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Summary: 1L: YOU NEED THIS BOOK. IT IS YOUR CIV PRO BIBLE!
Review: This text is incrediblely useful. I remember being nervous the first day I walked into this class because this is the one class I had no idea what it was about. This book does an excellent job of really helping you to overcome that feeling. In addition, this is a great resource if you have bad professors. Luckily, I had good professors and this book, this book made a real difference in my final grade (I had a very, very high grade). One of the advantages it has over your normal text is that it is written in plain English. The Federal Rules of Civ Pro are at times difficult to decode and this book does a nice job of breaking it down. In addition, it also provides graphs and visuals that really help to breakup the difficult concepts. Finally, and I think this is the best part of the series, the book is focused on teaching through examples. If you go through the whole book and really study the examples, you should be fine for the exam. This book is a great tool. I highly recommend this. I would give it more than 5 stars if I could. You need this book if you are going to start your first year soon.
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Summary: firstyearlaw
Review: While I don't advocate that this book will give you an A on your civ pro exam, it can help you understand in more depth what's going on in that class. It gives wonderful examples and explanations of specific civ pro problems that can help link up the different areas of the subject. If you're struggling with civ pro, I suggest buying this book. If you take the time to read it carefully, it trully can help.
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Summary: Just Slightly Overrated...
Review: While it may seem heretical in light of only glowing reviews to give Mr. Glannon anything shy of five stars, I must say that while this book is quite helpful for most law students, some may find it just a bit wanting in certain areas. Don't get me wrong: Glannon will help "explain" the basics as well as some of the more nuanced areas of civ pro; use of this book in conjunction with your casebook and class notes will definately provide you with a sound understanding of this sometimes bafflingly obtuse subject. However, for one whose goal is to excel well beyond the pack, Glannon alone will not propel a student to get the coveted law-school "A+." The law of numbers alone dictates this result: Glannon is the most widely read civ pro supplements available - you will be getting nothing more than what pretty much all your classmates get. Your solution? An additional supplement. For me, it was Gene Shreve's fantastic "Understanding Civil Procedure" - a more dense, but extremely tightly packed supplement. Everything you should know for civ pro, + a little more is in Shreve. To summarize, get Glannon for the basic explanation; get Shreve for the edge. Glannon is great if you've got some time on your hands to digest the examples; Shreve is great if you've got the basics down and want to attain insight beyond most of the competition.
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Summary: The Best Civ Pro Book
Review: Without this book, I would have been lost in Civ Pro. If you have a professor who has given you 10 variations of 1 hypo and but only gave you the answer to 5 of the variations, you will need this book; it provides variations AND answers. I have Joseph Glannon to thank for my A in Civ Pro.
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Summary: Indispensible
Review: Without this book, would have been completely lost on my CivPro exam. My professor was just too darn confusing for me to have learned much of anything from him. While this book didn't cover everything we covered in our class, the stuff it did cover was done very clearly and really enabled me to understand the subject well. Unless your professor specifically teaches in line with this text, however, it is not a substitute for reading your own text book and going to class.
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