Law School Companion (Princeton Review Series) [Paperback]

Paul M. Lisnek (Author), Steven Friedland (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: May 13, 1995 | ISBN-10: 0679761500 | ISBN-13: 978-0679761501 | Edition: 1st

This new guide combines expert academic advice with candid observations and survival tips based upon The Princeton Review's national student surveys, the largest annual campus surveys in the country. This unique blend of practical advice and peer insights provides the most comprehensive, up-to-date, and useful information on the market.

Product Details

• Paperback: 240 pages
• Publisher: Princeton Review; 1st edition (May 13, 1995)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0679761500
• ISBN-13: 978-0679761501
• Product Dimensions: 8.9 x 5.9 x 0.7 inches
• Shipping Weight: 10.4 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #3,517,428 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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13 of 13 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars This is not "The Ultimate Guide to Excelling in Law School.", January 18, 2001

By A Customer

This review is from: Law School Companion (Princeton Review Series) (Paperback)

Did anyone proof this book? It's full of grammar, punctuation and typing errors. "This deference to prior decisions is the principal precedental effect, also called state decisis." Don't forget to ask your law professors about state decisis on your first day of class. "They not being provided for their accuracy." Thanks for the disclaimer, Grog. Apparently a cave man or woman edited this book. The examples go on and on. The fact that no one cares enough to correct these errors is sad; it makes it difficult to take the authors seriously. This, however, would all be a minor inconvenience if not for the fact that the information provided in Law School Companion is marginal at best. You can't help but feel as you turn the pages that The Princeton Review threw this together to make some extra money. Almost 40% of the book is devoted to sample course outlines. Sure, they call it Appendix I, but it's still part of the book. If you're looking for a book on law school preparation, this is not the one for you. The authors recommend that you read "one or two" books over the summer. That's great advice if you want to struggle to receive poor grades during your first year. The only real prep advice they give is to attend the NILE Law School Prep Program. In fact, the only phone number they give you is that of NILE. Turns out, two of the authors are NILE directors and the other is a NILE instructor! I expected more from The Princeton Review. If you're looking for a book on prep, try Planet Law School. I bought eight books on prep and found PLS gave me the most for my money. Many of the publications that the book recommends are difficult to obtain, but hunt is worth it.

12 of 15 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars experience over book knowledge, April 3, 2000

By A Customer

This review is from: Law School Companion (Princeton Review Series) (Paperback)

Please know that there are countless books which try to tell entering law school students about what to expect, how to deal with adversity, and reveal various strategies for success in law school. While this book is very effective about revealing the basic facts of law school, every future law school student must realize that there is no ONE set way to prepare for law school. If there were, there would be one book by one author and it would be the final word. But law school is not that way, life is not that way. Every person will have a unique experience in law school. If you are looking for a book to calm your nerves and make you feel more secure about what the next three years have in store for you, this book is right for you. But keep in mind that your experience will ultimately prevail over knowledge you gain from a book. I am entering my third year in law school, and the advice I recieved from other law students helped me more than any "help-book" did. My advice is for a prospective student to buy a variety of books to see different takes on law school. Include this book, then find a book by a law school graduate and get a book by a current law student. By seeing law school through different perspectives, you will be better prepared to have YOUR EXPERIENCE, and that one is the most important.

1 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Advice from a NILE veteran...and sympathetic young attorney, May 29, 2001

By A Customer

This review is from: Law School Companion (Princeton Review Series) (Paperback)

I have read this book and know the authors. I know them because I attended the NILE program for several years before attending law school. Whether you buy this book and use it like a bible in law school or only buy it as a perusal of "what's to come" in law school, you should unquestionably get your hands on a NILE application and invest the money to go sometime before you begin law school. The authors of this book are dedicated to educating America's aspiring attorneys, and those who are "just looking" at the profession. As a successful law school graduate and second year associate at a great firm I can tell anyone considering law school that NILE is the single best preparatory experience you can find before actually going to law school. By the way, outlines are important for studying for exams. So if you're tempted to write off the book because of its concentration on course outlines...you'll be grateful for the guide when you're sitting in your apartment two weeks before exams and everyone is talking about their "study outlines." At that point, feeling lost and alone, open this book and thank the authors for a road map to your first outline. And remember, no book can make law school easy...if it could, we attorneys wouldn't grin in knowing sympathy when you, the law student, tell us how tough it is, and how confused you felt during those first few months. You don't need a book, you need a simple roadmap...and this is a roadmap. What you fill in along the way will be your "law school experience."