had on many of the players, and the invaluable lessons he learned from the experience. This book is a must for anyone who desires to continue the struggle for equality and social justice. Essential for activists and organizers. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. African American women law teachers    2. Biography    3. Biography/Autobiography    4. Cambridge    5. College And University Faculty    6. Dissenters    7. Ethnic Studies - African American Studies - General    8. General    9. Individual Institutions Of Higher Education    10. Law teachers    11. Legal Education    12. Massachusetts    13. Politics / Current Events    14. Selection and appointment    15. Bell, Derrick A    16. Cultural studies    17. Political activism   

Subjects:  1. History    2. Law    3. Law (General)    4. Law schools    5. Legal Education    6. Legal Reference / Law Profession    7. Study and teaching    8. United States