The Value of Law School
A Kaplan Test Prep survey taken in June 2013 of 750 pre-law students paints an interesting portrait of...
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How Summer Law Programs Operate
"Good luck with the interviews, but first familiarize yourself with this compendium of topics and questions...
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Succeeding as a Summer Law Associate
Now that you have been through the grueling recruiting process and have found a home for the summer, you are...
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Law Firms Summer Programs – Other Entrees
There are additional avenues into summer programs that we haven't discussed. One possibility is to work as a...
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What If You Don't Land a Law Firm Job for summer?
What happens if you aren't able to find a law firm job for the summer? Don't worry too much if you find...
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Is Law Review for You?
Having read about law review and other journals, it will be up to the potential participant to gather more...
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How Law Review and Law Journals Work
How one joins or becomes a member of a law review varies from one law school to another. At some schools,...
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Energizing the Brief
It always helps if you can find some relevant and unusual historical information to fit into a law review...
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How to Write a Brief
A brief is a formal, written argument, usually presented to an appellate court, for the purpose of convincing...
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Does a Postgraduate Degree Help You with Law Jobs?
During your undergraduate degree there should be ample opportunities to research the law, whether for an...
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Career Planning for Law Graduates
If you are one of those rare people who have planned your career from the outset as opposed to feeling your...
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Law Students Must Have an Honors Degree or Not
At some stage in your undergraduate years you will need to decide whether or not you wish to study for an...
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Applying for Degree Courses
It is often assumed that all applicants automatically apply only for university places. This is not so....
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Applying for Degree Courses
It is often assumed that all applicants automatically apply only for university places. This is not so....
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Choosing a Degree Course
Choosing a degree course will depend on several factors, and one of these must be the motivation and interest...
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The Importance of Possessing Joint Law Degrees
More and more students who are interested in more than just law are opting for programs that combine law with...
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Preparing for Law School
For anyone planning to go to law school, regardless of their background, it is important to master the English...
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What Course of Prelaw Study Should I Take?
There is no standard prelaw curriculum. Law schools do not require any particular undergraduate degree, course...
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Are You That You Want To Be A Lawyer?
Before you quickly retort "of course," take a few minutes to explore what being a lawyer is-and is not. Many...
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An Unofficial Guide to the Bill of Rights
One of the cornerstones of freedom in America is the Bill of Rights. Actually, the official name is the...
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The Nature of the Legal Profession
Being a lawyer is like being a tour guide in a foreign country. Your clients don't know the territory or speak...
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Where Our Laws Come From
Where do our laws come from? The answer is: from government --pronounced "government." Executive Order No....
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The Contradiction of Studying In Law School and Avoiding Knowledge
It's not that the law schools have failed to ask how law fits in with our society's needs. It's worse than...
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The Pit: Legal Ethics
As a law student, you may do well in constitutional law and poorly in evidence, or you may have a gift for...
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When You Decide to Go to Law School
When you decide to go to law school, you're not just offhandedly agreeing to waste a couple of years in an...
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Diversity and Law Schools
First off, you may be seduced by the thought that, with a law degree, you can do almost anything you'd like....
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Anarchy in the legal system
You've got a system in which they encourage dishonesty because it will supposedly bring you the truth. You...
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Right to know the law
One can't force people to become tough and realistic if they aren't built for it. In "To Kill a Mockingbird,"...
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Principles of law
Naturally, when you have a tool that explains a certain kind of reality, you can be tempted to apply it to...
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The Right to Live According to an Unwritten Code
The law insists that you get it in writing.'' That's wise, of course, to prove that there was an agreement and...
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