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Before They Even Start: Hope And Incoming 1ls, Barbara Brunner
Before They Even Start: Hope And Incoming 1ls, Barbara Brunner
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Newly-accepted law school 1Ls often express interest in how they should spend the summer before starting their fall courses in order to be best prepared for success in their first semester. This desire to have a "leg up" on law school success leads those of us teaching first-year courses to think more deeply about what constitutes a "good preparation" for the unique experiences that new law students will face, and what skills are really necessary to increase their possibilities of success, especially in the first semester.
Over the past few years, I have compiled a list of activities which I …
Book Review - A Guide To Legal Research In Virginia (Edited By John D. Eure), Steven D. Hinckley
Book Review - A Guide To Legal Research In Virginia (Edited By John D. Eure), Steven D. Hinckley
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Review of A Guide to Legal Research in Virginia, edited by John D. Eure. Charlottesville, VA: Committee on Continuing Legal Education, Virginia Law Foundation, 1989.
Bounds And Beyond: A Need To Reevaluate The Right Of Prison Access To The Courts, Steven D. Hinckley
Bounds And Beyond: A Need To Reevaluate The Right Of Prison Access To The Courts, Steven D. Hinckley
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The author argues that the 1977 United States Supreme Court decision in Bounds v. Smith insufficiently protects the right of prisoners to represent themselves before the courts by failing to require state and federal correctional facilities to establish and maintain adequately stocked prison law libraries and to provide prisoners with the option to use those libraries as their means of gaining meaningful access to the courts.