Destination law school
Pre-trip planning: what to do before you arrive
Fear factor: top five law student worries
What kind of student do you want to be: twenty law student types
The first-year curriculum: what to expect
The first days: starting out right
The Socratic and case methods
Reasons to participate in class and ten tips for doing it well
Law professors
The top five habits of successful students: a C.R.E.D.O.
Case-briefing
Note-taking
Outlining
A short course in law school exams
Exam preparation
Law school essay exams: fifteen common mistakes
Tackling law school multiple-choice questions
Legal research and writing: an interview with five experts
The bleak side of law school
Maintaining well-being
Welcome back to the jungle: the perilous second semester
"Night" and other nontraditional students
Law school and outside relationships
Law review, moot court, and other extracurricular activities
Recapping law school's first year in the words of students
The end of a long and grinding road
Appendix. Sample essay question.