First Year Law Student's Guide to Law Library Essentials
The Cleveland-Marshall College of Law Library staff welcomes you to our facility. Please stop at the Information Services Desk and make the acquaintance of our Information Services Staff. Feel free to call ((216) 687-6877) or email your questions to access.services@law.csuohio.edu (circulation) or research.services@law.csuohio.edu (reference). Take the time to read the following explanations of services that will help you use the library to your advantage:
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Using the Cleveland-Marshall College of Law Library
- Law Library Maps - Base and Atrium Levels; First and Second Levels
- Library Essentials - our Law Library's most important amenities, procedures and policies
- Technology Essentials - answers to your questions about technology resources and procedures at the College of Law Library
- Pre-Orientation Instructions - Instructions for Registering passwords and other items expected to be completed before library orientation.
- Patron Code of Conduct - rules to insure the best research and study environment possible for our students, faculty and staff
Electronic Resources & Passwords
- Law Student Usernames, Passwords, IDs and PINS - Explains the various usernames, passwords and PINS you will be issued as a Cleveland-Marshall College of Law Student, and what you can access with each username, passwords or PIN.
- Cleveland Marshall College of Law Electronic Resources page - List various electronic resources and whether you can access them in the law library only or remotely.
- LexisNexis and Westlaw For Students
Using Law Libraries in General
Law Library 101: Using Your Law Library to be a Successful Law Student - a guide to terminology and resources unique to legal research and law libraries. Includes How to Find Cases. Also see Law Library Call Numbers, which will help you find books in the library.
Help with Research and Writing
- How to Read a Legal Citation - the first step toward understanding legal literature
- Student Services Page - Research & Writing - instructional sessions to help you with research, books and materials on research & writing, research guides
General Study and Course Preparation Help
- How to Brief a Case: Cali Tutorial
- Learning Legal Analysis - IRAC (Issue, Rule, Analysis, Conclusion) - Cali Tutorial
- LawSchool.Westlaw.com>Law School Life>Getting Ready: Includes Class Preparation and Briefing Cases
- The Law School Approach (or, "How to Live with and Learn to Love the Socratic Method") from the American University Washington College of Law.
- Jurist: Life in Law School - Law student blogs and helpful articles on stress and other reflections.
- Library books & CDs: Try looking in Room A066 (Atrium level) around the call number KF283. A few suggested titles:
- Law School Success in a Nutshell : A Guide to Studying Law and Taking Law School Exams, 2nd ed/ Ann M. Burkhart, Robert A. Stein St. Paul, MN : Thomson/West, c2008 KF283 .B871 2008
- Succeeding in Law School / Herbert N. Ramy Durham, N.C. : Carolina Academic Press, c2006, KF283 .R36 2006
- Reading Like a Lawyer : Time-Saving Strategies for Reading Law Like an Expert / Ruth Ann McKinney, KF283 .M398 2005
- How to Succeed in Law School [sound recording] / John S. Dzienkowski , Eagan, MN : West Group, c2004, KF283 .D95 2004
Help with Legal Subject Courses
- CALI Library of Lessons.
- Law Student Services>Study Aids
Online Legal Dictionaries, Citators, Etc.
Legal Reference Resources - links to online dictionaries, citators and other reference sources
Help with Exams
Exam Preparation Guide - study aids, sample exams and Law Library amenities during exam periods
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