Legal Research

Advice for First Year Law Students: Practice Writing!
Over at PrawfsBlawg, Paul Horowitz offers sage advice to first year law students. For all incoming 1Ls, I recommend that you read Paul's post. I have one piece of advice to add -- practice writing as much as you can...

A Very Short Reading List for Incoming 1Ls
There are two classics every incoming 1L should read before starting law school but my sense is that many turn them away because they are not written in a style that resonates with our younger students...

The Law School Don'ts
Ed Note: This summer, Ms. JD solicited advice from students across the country. Here are some of the law school ?don?ts.? Thinking about getting a pet? A student at the University of Oregon School of Law warns: Don?t do it! You will live in the law school your first year, moving only between your classes, the library, and your bed...

Resources for Advice about Getting into Law School
Here's an article by a CUNY John Jay Criminal Justice professor with some worthwhile information about how law schools view undergraduate GPAs from various schools and between various majors...

Law School Advice from CBS Sports Columnist
Clay "I didn't even buy books my last year of law school" Travis, a columnist for CBS Sports, offer his advice on how to pick a law school, including the following suggestions: Go sit in the law school library for...

More Advice to 1Ls
Lesley's post below offers an old chestnut of a topic: advice to 1L's. A good topic, especially because they will soon enough face advice, usually of a different order, from 2L's and 3L's, and we have but a brief window in which to either confirm that advice or inoculate them from it...

Paxil Lawsuit
Paxil Claims, Lawsuits, and Injuries

Stock Market Losses
alleging bad financial advice and conflicts of interest.

School Racism
School District pays $250,000 in racial harassment settlement.

Student Harassment
Wichita School District pays $45,000 settlement for high school students' harassment lawsuit.

School House Abuse
Selwyn House School agrees to $5 million teacher molestation settlement.

Fayette County School Board
faces sex abuse class action lawsuit

Rutland School District
Double pay offered as part of class action wage dispute settlement, pending court approval.