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Do You Want to Be a Lawyer?

If you are interested in becoming a lawyer, you can begin planning even before you attend a law school. Look...

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What Makes a Good Paralegal?

In the next chapter on training, I discuss some of the traits of a successful paralegal in the context of...

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Making the Final Decision on the School for Your Paralegal Training

Usually, before making the final decision, you should have narrowed down the number of schools that you are...

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Different Kinds of Practicing Lawyers

By far, the largest number of lawyers today, over 70 percent, is engaged in the "private practice" of law. The...

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Choosing Your Specialty for Paralegal Training

Do you have work or educational experience that will make you particularly attractive to a certain kind of...

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Considerations for Choosing a Paralegal Training Program

Fifty years ago, there was really only one way to receive paralegal training: on the job. Some paralegals...

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A Career in Law and Its Scope

Each year, the number of law-related jobs increases because the number of laws is growing at an amazing rate....

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The Importance of Communications and Computer Skills for a Student Paralegal

When I took the bar exam in 1993, it consisted of two and a half days of writing essays. I passed the first...

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Resumes and Other Material You Require to Apply to Law School

Some schools, including Chicago, Duke, and Texas, require a resume; most of the others welcome one. It is...

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How Law Students Can Write Persuasive Essays

Admissions officers will judge you on the basis of what your essays reveal about your writing ability...

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The Rewards of Attending a Top Law School

Once upon a time, a high school diploma was a sufficient credential to get a good executive job. Then, as more...

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Things to Do Once You Are Accepted at Law School

Once you have been accepted to one of your top choice schools, you need to decide how to handle the offer....

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Alternatives to Law School

Law school is the default option for those who are bright and don't know what to do. They don't see a clear...

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What Other Fields You Could Choose If You Do Not Enter Law School

The career literature regarding what jobs are on offer is nothing if not voluminous. If you are smart enough,...

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A Visit to Law Schools is Important Before The Admisions Process

Visiting a law school is an extremely important part of your research. The visit brings to life a school that...

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Interpreting Your Essay Options at Law School

Yale Law School's admissions information says of the personal statement requirement: "Faculty readers look to...

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Find Out About What the Legal Career Offers

You can start your research by talking with lawyers you know or by examining books that describe law as a...

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Typical Compulsory Courses at Law School

Civil Procedure - focuses on the rules that structure federal and state civil litigation.

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Transferring From the Law School Where You Had Been Admitted

Come summer, you may find that you have been rejected by all of the law programs from which you had most hoped...

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The Importance of Work Experience before Joining Law School

Law school is a very, very serious investment of time and money. It takes some time in a work environment to...

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All About LSAT - Law School Admission Test

The Law School Admission Test (LSAT) is a four-hour examination created and administered by the Law School...

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Law School Application Timetable

The top law programs basically use one type of admissions decision format, the "rolling admissions" cycle....

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The Process of Admissions in Law Schools

In most cases, a school's admissions professionals will determine whether to admit you or not based upon the...

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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...