The most important year in your law school career is the first year (i.e., the “1L Year”). Your first-year grades determine your second-year job interview chances, which most students rely on to find a post-grad job. Furthermore, the higher your grades, the higher your chances of scoring that sweet six-figure salary. Here’s a breakdown of […]
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Career As A Public Interest Lawyer
Have you spent the past couple of years working in the trenches trying to change the world but now find yourself wondering if a law degree would make the system work faster/better? Or are you an undergraduate whose passion for issue “X” (be it the environment, international human rights, criminal defense, or juvenile justice) led […]
Confessions of a 1st-Year Law Student
Okay, I admit that I am really green at this but I can tell you that I do know what I am talking about. I just started Law School in January but already I feel like a pro. I feel that way because it took 22 years to get here. I had planned on going […]
How to Select a Law School that is Right for YOU
I am a Law School Search Survivor and what I learned from my search was simply this: Nobody ever seems to have the answers you need during that torturous and frightening process. I hope I might be able to have the right answer for at least one. If so, good luck! WHO ARE YOU You […]
What To Expect From Law School And Legal Career
This article is broken down into four parts: (1) Advantages; (2) Disadvantages; (3) Money matters; and (4) Final thoughts. Here it is, without further ado: 1. ADVANTAGES OF LEGAL EDUCATION (A) Intellectual stimulus. The serious, non-superficial study of law (that only law school can offer) is an intellectual feast. If one fully takes advantage of the […]
Is Law School Right For You?
So, you wanna go to law school, eh? Come, join the ranks of the overworked, squinting from eyestrain, crippled from carpal tunnel syndrome, caffeine-addicted, socially vilified freaks that are law students. Soon, you’ll be one of us. HOO-HOO_HAHAHAAAAA! Sounds like fun? Oh yeah, like a funkadelic ride on The Fire-and-Brimstone Express. Where are we going, […]
Mastering The GRE
So you’re about to finish your undergraduate studies and are thinking hard about applying to graduate school. You have a good undergraduate GPA and you already have some possible schools in mind to attend. There is only one thing left that you must do: Take a graduate school admission test. If your field of study […]
The Big Picture: Selecting A Law School
Get a car? House? Go to law school? All of these are BIG-ticket decision that calls for smart and savvy consideration. How do you make the decision? What Fits Your Destiny? One of the major considerations in choosing a law school is what sort of career tracks you would be called to. Is it professor? […]
Law School Applications — The Winners’ Strategy
Every year, multiplied 1000’s apply to law school. Acceptance rates at the most selective schools run in single digits. How do YOU get picked?! The application is like your first case before the judges sitting on the Admissions Court. Top Two By far, the two most important factors boil down to two numbers: 1) LSAT […]
Surviving The Law School Application Process
So, you think you want to be a lawyer? Ok, so it sounds pretty high-falootin’ to mention it at your family’s Thanksgiving meal, and it gives your parents something to brag about (“My Krissie, she’s going to be an attorney!”). But deciding you want to go to law school is one thing, and getting there is […]