Pro Bono and Part-Time Work for Those with a Degree in Law
Pro bono (volunteer legal) work offers you a chance to explore a new area without making any drastic...
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Alternative Legal Career Transitional Strategies
Self-assessment exercises can help you determine your strengths and interests, and can actually be a lot of...
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Researching A New Career: What's More Out There for Those with a Law Degree?
The first and most common question would-be career changers ask is, "What other job can I get with a law...
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Charting the Financial Needs of Those in a Law Job
For most attorneys considering leaving the profession, the burning question is this: How much will you earn in...
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Resume Strategies for Alternative Legal Careers and How to Appear for Such Interviews
The magic of modern technology, combined with some crafty techniques, can enable you to transform your resume...
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Are You Planning to Leave Your Legal Career?
According to a recent poll, 70 percent of lawyers surveyed said they would start a new career if they could....
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The Practice of Law and Quality of Life
Can you have it all when you have an omnivorous job? This article looks at some of the quality-of-life issues...
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Alternative Careers with a Joint Degree in Law
You have carefully decided law school is for you. You still wonder, however, what else you might do with your...
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Graduation Weekend.
Hey everyone! Sooooo I. Am. Exhausted. What does this mean? 4:45am wake up + 4 hours of Bar prep +...
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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A Lawyer’s Personality and Long-Term Career Satisfaction
You've invested thousands of dollars in an undergraduate education and are about to invest thousands more in...
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The Law School Admissions Game
Where better to go for advice on getting into law school than to someone who is responsible for the evaluation...
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Law School Courses
Barron's How to Succeed in Law School takes a look at various law school courses. Here it is the overview of...
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Legislation Sponsored for Easier Student Loan Refinancing
Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand is promoting new legislation for refinancing federal student loans with steep interest...
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Legal Education: Student Point of View
[Barron's How to Succeed in Law School provides an in-depth look at legal education from the student's point...
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Legal Education and Financial Aid
Unless you are independently wealthy, you are probably having some concerns about financing your legal...
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How Do I Apply to Law School?
Law school and the legal profession are nebulous concepts for most people. The law school application process...
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How Law Students Can Choose the Right Law School
Choosing a law school may well be the most important professional decision a law student makes. It should not...
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Law-Related Career Alternatives
Many lawyers not only continue to practice law throughout their careers, but also report significant...
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Professionalism in a Legal Career
What do we mean when we describe the practice of law as a profession? Law professor Jack Sammons explores the...
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Non-Legal Career Alternatives for Law Graduates
Non-legal alternatives available to law graduates differ from law-related alternatives in several important...
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Pro Bono Work in Law
Lots of people go to law school because they want to do good, help others, and perhaps change society for the...
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Factors to Consider When Choosing a Law School
The first step is to make an honest evaluation of your chances of being admitted to a given school. Being a...
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Minorities in the Profession of Law
In the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, an apprenticeship was the primary vehicle to become a lawyer....
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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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Information on Law School
There is both a wealth and paucity of information about law schools. Books and guides of various sorts abound...
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Should I Go to Law School?
You must have given some thought to the question of going to law school, or someone you know is thinking about...
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Women in the Profession of Law
Why a special article on women in the profession, when women today constitute a third to a half of law school...
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Law Job Interviews for Women and Employment Barriers They Face
Job interviews can be unpleasant because, despite the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission's guidelines...
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