Law school lowdown
Subtitle: secrets of success from the application process to landing the first job
By: Ian E. Scott, Esq., J.D., Harvard Law School
Publisher: Barron's Educational Series, Inc.
Published: 2013
Language: eng
Number of pages: 291
ISBN-13: 9781438003177
Subjects: Law; Law students; Vocational guidance; Handbooks, manuals; Study and teaching
Description: If you're a law school student, or if you're planning to apply to law school, you'll find the practical guidance you'll need for success--plus tips on pitfalls to avoid--when you open this important new book. Written by a recent Harvard Law School graduate who is currently associated with major Wall Street law firm, this brand-new blueprint for legal accomplishment gets down to specifics with-- *The law school application process and tips on taking the important Law School Admission Test (LSAT) *Selecting a law school, applying for scholarships, and deciding between top-ranked and lower-ranked schools *Making the grade during that vital first year at law school *The best courses to take in second and third years *The advantages of publishing papers while in law school *Seeking out summer positions at law firms *Taking and passing state bar exams *Finding employment at a law firm after graduation *Other post-law school options, including judicial clerkships *Valuable appendices give you still more advice, and include a completed model law school application form, effective résumés, a model brief of a case for class, and much more. Written by a successful attorney and based on his own law school experiences, Law School Lowdown zeroes-in on both the rigors and satisfactions that comprise the law school experience, offering the advice and counsel that will pave your way to a successful career in law.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 281-282) and index.
Table of contents: title: The law school application process; title: The first year of law school; title: The second and third years of law school; title: The summer experience at a large corporate law firm; title: Working at a large law firm; title: Selecting a law firm; title: Work opportunities outside the large law firm; title: Transferring law schools after your first year; title: The part time program; title: What you should know about the bar examination.