Do I need to buy a casebook?

Image is important for lawyers. I would imagine it is just as important for the law students. Get the case book.

@weeveeship

You haven’t looked at a casebook yet, have you?

(it’s not just cases. it’s explanations and discussions, questions etc., like any textbook. And it’s also an extraction from the cases covering the particular point in question).

The casebooks do have some discussion of the cases. Admittedly I never found it to be extremely helpful. Take a look at a 500 page casebook. Do you really want to print out all of those cases? I hated casebooks but I did always buy them. I bought them used and sold them after the class was over. I kept the (I can’t remember what they are called) equivalent to Cliff Notes in literature.

How else will you find out about legal classics such as “The ladies of the chorus of the Wututtut Review” in the footnotes of Brimlow v Casson, [1924] 1 Ch. 302?

Casebooks don’t necessarily just reprint cases – but also include summarized cases, analysis, & commentary. I advise getting the book. It’s a small price to pay when looking at the total price of legal education.

I bought the casebook. Using it right now…

@BarnacleBill I do remember a few of those entertaining ones.