[blindlaw] Black's law Dictionary

[Rod Alcidonis]

Denise, Jim, and Ronza, I am very appreciative of your suggestions. As I
said, once I start classes, I will have a much better idea of what
supplemental materials I will need to acquire in the future. You guys have
certainly been helpful to me in this endeavor. Thanks.

Ps: Denise, yes, I remember meeting you at the lawyer's division meeting
with Larry and the other guys. It was nice meeting you though.
Take care.

Rod

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From: "denise avant" <dravant at ameritech.net>
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Sent: Friday, July 14, 2006 9:51 AM
Subject: Re: [blindlaw] Black's law Dictionary


> 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.
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: blindlaw-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:blindlaw-bounces at nfbnet.org] On
> Behalf Of McCarthy, Jim
> Sent: Friday, July 14, 2006 7:22 AM
> To: NFBnet Blind Law Mailing List
> 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
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: blindlaw-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:blindlaw-bounces at nfbnet.org]On
> Behalf Of AZNOR99 at aol.com
> Sent: Thursday, July 13, 2006 7:52 PM
> To: blindlaw at nfbnet.org
> 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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