What a Law Degree Will and Won't Do for You
An important question is whether you should go to law school at all. Do not go to law school unless you are...
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How to Use Directories to Advance Your Legal Career
No matter how long or short a time you've been a paralegal, there are always many ways in which you can...
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Acquiring Recommendations for Law School Applications
Recommendations are examined first for the extent to which they confirm and support your claims and your...
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Thursday Thoughts
Good morning and Happy Thursday! It's aaaaalmost the weekend! Almost! Today I have one class at 4pm. I feel...
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An Overview of the Paralegal Field
Let's take a look at the places where a paralegal is likely to find a job, and discuss how responsibilities...
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Hapless Reasons for Joining Law
3) You are afraid to enter the workforce. Get a grip. Starting a first job is not nearly as difficult as...
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Enrolling in Law School for the Wrong Reasons
3) You are afraid to enter the workforce. Get a grip. Starting a first job is not nearly as difficult as...
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How to Respond to Denial, Wait-Listing and Other Disappointments
If you have followed our suggested approach, you have applied to six to ten schools. Only one or two of them...
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Finding or Changing Paralegal Jobs
Finding or changing jobs is one of the most important decisions you'll ever have to make. Your job is more...
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Marketing Yourself To a Law School
Start your analysis of the competition you face by getting the summary data schools provide about their...
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Getting Started on Your Career as a Paralegal
Do you think you want to be a paralegal? That's great. Before you embark on your job search, try to be sure...
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How to Earn Up To $200,000 a Year Working as a Freelance Paralegal
You do not have to be a lawyer to work in the legal profession. Two of the most common jobs in this industry...
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What Your Credentials Tell Law School Admissions Committees
Although even candidates with less than stellar credentials can market themselves effectively—by tweaking...
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All That You Need to Know Regarding Paralegal Training Programs
In just over a dozen years, the number of paralegal programs has grown from almost none to over 350. There are...
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The Evolution of Law School Courses and Curriculums
Law school has been a prerequisite for admission to the bar for approximately a century now. The initial...
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Guidelines By Which Law Firms Interview at Law Schools
Many students are curious about why certain firms recruit from certain law schools and not others. It may be...
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Leaving Behind A Career In Law
Deciding to go to law school is a risky decision that is surprisingly hard to reverse. Many people attend law...
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Preparing for a Successful Post-Law School Interview
More and more schools are interviewing a significant number of the applicants they seriously consider...
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Law Firm Interview Horror Stories
When interviewing, use your common sense. During interviewing season many smart and talented people get very...
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Utilizing Law School Rankings
The ranking of law schools is a very uncertain science. Organizations and individuals undertaking these...
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What Not To Do At The Callback Interview
You must prepare for your Callback. Going on an interview unprepared is like going to class after skipping a...
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Preparing For Three Busy Years of Law School
Law schools deliberately give you more work to do than any human could possibly manage to do thoroughly—at...
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Strategies for the Callback Interview with a Law Firm
The callback interview provides an opportunity for you to put your best face forward to the firm. It is a...
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Strategies for Getting the Most from an On-Campus Law Firm Interview
On-campus interviews run for short periods of time and are usually rushed. They can get a little awkward, too:...
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Determining Which Law School Will Meet Your Needs
Your selection of a school should be driven by two actions: (1) analyzing yourself and your needs well enough...
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Preparation for an On-Campus Interview with a Law Firm
The first step you have to take for attending interviews on campus is to know how to write a cover letter and...
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Calculating and Defraying the Financial Costs of Law School
Going to law school is a very expensive proposition. Those attending the leading private schools without grant...
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Standards for Assessing Law Schools
Few people will consider all of the following criteria to be important, but they are listed here to spur your...
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Career Services, Self-Assessment and Work Experience in the Legal Industry
It's extremely beneficial if a person has made some sort of self-assessment, looked inward and self-assessed...
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Important Legal Technicques: Cross-Examining a Lay Witness
Although counsel has no more deadly weapon than cross-examination, if his objectives are not carefully thought...
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