[blindlaw] Black's law Dictionary

[denise avant]

Hello Rod,
We met at the convention. I agree with the others. A Black's law dictionary
is not essential. However, if you are a member of Bookshare.org, there is
one there. I don't know how well scanned it is but its there.
You have the right attitude in trying to be prepared. Just make sure you
stay on top of the reading and the outlining, which I guess the schools
still encourage. I don't remember if you told me what your major was in
under gradauate. But I can safely say that this coming year you will have
never been and will never be so busy studying. The trick is to stay
organized and not fall too far behind.
Good luck.

 

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Sent: Friday, July 14, 2006 7:22 AM
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Subject: Re: [blindlaw] Black's law Dictionary

Rod, I absolutely agree with your desire to be prepared going in to first
year law school.  Having said that though, I will bet that you will buy
materials that some one told you will really make a difference and then
never use them.  What they will be, I cannot say.  However, like Ronza, I
never looked up a definition in Black's law dictionary.  One of the things
law has actually done in a pretty significant way is get rid of Latin terms.
You will read older cases with large Latin paragraphs that seem to come from
no where, but all of that stuff gets explained through text notes or the
like.  I am now studying for the bar and one of our reminders for the
multistate portion is that Latin in an answer choice usually means that
choice is wrong.  There are a hand full of exceptions to this rule, but it
mostly holds true.

Procure Black's if doing so makes you feel more prepared to get started.  I
can share experiences, but they are only mine.  I was not probably the model
law student in the first place, though I did find the process interesting
and challenging.  You will get plenty of advice as you get going in law
school.  The challenge will be separating the useful advice from  the
trivial and I wish all first years luck with that.  Doing so is more
important than you can possibly imagine right now.
Jim McCarthy

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Sent: Thursday, July 13, 2006 7:52 PM
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Subject: Re: [blindlaw] Black's law Dictionary


I would agree with that -- I never once used Black's Law Dictionary in law
school, and I think the first year or so would be when it'd be most  useful.

Some law textbooks have glossaries in the back, and most have  sections 
explaining legal terms that might otherwise be complicated.   Otherwise, a
regular 
dictionary has most of the terms as well, and WestLaw, and  Lexis I believe,
has the "Dictionary" link.  But as I said, I never once  used Black's in law
school, and I'd suggest you not waste your money on  information that is
available elsewhere for free.
 
Regards,
Ronza
 
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