The Companion Text to Law School: Understanding and Surviving Life with a Law Student
Professor Andrew McClurg is a nationally and internationally recognized law professor. He holds the Herbert Herff Chair of Excellence in Law at the University of Memphis law school. From 2002-06 he was a member of the founding faculty at the Florida International University College of Law. Previously, he was the Nadine H. Baum Distinguished Professor of Law at the University of Arkansas at Little Rock, and also has taught at Wake Forest University, the University of Colorado, and Golden Gate University.McClurg has received numerous university and law school awards for both research and teaching.He's the author/editor of six books, including his popular law school prep book, 1L of a Ride: A Well-Traveled Professor's Roadmap to Success in the First Year of Law School (West 2d ed. 2013), assigned as required or recommended reading at law schools throughout the country. His most recent book, The "Companion Text" to Law School: Understanding and Surviving Life with a Law Student (West 2012), a follow-up to 1L of a Ride, is the only book written to prepare the loved ones of law students for law school.McClurg's many scholarly articles have been cited and quoted in more than 500 books and scholarly journals and by dozens of courts. McClurg is also the Editor of The Contextual Approach to Comparative Law Series published by Carolina Academic Press.In addition to his scholarly writings, McClurg is the editor of Lawhaha.com, an academically oriented legal humor blog, and for four years wrote a monthly humor column for the American Bar Association Journal, the magazine of the U.S. legal profession. His first book, The Law School Trip (2001), is the quintessential satire of legal education.McClurg has been interviewed and quoted as a legal expert by National Public Radio, Time, U.S. News and World Report, the New York Times, Wall Street Journal, Washington Post, and a long list of other media sources.In his spare time, McClurg sings and plays guitar in Memphis rock rock bands.