I want to provide my blog readers with some tips and advice about gifts a law student would love. Trust me, the law student in your life will thank you for these gifts.
Every first-year law student should have the follow items to help them get through the first year of law school:
(1) Lots and lots of highlighters- highlighting is essential when reading the multitude of pages required during the first year curriculum. Find out if there is a color highlighter the student prefers. For example, I went through one highlighter every two weeks and I preferred yellow highlighters.
(2) Black's Law Dictionary - this dictionary is essential for a first year law student because of the numerous new legal words that are not found in a regular dictionary. The Black's Law Dictionary can be found for free on Westlaw but it is always handy to have the actual paperback dictionary on hand.
(3) Durable Write-On Page Tabs - the first year law student taking the required Civil Procedure course will thank you for the durable write-on page tabs. These tabs will help the law student organize and find certain pages and sections of the book, especially in Civil Procedure, where the Rules Book is the bible. These tabs will assist the law student in finding the appropriate rule in a nick of time during final exams.
(4) Coffee Travel Mug - there is nothing like a warm cup of coffee or tea to start off a day as a first year law student. I could not live without my coffee mug!!! There is nothing like sipping my coffee during my 8 a.m. class.
(5) Gift Card to a nearby Coffee Shop - Find out what coffee shop is near the law student's campus and buy gift cards from that coffee shop. The law student in your life will thank you for this gift on those late nights when caffeine is a necessity.
(6) Water Bottle- this helped me save money on purchasing water. I just filled my water bottle from the water fountain and went about my day.
(7) Backpack-last but definitely not least no law student should ever go without a durable backpack. I personally invested in a backpack that came with shock absorbent shoulder straps that distribute much of the weight from the heavy law books away from my shoulders and back.
This is not an exhaustive list but these are a few items that were essential in making my law school experience more pleasurable.
Till next time..
