Law School Books

[Anonymous No.14432379]

I'm going to Law School next year, and I'd like to read something to get ready. What would you recommend?

[Anonymous No.14432466]

T14 grad, ama.
There's nothing in particular you should read to 'prepare,' the difficulty of 1L is overblown and you'll have plenty of time for pleasure reading then unless you're a brainlet or aiming for top marks (you aren't, otherwise you wouldn't have made this thread).

[Anonymous No.14432479]

>>14432379
>>14432466
i can think of nothing more soulless, why pursue higher education at all?

[Anonymous No.14432498]

>>14432479
Because I didn't want to be a wagecuck or a codemonkey. I can quit whenever I want, but at least I have options now.

[Anonymous No.14432552]

>>14432466
I’m going to medical school, but I want to be able to shoot the shit and LARP like I’m a lawyer. What books do I start with to learn the basics of law and life as a lawyer too?

[Anonymous No.14432798]

>>14432552
I don't think you're going to find a book that really captures the essence of what it means to be a lawyer, but if you want to LARP as a 1L just buy some really old casebooks for Torts, Crim, and Con Law on the low. If you're looking for a broader overview of practical law, get the Conviser Mini Review from Barbri for [Your State] used online.

Being a junior lawyer, anywhere, is mostly looking over a few of your client's documents and then either summarizing them for a higher-up, or performing a basic research task where your time is spent googling statutes and e-bulletins, occasionally pulling cases or document templates from a legal research engine, and drafting a memo or term sheet or motion or basic agreement or whatever.

[Anonymous No.14433548]

bump

[Anonymous No.14433752]

>>14432498
>Because I didn't want to be a wagecuck or a codemonkey

Being a lawyer is only slightly worse than being a codemonkey

[Anonymous No.14433755]

>>14432379
Kafka

[Anonymous No.14433862]

>>14433752
> gets hired in big law
> makes 160k salary
> works 12-15 hour days

nice one
you could've been a code monkey making 6 figures, working 35hrs a week
but I guess having the prestige of esquire from the layman is good enough to sell your soul

[Anonymous No.14433880]

>>14432379
Cicero, learn how he constructs his arguments, at times excessively wordy but always airtight logically.

[Anonymous No.14433947]

unironically, The Legal Analyst by Ward Farnsworth. It gives a good explanation of policy arguments

[Anonymous No.14433963]

Don't read about philosophy of law or legal theory. They are literal wastes of time. Focus on learning the material, getting good grades and finding a nice internship early on. Read good fiction and poetry on the side. If you're really excited about going to law school, I recommend Scott Turow's 1L.

[Anonymous No.14434012]

In a similar position, but it's hard to find any resources because I'm from New Zealand and finding good content on such a specific legal system isn't easy. I guess I'll just wait until I get there. In the meantime I can prepare for my philosophy courses easy enough.

[Anonymous No.14434379]

>>14433752
My job can't get outsourced or replaced by H1Bs.

>>14433862
Big law is 190k + bonus for first years unless you're in a smaller market. Most firms have a billable hours requirement of 1800-1900, so you aren't regularly working 12+ hour days unless you're in the worst practice group of the worst firm in NYC.
>sell your soul
I went to school three extra years and now I work reasonable hours for a good living. How exactly have I sold my soul?

>>14433947
>policy
*reflexively vomits*

>>14433963
>Don't read about philosophy of law or legal theory.
Good advice.

[Anonymous No.14434397]

>>14433880
lol

[Anonymous No.14434402]

>>14434012
Library Genesis. If you really want to read about legal theory, start with hart's concept of law and Kelsen's pure theory of law. Then you can get into more mainstream stuff like Dworkin, Shapiro, Unger, etc