Degrees and Courses Outside Law School
Just as the world of legal practice has become ever more specialized, so too have law schools tried to offer...
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Law School Admissions: Residency, Legacy and Other Factors
Public law schools—i.e., law schools at state-funded universities—generally give preferential admissions...
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The Real World As Referred In the World of Law School
The world of work, often referred to in law school as "the real world" (as if law school were some kind of...
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How Lawyers Can Cope With Rejection in Interviews
You have spent the weeks following your office visit in a state of anxious anticipation. Then, one day the...
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The Legal Job Marketplace
Who has not heard that there are too many lawyers? Part of the reason that the legal job market has continued...
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The Process of Legal Hiring
Law students often ask what employers want in a candidate. This question underlies most student concerns about...
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Law Students Need to Make Informed Choices About Practice Areas
Law students fall into two major groups when it comes to choosing significant or substantive areas of...
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Why and How Lawyers Need to Sell Themselves to Promote their Legal Careers
The statement, "You are unique," may not strike you as particularly profound. Of course you are unique; you...
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Legal Job Hunting Strategies
Much of the literature in the career planning and placement field fails to offer alternatives to traditional...
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The Role of Geographic Choice in Your Legal Career
For some individuals, geographic choice may be the most important element in the career planning process. Many...
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The Role of Networking in Your Legal Career
The term networking is sometimes overused and often misunderstood. Some people think that networking merely...
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Research Your Legal Employer Thoroughly
As you may have gathered by now, finding a job involves a lot more effort than merely showing up for an...
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Promoting Yourself and Preparing for the Law Firm Interview
Successful job hunting requires a set of skills which, once learned, can be used repeatedly throughout your...
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Tips on Making a Decision
How will you receive an offer? Will the offer be made through a phone call or letter? How much time will you...
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What a Law Degree Will and Won't Do for You
An important question is whether you should go to law school at all. Do not go to law school unless you are...
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Acquiring Recommendations for Law School Applications
Recommendations are examined first for the extent to which they confirm and support your claims and your...
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Enrolling in Law School for the Wrong Reasons
3) You are afraid to enter the workforce. Get a grip. Starting a first job is not nearly as difficult as...
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How to Respond to Denial, Wait-Listing and Other Disappointments
If you have followed our suggested approach, you have applied to six to ten schools. Only one or two of them...
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Marketing Yourself To a Law School
Start your analysis of the competition you face by getting the summary data schools provide about their...
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What Your Credentials Tell Law School Admissions Committees
Although even candidates with less than stellar credentials can market themselves effectively—by tweaking...
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The Evolution of Law School Courses and Curriculums
Law school has been a prerequisite for admission to the bar for approximately a century now. The initial...
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Leaving Behind A Career In Law
Deciding to go to law school is a risky decision that is surprisingly hard to reverse. Many people attend law...
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Preparing for a Successful Post-Law School Interview
More and more schools are interviewing a significant number of the applicants they seriously consider...
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Utilizing Law School Rankings
The ranking of law schools is a very uncertain science. Organizations and individuals undertaking these...
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What Not To Do At The Callback Interview
You must prepare for your Callback. Going on an interview unprepared is like going to class after skipping a...
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Preparing For Three Busy Years of Law School
Law schools deliberately give you more work to do than any human could possibly manage to do thoroughly—at...
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Determining Which Law School Will Meet Your Needs
Your selection of a school should be driven by two actions: (1) analyzing yourself and your needs well enough...
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Preparation for an On-Campus Interview with a Law Firm
The first step you have to take for attending interviews on campus is to know how to write a cover letter and...
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Calculating and Defraying the Financial Costs of Law School
Going to law school is a very expensive proposition. Those attending the leading private schools without grant...
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Standards for Assessing Law Schools
Few people will consider all of the following criteria to be important, but they are listed here to spur your...
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