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Dialogue: 0,0:00:00.59,0:00:02.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Welcome to LearnLawBetter.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:02.58,0:00:05.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Want to know which books to read before law\Nschool?
Dialogue: 0,0:00:05.56,0:00:09.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Are you excited, and want to get a head start?
Dialogue: 0,0:00:09.20,0:00:14.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Stay to the end, as I provide you with my\Nlist of 10 books to read before you start
Dialogue: 0,0:00:14.46,0:00:15.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,your legal education.
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Dialogue: 0,0:00:27.86,0:00:32.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Hi, this is Beau Baez, and today I want to\Nprovide you with some books you might find
Dialogue: 0,0:00:32.80,0:00:35.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,interesting before you start law school.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:35.23,0:00:40.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The list includes books in fiction, academic\Nsuccess, biography,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:40.36,0:00:43.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,writing, history, and the Supreme Court.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:43.81,0:00:48.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,One: Getting to Maybe: How to Excel on Law\NSchool Exams.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:48.07,0:00:50.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I have recommended this book for years,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:50.68,0:00:55.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and it is on almost everyone’s list of books to read before law school.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:55.36,0:00:59.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Because law school exams are radically different\Nfrom college exams,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:59.42,0:01:04.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you need to start thinking about this topic now.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:04.28,0:01:08.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If you only have time to read one book, this is the one to read.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:08.70,0:01:11.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Two: To Kill a Mockingbird.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:11.54,0:01:14.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This classic novel, which is also a movie,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:14.12,0:01:18.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,follows the life of a small town lawyer and his family.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:18.27,0:01:24.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This novel is a classic because it shows a\Nlawyer defending the legal rights of an unpopular
Dialogue: 0,0:01:24.27,0:01:28.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,defendant charged with committing a horrible\Ncrime.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:28.49,0:01:30.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Three: One L.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:30.26,0:01:35.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This autobiographical work follows\Nthe life of a first year law student
Dialogue: 0,0:01:35.16,0:01:36.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,at Harvard Law School.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:36.76,0:01:38.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Though it's a few years old,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:38.60,0:01:44.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it still captures much of what law students go through during the 1L year of law school.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:44.38,0:01:46.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Four: The Bramble Bush.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:46.98,0:01:48.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Another book on many lists,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:48.82,0:01:53.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,this collection of lectures was given to Columbia law students in 1929.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:53.90,0:01:59.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The author discusses legal reasoning, exam\Ntaking skills, and other topics
Dialogue: 0,0:01:59.18,0:02:02.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that are still relevant to law students.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:02.14,0:02:05.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Five: The Elements of Style.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:05.30,0:02:10.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This book is needed in every writer’s library\Nbecause, guess what,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:10.28,0:02:13.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,law students and lawyers are writers.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:13.24,0:02:17.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Read through this book and begin learning how to write well
Dialogue: 0,0:02:17.78,0:02:22.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because the top grades in law school go to the best writers.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:22.57,0:02:25.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Six: Gideon’s Trumpet.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:25.90,0:02:31.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Read the story of a poor man who was arrested\Nfor a crime he did not commit.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:31.10,0:02:37.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But, because he could not afford a lawyer,\Nhe was convicted and sent to prison.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:37.13,0:02:41.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Follow his story as he takes his case all\Nthe way up to the Supreme Court.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:41.95,0:02:45.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Seven: A History of American Law.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:45.16,0:02:51.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This is a history of American law from the\Ncolonial period up through the 21st century.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:51.39,0:02:56.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Learn about the successes and failures of\Nthe American legal system.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:56.05,0:02:58.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Eight: The Paper Chase.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:58.58,0:03:06.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This fictional story of a Harvard law student\Nintroduces the famous Professor Kingsfield,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:06.07,0:03:11.100,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,who takes pleasure in destroying first year law\Nstudents in his contracts class.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:11.100,0:03:18.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Though Kingsfield is a fictional character,\Nmany believe there was an actual professor
Dialogue: 0,0:03:18.02,0:03:21.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that was like Kingsfield at Harvard.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:21.55,0:03:26.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Several years ago I was talking to a Harvard\NLaw School graduate, who claimed he had the
Dialogue: 0,0:03:26.75,0:03:30.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,real-life professor that inspired Professor\NKingsfield.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:30.73,0:03:35.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This lawyer told me that he and another law school student were on a rowboat shooting ducks,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:35.96,0:03:39.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,when another rowboat approached their boat.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:39.22,0:03:43.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,To their surprise it was their professor, Professor Kingsfield.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:43.75,0:03:49.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He asked them if they had shot all the ducks\Nin the boat, and after they told him yes,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:49.21,0:03:54.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,he took out his shotgun and shot out the bottom\Nof their boat.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:54.46,0:03:58.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Apparently there was a time when professors\Ncould sink someone else’s boat
Dialogue: 0,0:03:58.18,0:04:00.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and not get arrested.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:00.82,0:04:05.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,By the way, you can watch the movie if you\Ndon’t want to read the book.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:05.30,0:04:10.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Nine: Miracle at Philadelphia: The Story of\Nthe Constitutional Convention.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:10.98,0:04:17.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In this easy to read book, follow the fascinating\Nstory on how the U.S. Constitution was created.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:17.81,0:04:20.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Ten: Yankee from Olympus.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:20.26,0:04:26.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This mid-20th century classic is a biography\Nof the great supreme court justice,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:26.12,0:04:28.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:28.92,0:04:32.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The story begins with a fascinating account\Nof his family,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:32.06,0:04:34.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,including his famous father,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:34.04,0:04:40.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,who a Harvard Medical School Professor and Dean,\Nas well as a noted minor poet.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:40.80,0:04:45.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The book then delves into the story of the\Ngreat supreme court justice.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:45.40,0:04:47.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And with that, go and read!
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