The blogosphere is rife with advice from law profs for the incoming law school class of 2009:

• Vikrim David Amar (Hastings): Advice For the Law School Class of ’09: Ten Key Principles That Will Help You Succeed
• Gregory W. Bowman (Mississippi):  Law School Orientation Advice
• Brannon Denning (Cumberland):  Advice to Incoming First-Year Law Students
• Orin Kerr (George Washington):  Advice for Entering Law Students
• Michael O’Hear:
  • More Advice for Law Students: It’s Not You, It’s Us
  • And Even More Advice for New Law Students
• Spencer Overton (George Washington):  Advice for New Law Students of Color
• Ilya Somin (George Mason):  Advice to Entering Law Students
• CALI Podcasts:
  • Ron Brown (Nova) & Joe Grohman (Nova):  Preparing for Your First Semester of Law School
  • Ron Eades (Louisville):  Things to Know About Torts Class Before Class Starts – Advice for a 1L
  • Douglas McFarland (Hamline):  Advice to a 1L From a Law Professor

In addition, here are some other tips on surviving the first year of law school:

• Paul Bateman (Southwestern):  Ten Instructions for Briefing Cases
• Jeremy Blachman:  A Big Law School Advice Post
• Heidi Bond:  Advice to Law-Students-to-be About Stuff
• Corinne Cooper (Missouri-Kansas City):  Letter to a Young Law Student
• Barbara Glesner Fines (Missouri-Kansas City):
  • Law School – Materials for Success
  • Law School and Stress
• Julie Hilden:  Advice to First-Year Law Students
• Matt Homann:  Five Indispensable Tips for Law Students and New Lawyers
• Lawrence S. Krieger (Florida State):  Law School Stress
• Dahlia Lithwick (Slate): Letter to a Young Law Student: Don’t Go to Law School; But If You Must, take My Advice
• Mike Madison (Pittsburgh):  Law School Survival Tips
  • Part I
  • Part II
  • Part III
  • Part IV
• Jim Maule (Villanova):  Advice for Law Students