Article: In order to get into law school, you first need a bachelor's degree (4-year degree) from an accredited college or university. It does not matter what kind of bachelor's degree you get. However, if you want to practice law internationally, then you may want to consider majoring in a foreign language, politics, or international relations. Make sure the school you choose is accredited. To ensure that the school you choose is accredited, check the U.S. Department of Education's ("DOE") Database of Accredited Postsecondary Institutions and Programs for a listing. You do not need to major in "criminal justice" as an undergraduate. In fact, criminal justice majors are admitted to law schools are admitted at a lower rate than those who majored in journalism, philosophy, or economics. Although you will not be penalized for majoring in criminal justice, there is no automatic benefit in law school admissions for having done so. If you hope to work for an international organization, such as the UN, you might want to get involved in a Model UN team. The Model UN program provides students with a forum for addressing global concerns. Student teams participate in conferences where they form a simulated general assembly to draft resolutions, negotiate treaties, and resolve conflicts. This website offers a guide to comparing the best UN programs at colleges and universities. You should start as soon as possible developing your foreign language skills. The more languages you are fluent in, the more likely you are to be hired by an international organization. If you want to work for the United Nations, then you will need fluency in two or more of the official languages. The six official languages of the UN are Arabic, Chinese, English, French, Russian, and Spanish. You should aim for fluency in speech but also in writing and reading. International organizations look to a variety of factors when hiring someone, and experience working and living abroad is one of the most important. Accordingly, you will make yourself a more attractive candidate if you get as much international experience as you can while in college. Studying abroad will also help you increase your fluency in foreign languages, which is also an important characteristic employers look for in international lawyers. Not everyone gets into law school. To increase your chances of getting in, keep your grades up. You want to graduate with at least a 3.0, but of course, a 3.5 or 4.0 would be even better. Admissions committees view a high GPA as an indicator that you are a hard worker who is self-motivated. The higher your undergraduate GPA, the more selective you can be about what schools to apply to. Even if you do not care about the rank of the law school you attend, a higher GPA makes scholarships easier to get. When you apply to law school, you will need to submit letters of recommendation. Make the most of your four years in college by building relationships with professors who can write you strong recommendations. A great way to build relationships with faculty is to work as a research or teaching assistant. The LSAT is by far the most important part of your application, and you will need a score around the 50 percentile in order to get into an accredited law school. Because of the recent decline in law school applicants, law schools are giving away more scholarships than ever before. A high LSAT will help you qualify for free money from your law school of choice. The LSAT is offered four times a year, in June, September, December, and February. It is offered on Saturdays, but there are special sessions for those who observe a Saturday Sabbath. Create a free account at the Law School Admission Counsel's ("LSAC") website. Find a test date and location. To do this, start on LSAC's Law School Admission Counsel's website Dates and Deadlines page. The LSAT may be the most important factor in your law school application, so take it seriously. It tests reading comprehension, analytical reasoning, and logical reasoning. Test prep companies offer tutoring, but you can also study on your own. Your local library or bookstore should have copies of old LSAT exams. Find the most recent to take as practice exams. The LSAT has five multiple choice sections and one unscored essay. Four of the five multiple choice sections count toward your score. The fifth is experimental and does not count toward your score. Unfortunately, you will not know in advance which section is experimental. Follow the rules for test day very carefully. If you fail to follow any of the test day rules, you may not be allowed to take the test. Applicants are allowed to take the exam more than once. Schools may choose to accept your higher score, or they may choose to average the two. If you take the LSAT twice but your score doesn't improve, you should reconsider before taking it a third time. On average, test takers are able to increase their score only two to three points on a re-take.
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Obtain a bachelor's degree. Participate in Model United Nations (UN). Build your foreign language skills. Study abroad. Keep your grades up. Build relationships with professors. Study for the Law School Admissions Test (LSAT). Register for the test. Study for the test. Take the test. Retake if your score is low.
Article: When working within a group of people, separate yourselves into smaller teams before tackling a large project or problem. Small teams are more focused, so they tend to get work done faster and more effectively than large, mismatched groups can. If a new venture requires expertise from several fields, consider creating multiple small teams to handle each of these aspects separately. For instance, one team might handle quality assurance while another might handle the legalities. Representatives from the teams will need to meet occasionally, but most of the work can be done separately. Even though different aspects of a project or company should be primarily handled by different teams, each team will likely have information that could benefit another group. The separate teams must communicate with each other regularly and effectively. Information that can benefit other teams within the larger group should be shared freely. If one team has to search for an answer another team already knows, they end up wasting time that could have been spent better elsewhere. Oddly enough, creativity tends to thrive when it faces a little opposition. A few constraints and project parameters can provide team members with just enough of a foundation to build on. The key is to constrain without suffocating or starving your team. Introduce specific problems that need to be fixed and outline the sort of approach you're looking for. Do not pressure the team with unnecessary restrictions on time and funding. Additionally, if someone figures out a way to approach the problem that differs from your outline but still works effectively, take that concept into consideration rather than rejecting it outright. Innovative minds rarely play it safe. There will be a considerable amount of risk involved at the beginning of a project. The sooner you accept that the sooner you can encourage the rest of your team to accept it. Pitch ideas in a manner that minimizes the perceived risk of trying them while emphasizing the risk of not trying them. Make your teammates (and, by extension, your customers) believe that they will be making a big mistake if they don't jump on the idea you're presenting. Risk is inevitable, but ultimately, you want to reduce the amount of risk a project faces as you continue to build upon it. Providing extra incentive can encourage workers to focus on ways to reduce the risk without compromising the entire project. Monetary incentive can be quite effective. When you're in a position that allows you to make the decisions about how to funds are distributed, start by giving each group the finances it needs to overcome some of the initial risks and uncertainties. As these risks are cleared, grant the group more funding to work with.
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Separate into small teams. Improve communication between groups. Introduce a few constraints. Encourage risk. Reward risk reduction.