Includes index.

You're doing it : important questions to consider before you go -- Financing law school -- Summer strategies for law school success -- What to expect during the first year -- Great ways to study law -- All about briefing and outlining -- Mastering legal research and technology -- Legal writing : what to expect and how to improve -- Writing a great law school exam -- Bettering your oral communication skills -- Law student ethics and interactions -- Joint degrees and advanced law degrees : are they for you? -- Law school concentrations, certificates, and specialization -- Clinics and internships/externships -- International legal study -- Balancing work, life, and law school -- Law school extracurriculars -- Law school diversity : resources for students from typically underrepresented backgrounds -- Focused study for the bar exam throughout law school -- Career planning for new JDs.

Includes bibliographical references and index.