The first section of the book, entitled “So You Wanna Be a Lawyer,” deals with deciding whether to go to law school, how to get a good LSAT score, the application process, choosing a law school, and paying for it. I skipped right over this section; clearly I’m beyond this.

Part two is called “The First Year, They Scare You to Death.” Now that’s more like it. This section is full of advice regarding what you should do before you start law school, such as moving to your law school’s city plenty early and getting into shape. I dog-eared the page that lists recommended supplements/commercial outlines for each 1L course. I mean, is this universally true, regardless of the professor? I have my doubts.

There’s a helpful chapter that briefly explains what you’ll learn in each 1L class, followed by a chapter on book-briefing cases. This is also dog-eared in my book. I absolutely love the idea of color-coding my casebook with highlighters. Seriously, thinking about it makes me have an OCD-gasm.

Next, there are chapters on law school etiquette, preparing for exams, getting a 1L summer job, making the best outline to take into exams (also dog-eared: case maps vs. bullet outlines), and the law review competition. Speaking of law review, how many of you competed? How many of you succeeded? If you competed and didn’t make law review, are you still glad you put forth the effort? If you didn’t attempt it, do you now wish that you had? Discuss.

The rest of the book deals with your 2L and 3L years and the bar exam. I flipped through all this, but I didn’t really read much of it. Just thinking about 1L is causing me enough stress, without having to start worrying about the barzam and actually finding a job. I may or may not refer back to these last two sections at some future date, but at this point I can’t bear to read them.

So, all in all, I think Law School Confidential is probably a worthy read. If the color-coded-highlighting-of-the-casebook briefing method ends up working for me, that alone will have been worth the price of the book. If any of you seasoned law students out there have experience with this book briefing method, or any other general thoughts regarding Law School Confidential, please comment.

COLOR-CODED WITH HIGHLIGHTERS??? **swoon**

Hi, my name is Law School Ninja, and I’m an office-supply-aholic.