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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Trying to Remember Human Attitudes
Some time has passed since my successes and failures in law school, in law firms, and in handling my own...
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Legal Self-Sufficiency. The Reality? Hidden Costs.
The publicity is great about legal self sufficiency - the witness list includes
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Earnings of a Practicing Attorney – A Point to Consider
My classmates and I did not seriously doubt that we were smarter than almost anyone else anywhere. Sure, some...
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Towards Practicing Law - Upward Mobility
You may recall that I criticized the practice of law because, among other things, it did not live up to its...
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Legal System around the Worlds
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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The Flow and the System of Law
Lawyers aren't doing these studies. They can't now, and it appears that they won't anytime soon. So in the...
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What Courses You Should Take Before Applying For Law School?
To be an effective lawyer, you must be able to think, speak, and write analytically and logically, be able to...
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Is The Legal Profession Right For You?
So you think you want to become a lawyer? Have you checked your temperature lately? Have you consulted a...
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Law Camps and Other Places of Legal Education
Summer prelaw camps have been designed in imitation of the computer, basketball, and music camps that have...
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How to Get Hired: The Art of Being Interviewed
The word ‘interview’ stems from the French word entre-voir, which means to ''see each other." If we take...
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What Law Students Learn During Internships
Caught up in the exciting demands of their internships, students are often reluctant to spend additional time...
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The Law Internship as "Legal Specialty Course"
Not all paralegal programs opt for American Bar Association (ABA) approval. But among the schools that have...
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How Law Interns Must Achieve Legal Professionalism
Like a butterfly emerging from its cocoon, you are about to shed your identity of "student" and assume,...
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Practical Strategies for Law Interns for Managing Time
Nothing sends stress levels spiraling like a deadline that suddenly becomes impossible to meet. This...
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The Reciprocal Nature of Effective Supervision and a Law Intern’s Role in It
“Managing” one's boss assumes that effective management is a two-way street in which common goals are...
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Effective Ways for Law Interns on How to Managing Client Relationships
Strategies for effectively relating to clients are difficult for supervisors and coworkers to explain. Because...
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How Law Interns Should Manage Assignments on the Job
When asked to cite the most important skills for any kind of paralegal work, most paralegals have three...
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How Must Law Interns and Legal Professions Deal With the "Problem" Client?
Clients typically seek law-related services at dramatic points in their lives when emotions are intense. Many...
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A Law Intern.s Orientation to Office and Co-Workers
At least a half hour should also be requested for an orientation to the office. This session normally consists...
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Your First Law Job Does Not Necessarily Mean Your Last One
Most people change careers at least three times during their lives. Within each career, most people change...
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Law Students and the Role of a Sole Practitioner
The sole practitioner or "solo" office is also an unpredictable group in its paralegal utilization. Schools in...
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How Law Students Must Approach Internships
Not all schools arrange and confirm internship offices in exactly the same way. Some schools provide upcoming...
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Internship Learning: How Law Students Can Identify Law-Related Areas of Learning
Like students everywhere, you may have learned to rely heavily on teachers to document your learning for you....
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