About To Start Law School?

Summer is coming to an end and school year is about to start. The fall semester at Pace Law School starts next week when we welcome the incoming class of first year law students. Students often wonder what the experience will be like, how can they succeed, how can they survive?

Perhaps the following materials will be of assistance (all available at Pace Law Library):

Andrew J. McClurg, 1L Of a Ride: A Well-traveled Professor's Roadmap to Success in the First Year of Law School (2009).

Shana Connell Noyes & Henry S. Noyes, Acing Your First Year of Law School: The Ten Steps to Success You Won't Learn in Class (2d ed. 2008).

Eugene Volokh, Academic Legal Writing: Law Review Articles, Student Notes, Seminar Papers, and Getting on Law Review (4th ed. 2010).

Ruta K. Stropus & Charlotte D. Taylor, Bridging the Gap Between College and Law School: Strategies for Success (2d ed. 2009).

Peter T. Wendel, Deconstructing Legal Analysis: a 1L Primer (2009).

Albert J. Moore and David A Binder, Demystifying the First Year of Law School: A Guide to the 1L Experience (2010).

Austen L. Parrish, Cristina C. Knolton, Hard-nosed Advice From a Cranky Law Professor: How to Succeed in Law School (2010).

Gary A. Munneke, How to Succeed in Law School (4th ed. 2008).

Nancy B. Rapoport and Jeffrey D. Van Niel, Law School Survival Manual: From LSAT to Bar Exam (2010).

Charles H. Whitebread, The Eight Secrets of Top Exam Performance in Law School: An Easy-to-use, Step-by-step Approach for Achieving Great Grades (2d ed. 2008).

When it will be time to prepare for final exams in the end of the first semester, the library also has the following materials:

• Strategies and Tactics by Walton and Emanuel
• Strategies and Tactics by Finz
• Questions and Answers Series
• Examples and Explanations Series
• Hornbooks, Nutshells, and Understanding Series

For more assistance and additional materials, you can also view Guide to First-Year Law Students compiled by Cynthia Pittson, the Head of Reference.

Fundraiser For the Criminal Justice Society at Pace

On behalf of the Criminal Justice Society (CJS) at Pace Law School, please come and support the students' fundraising efforts by participating in any of the following exciting events:

Wednesday, November 18, 2009
Please join the Criminal Justice Society for dinner and conversation starting at 7:00 pm in the Antipasti Restaurant located at 1 North Broadway, White Plains, NY.

Thursday, November 19, 2009
Attend a showing of the movie Dead Man Walking with a follow up lecture and discussion led by the Associate Professor of Law at Pace Law School, David D. Dorfman. The event is scheduled at 3:00 - 6:00 pm in Preston Hall, Room 401. Bring your friends!

Monday, November 23, 2009
It's bake sale time! Please stop by the CJS table located in the hallway outside of cafeteria anytime between 10:00 am and 6 :00 pm to get yourself a sweet dessert. What will be available is a surprise!

Please note that none of these events are sponsored by Pace.

Student Debt Webinar

Via Res Ipsa Blog, a post titled Student Debt Webinar: Public Service Loan Forgiveness and Loan Repayment Assistance Programs features some details pertaining to the College Cost Reduction Access Act (CCRAA).

Equal Justice Works is presenting a number of webinars on the CCRAA. The CCRAA provides loan forgiveness for students who enter government positions, including prosecutors and public defenders, as well as public interest lawyers. The seminars provide important information on qualifying loans, loan consolidation, and managing student debt. Sign up for one of the free webinars here.

Pace Subscribes To AudioCaseFiles

AudioCaseFiles offers downloadable MP3 files of court opinions as well as streaming trial video. You can search by course to find audio and text versions of the most precedential cases in the United States, including constitutional law, criminal law and intellectual property law. Watch experienced practitioners argue cases on products liability, antitrust, mergers and acquisitions, and more.

In order to register, you must use your school provided email address. So, for all of you Pace law students, you must use your Pace law school email address. If you are interested, you can register at http://www.audiocasefiles.com/register.

AudioCaseFiles service is listed on our law library website under databases. Let us know what you think. Did you find this service useful? If so, why? If no, what should be changed? We look forward to reading your comments!

Pace Law Library Weekend Hours

Pace Law Library will be closed on Friday July, 3, 2009 and on Saturday July 4, 2009.

HAPPY 4TH OF JULY!!!

The library will resume its regular hours on Sunday July 5, 2009. Check the library regular hours on Pace Law Library Facebook page or on the Pace Law Library's website.

Have a great weekend!

Contest For Law Students To Win $10,000

Via Legal Blog Watch, Contest Gives Law Students Shot at $10K by Robert J. Ambrogi, read about a contest for law students that gives you the chance to win $10K. All you have to do is to make a video sharing your inspiration for going to law school.

The My Inspiration contest is a repeat of last year's One Less Worry Contest. Sponsored by Access Group, a nonprofit student loan company, the contest's rules are simple: Produce a video of no more than four minutes and upload it to YouTube by July 15, 2009.

From the submitted videos, Access Group will choose 10 finalists. Starting Aug. 3, the public will be invited to vote for a winner from among the 10 finalists. One lucky and/or talented law student will win a $10,000 scholarship for law school. Up to five additional honorable mention scholarships of $1,500 each will be awarded by a panel of judges. Winners will be announced by September 1, 2009

See the full post and get yourself some extra cash towards school. Good Luck to all!