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Tuesday Review: Fever

by John on July 21, 2009

in Law School

There are some products that are so widely available for free that the idea of charging for them seems absurd. On the web, this is especially true. You can get free online document editing, email with limitless capacity, social networking access, and sheer raw content all for free. Anyone would be crazy to try and [...]

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Tuesday Review: Getting to Maybe

by John on July 14, 2009

in Law School

We’re back to one of the biggies of law school products. Getting to Maybe is up there with One L, Law School Confidential, and Paper Chase in the list of “Things You Need To Read Or Watch Before Law School.” Like a Gilbert’s Outline, a Nutshell, and an Examples and Explanations: everyone owns a copy, [...]

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Tuesday Review: I Am Not A Paper Cup

by John on June 30, 2009

in Law School

Red Bull, Ramen, and take-out food might get all the press, but coffee is the fuel that runs a law student. There’s probably more than a few Starbucks franchises that are either being kept afloat or raking in the cash because of their proximity to a law school. Yes, they’re great as a study destination, [...]

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Tuesday Review: Dropbox

by John on June 24, 2009

in Law School

Only a few short years ago, syncing files was a complicated proposition. Now, it’s substantially easier, to the point that online backup to the cloud is a real possibility. But the 800 lb gorilla in the room is Dropbox. Dropbox is a free service that allows you to sync files between a number of computers, [...]

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Hopefully you read yesterday’s post about Twitter, because this one assumes you know what Twitter is and why it’s useful for law students. So I’ll take it as read that you read that post, signed up for an account if you hadn’t already, followed me, and now are asking what are some good tools to [...]

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Should You Get a Home Office?

by John on June 9, 2009

in Productivity

This is not a review of desks, file cabinets, bookshelves, or chairs. It’s not about pens, pencils, notebooks, or folders. Nope, we’re talking about the actual room. When it comes to studying, many students will start and stop at the library. And of those that don’t, a lot will find the nearest coffee shop and [...]

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In the pantheon of law school advice books, Law School Confidential is near the top. Law School Confidential, typically called LSC, is one of the two most successful law school books, along with Planet Law School. In Law School Confidential, Robert Miller lays out a very systematic pattern for approaching law school. He advocates lots [...]

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Today’s review is a little different. Every day more 0Ls finish undergrad or quit their jobs or start arranging their lives for law school in August. And one of the burning questions many 0Ls have is what type of notebook computer to buy. Mac vs. PC, HP vs. Dell, Thinkpad vs. Toshiba. A lot of [...]

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