Gianna

I'm a legals major. My interests are in civil litigation and criminal law, however, I have to go though all of the wretched subjects (of course) like Real Estate, and Business Law. I hate the stuff. It is so boring, and of course there is all this reading and memorization. I'm miserable. A lawyer, that I know personally, and, who happens to be running for Judge of Family Court, told me I was doing way too much reading, and to get the cliff's notes. Is there such a thing? I'm not looking for the easy way out, but, Real Estate and Business law is of no interest to me whatsoever.

stickadiddle

You don't really expect a lawyer to answer that for free do you?

nosdda

Yes there is. That'll be £50 please.

eleni

I agree, it is boring and sometimes difficult to actually take in when you have no interest, but believe me you will be glad of all the effort in the end. You will never know the circumstances in the future when you will be glad of the knowledge. Persevere, it is fine for your lawyer friend to say that to you, he/she has already done the work and are where they want to be, but you are starting out and remember, knowledge is power, in criminal law many, many facets can occur that may have relevance to business or real estate and you will be thankful that you know. keep plodding on

myavatarishotbutImnot

Probably, but I have to tell you, if you're so bored with the research and the reading, why on earth do you want to be an attorney??? THAT'S ALL THEY DO. Especially civil litigation! Get into a field that suits you better.

Thetotalmouth

There are TONS of supplimets outthere. There is no way I'd be able to get through law school without them. Believe me, no law student exists who has not utilized a suppliment at some point in their schooling. I generally like Aspen Publishing's "Examples and Explainations" series. There is an EE on Real Estate, Agency and Partnership, and on Corporations. If you want a really in depth covering of your issues, you can go for the Emanuel Law Outlines of your particular course. These are thick tomes that cover every aspect of a particular course outlined in a fairly neat fashion. It might even give more information than your textbook in some cases. There is an Emanuels on Corporations, but not on real estate or agency and partnerships. There are a handful of other suppliments out there that I have found helpful in the past. The Glannon series tends to be pretty comprehensive, but does not always contain the citation that a student might need to cite in an exam. Although Glannon books tend to explain conepts pretty clearly. These books are generally titled something like "The Glannon Guide to ______" where the blank is something like bankruptcy or civil procedure. Finally, if you are looking for just a 'cliffnotes' on the cases in your textbook, what you need is something called the "Casenote Legal Briefs" that is keyed to your casebook. There are several casenotes for each law subject, and you need to pay close attention when buying this, because if you purchase the Real Estate casenotes that is keyed to a different textbook than the one your class is using, you will have wasted your money. You need to be sure that you are buying the book that is keyed to that particular cases in your textbook. If you do you will find a 1-2 page summery of every case in your textbook, along with the Rule of Law defined in that case and all relevant information you need to know abou the case for class. Casenotes is also published by Aspen. West publishing also publishes a set of case briefs that also contains brief outlines of the course. This is their "Legallines" series and you also need to be caseful to buy the legallines that is keyed to your particular casebook. Below I have included the links to Aspen and West publishing. Hope I helped!