The guide to belonging in law school

NB: This book is part of the main collection and can be checked out.

The Guide to Belonging in Law School is the only book of its kind and should be required summer reading before law school. It accomplishes two discrete goals. First, it requires readers to engage in an authentic, rigorous, mini-law school semester involving reading, studying, five Socratic classes (through the connected website), exam preparation, and exam writing. Second, the book provides a foundation for students from marginalized groups to recognize and manage both subtle and explicit barriers that can impede their progress. Law schools should recommend this book to every incoming law student, especially those from groups underrepresented in the profession. Professor McClain is a nationally-recognized expert on inclusiveness and minority student achievement in law school.*

Contents

• The legacy of minorities in the law

• The law school experience

• Invisible influences

• Legal sources and structures

• Introduction to contracts

• Preparing for class

• Class one

• Introduction to legal analysis

• Class two

• Preparing for exams

• Class three

• How to take a law school exam

• Class four

• Class five

• The final exam

• Last words