Whether you’re a 1L brining your Mac to law school for the first time, or a returning law student who has just switched to Macintosh, here are some Mac Law Students resources that should get you started on the right foot:
- Doublecheck your school’s Exam Software policies.
- If you don’t already have a Mac, see the Buying A Mac page for tips.
- Check out the Law Student Setups:
- Athas’s setup will be of particular interest to anyone with a computer science background or knowledge of *NIX.
- Interested in the MacBook Air? Check out Brad’s setup.
- If GTD and plaintext are your thing, give Brian’s setup a look.
- You like to customize the look of your Mac setup? Addicted to RSS? See Carnell’s setup.
- If blogging and photography are your thing, you’ll definitely want to check out Dan’s setup.
- I’m no longer a law student *sniff* but Erik’s setup may still prove useful.
- Greg’s setup should be of particular interest for anyone wondering about Word 2008.
- Curious about using Pages to take notes? James’s setup is worth examining.
- The Mac Law Student’s Basic Software Arsenal is a year old, but gives a solid overview of some of the best apps available in several different categories
- Looking for the right web browser? Check out this review of eight browsers, which is focused on law school use.
- You can find reviews and other posts using the Search box and the Categories list in the right column navigation.
- Join the Mac Law Students Forum! There are plenty of helpful Mac-using law students. They won’t bite, really.
To all who are about to join the law school fray, I wish you restful sleep, laserbeam mental focus, and well-prepared professors.
