“What are some good books to read before law school to familiarize myself?”

To learn about law school or to learn about the practice of law?

For the former, I’d strongly suggest Scott Turow’s memoir One L: The Turbulent True Story of a First Year at Harvard Law School (1977). I went to a decent state school rather than Harvard, and in the mid 2000s rather than the 1970s, still I reckon my experience of the Socratic method was quite similar and about 75% as stressful as Turow describes.

For the latter, my law school suggested all incoming 1Ls read Jonathan Harr’s award-winning nonfiction book, A Civil Action (1995). It will give you a taste of what it’s like to practice, at least if you go into tort law.