Paralegal Duties on the Job
The paralegal profession was born in the 1960s, during former President Lyndon Johnson's "War on Poverty," as...
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A Paralegal’s Guide to Editing and Proofreading
Paralegals probably do not do as much writing as research, but writing still is a good part of the workload....
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Tactics to Be Used By Law Students for Approaching Contacts
Whether you have identified your contacts through library research or attending events, it is important to use...
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How Law Students Can Identify Their Success Pattern
Transferable/functional skills are ways that we characteristically react to problematic situations throughout...
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Tips to Get You Started on Legal Job Search
Many attorneys, searching for a logical reason for their predicament, create barriers for themselves by...
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Entering the Legal Job Market and Competing for Attorney Jobs
Your law school Career Planning Center or a career counselor can assist you in identifying your motives,...
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Attorney Interviews: Wrapping Things
Evaluating your interviews will assist you in making a decision about whether or not to accept a job. It will...
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Legal Writing Style for Law School Students
Lawyers are constantly chided about “legalese,” a phrase that has come to mean verbosity and pomposity....
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Importance of Outlining Process for Law Students
About three or four weeks after classes start, you should begin the outlining process. It is essential to...
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The Emotional Aspects of Law School
You will find the study of law is an endless well and can easily absorb your every waking moment (it may...
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Taking Your First Law School Exam
You’ve studied for the exam. You wake up feeling somewhat like Lindbergh on the morning of his flight. You...
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Tips for Getting Summer Clerkships for Law Students
After you survive your first year and return for your second, you’ll start hearing rumors about on-campus...
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The Purpose and Contents of Law Students’ Course Outline
Thomas Mann says in The Magic Mountain, “Order and simplification are the first steps toward the mastery of...
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Preparing For and Taking Law Exams
Lawyers are constantly chided about “legalese,” a phrase that has come to mean verbosity and pomposity....
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Preparing for Law Exams
The bulk of the study process under the LCM system is simply stated:
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What is a Law School really like?
Those of you in your second semester and beyond or those with older brothers or sisters who have given you the...
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Law: The Institution for All Seasons
The comments, directives, admonitions (“Outline this way!” “Brief that way!”) that you’ve worked...
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Law School Ethics and the Law Review Experience
Not long after you begin classes, you will hear rumors about an institution within your school called the law...
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The Importance of Briefing Legal Cases
The process of writing case briefs, which are nothing more than synopses of court decisions, does four vital...
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laStudy Aids Available In Law Schools
One problem hampering your reading at first will be the unfamiliarity with legal vocabulary. It takes time to...
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A Paralegal’s Guide to Forming Client Interview Questionnaires
If you have been responsible for conducting in-depth interviews with clients, then you probably have developed...
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Summer Jobs for Law Students
A successful experience at a summer organization can become a major weapon in the later recruitment battle....
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Legal Job Hunting for First and Second Years Law Students
If first- and second-year students ("Fs" and "Ss") have a more trying fight than third-year students in the...
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How Legal Professionals Can Use the Art of Telephoning
Telephoning is art at best and at worst clumsy hindrance. Telephoning can be effective at various times in the...
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Door-Knocking as a Tool for a Legal Professional
Door-knocking involves visiting offices unannounced, de-positing your resume and, rarely, speaking to a lawyer...
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When a Legal Professional is Called for an Interview in another City
On many interviewing trips, you exist in a city for three days with no focus but the interviews and not much...
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How Should a Legal Professional’s Approach to Government Offices Be
The approach to government agencies, legislative offices, and public organizations varies slightly from the...
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Job Hunting Difficulties that Female Legal Professionals Face
Women may have lost somewhat the competitive advantage gained during the last ten years from the "reverse...
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Various Kinds of Interviews that a Legal Professional Has to Deal With
The interview is the culmination of the initial phases of the search - investigation and application - and is...
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Use of Secretaries and Receptionists in Law Job Hunt
Secretaries and receptionists are very useful during the law job hunt. They can also serve as enormous...
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