Assigned as required or recommended reading at law schools throughout the country, 1L of a Ride provides a candid, comprehensive roadmap to both academic and emotional success in law school’s crucial first year. Told in an accessible first-person voice, covered topics in the revised and updated third edition include pre-planning, top student fears, first-year curriculum, the Socratic and case methods of teaching, effective class participation, top habits of successful students, essential study techniques, legal research and writing, exam strategies, maintaining well-being, and much more. Combines anecdotes, comments from law students, empirical research, and authentic samples of signature documents from the 1L experience, including exam questions, Socratic dialogue, and student case-briefs, class notes, and course outlines. Mc Clurg is an award-winning professor who has taught at six different law schools.This version comes with an access code to a first-of-its-kind online video course designed to reinforce the reading. These thirteen videos address subjects covered in the book, often from fresh angles, and some new topics. Along with Mc Clurg, the videos feature award-winning law professors Christine Coughlin (Wake Forest University), Meredith Duncan (University of Houston), and Nancy Levit (University of Missouri-Kansas City). Each video is roughly ten minutes, followed by a short self-assessment quiz. They include:1. Introduction to the Video Course2. Planning Ahead and Biggest Fears3. Structure and Role of U.S. Courts4. Socratic and Case Methods5. Overview of First-Year Curriculum6. First-Year Sample Course: Torts7. How to Read and Brief a Case8. The C.R.E.D.O.-Top Five Habits of Successful Law Students9. Essential Study Techniques10. Legal Research Basics11. Legal Writing Basics12. Managing Stress and Maintaining Well-Being13. Professionalism Research shows students gain not only from reading, but seeing and hearing, in part because video helps accommodate diverse learning styles. Use the videos to enhance comprehension and retention. Studies also show students prefer and benefit from one-on-one facetime with professors, which the videos, while no match for the real thing, can help simulate.Mc Clurg’s 1L of a Ride: A Well-Traveled Professor’s Roadmap to Success in the First Year of Law School, 3d, Includes Video Course 3rd Edition by Mc Clurg,Andrew and Publisher West Academic Publishing. ISBN: 9781640200814, 1640200819. The print version of this textbook is ISBN: 9781683289968, 168328996X.