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 rA (c)sumA (c)s, 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.