Law School Without Fear: Strategies for Success (2nd Edition)
by Helene Shapo, Marshall Shapo
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Author: Helene Shapo, Marshall ShapoEdition: Paperback
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Published)
Published: 2002-04-01
ISBN: 1587781875
Number of pages: 208
Publisher: Foundation Press
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Book Review: Should be titled: Basic Social Studies for Those Who Missed the Entirety of Grade School
Summary: 1 Stars
I was required to read this book by the law school I've enrolled in. I'll start by acknowledging that it's important to remember that no book is totally without merit. A good reader with an open mind should be able to take something away from every book they read. That being said, I am trying to keep this optimistic maxim in mind while I write my review of this book.
Let me stress to you that before you spend the $30 plus s/h on this little volume, you should REALLY try hard to check it out at your local library or your current university. Order it through inter-library loan if you have to. At best, maybe buy a used (cheap) copy.
This book was obviously well-intended, but is still shockingly disappointing, and borders on the truly condescending. Yes, it actually contains chapters on how to use an apostrophe and how to make certain that your subjects and verbs correlate in a written sentence. Do the authors think everyone going to law school missed elementary school?
Likewise, there are entire sections devoted to how to read a footnote, what a statute is, what a law review is, and how the U.S. government is structured. Hello? Let me save you $30 and a lot of time. There are three branches of government: namely, the Legislative, the Executive, and the Judiciary. Just in case you missed not only your basic Social Studies class AND never saw Schoolhouse Rock, these basic facts have been included in the book. Please, if you grew up in the U.S. and don't know this by now, don't go into law or politics. We have enough trouble as it is.
(As an aside, the fact that BOTH authors teach at Northwestern Law School - a highly competitive school, I might add - should scare all of us. Is THIS the standard of quality of their incoming classes? Really?)
Get it from the library first, and decide for yourself. In the meantime, if you decide to buy it, don't say you weren't duly warned.
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