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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Back Into Running Plan
For those of you who've been reading for a while, you watched me run my first 10 miler, my first half marathon...
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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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Lawyer Can’t Appeal if Deadline Missed due to Failure in Updating E-mail Address
This is a first for an appeals court finding an abuse of discretion in the granting of a 4(a) (6) motion on...
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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...
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The Process of Legal Hiring
Law students often ask what employers want in a candidate. This question underlies most student concerns about...
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Law Students Need to Make Informed Choices About Practice Areas
Law students fall into two major groups when it comes to choosing significant or substantive areas of...
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Why and How Lawyers Need to Sell Themselves to Promote their Legal Careers
The statement, "You are unique," may not strike you as particularly profound. Of course you are unique; you...
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Legal Job Hunting Strategies
Much of the literature in the career planning and placement field fails to offer alternatives to traditional...
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The Role of Geographic Choice in Your Legal Career
For some individuals, geographic choice may be the most important element in the career planning process. Many...
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The Role of Networking in Your Legal Career
The term networking is sometimes overused and often misunderstood. Some people think that networking merely...
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Research Your Legal Employer Thoroughly
As you may have gathered by now, finding a job involves a lot more effort than merely showing up for an...
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Promoting Yourself and Preparing for the Law Firm Interview
Successful job hunting requires a set of skills which, once learned, can be used repeatedly throughout your...
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Tips on Making a Decision
How will you receive an offer? Will the offer be made through a phone call or letter? How much time will you...
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Career Growth for Corporate Counsel
Many law firms seek corporate clients as much for prestige as for potential revenue and profits. In the...
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Various Careers for Paralegals
No matter where you are in your career or what field you're in, there are ways you can improve your career....
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A Career as a Paralegal
A career as a paralegal can be exciting and rewarding, with good pay and considerable responsibility. And it...
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