Practice of Law School: Getting In & Making the Most of Your Legal Education - Softcover

Carey, Christen Civiletto; David, Kristen

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1588521109 ISBN 13: 9781588521101

Publisher: Law Journal Press, 2003

Synopsis

"This handbook for aspiring lawyers coaches them to make the most of law school by taking charge of their education and burgeoning careers early on. It provides current and future law students with invaluable information about the law school application process, financing law school, selecting classes, evaluating study groups, developing effective exam-taking strategies, choosing extracurricular activities and summer jobs, preparing for the bar exam, and balancing school with family life. Demonstrated are the ways in which students can begin to think like practicing lawyers and attain experience in law school that is relevant, practical, and essential to practicing law in the real world."

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Synopsis:

"The Practice of Law School: Getting In and Making the Most of Your Legal Education" provides present and future law students with helpful guidance on choosing the right law school and excelling once there. It includes the "who, what, when, why, where, and how" of law school, including getting into law school (the application process, financing law school) as well as detailed advice on succeeding academically. Equally important, this book challenges law students to take charge of their legal careers right away. It demonstrates some of the ways that law students can begin to think like practicing lawyers and attain experience that is useful, even essential and, above all, practical. For students seeking a satisfying and fulfilling career as a lawyer, this book shows how to do it - starting with law school.

About this edition

• Publisher: Law Journal Press
• Publication date: 2003
• ISBN 10: 1588521109
• ISBN 13: 9781588521101
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 638