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This Handbook provides a comprehensive guide for college students and high school seniors considering law school. It teaches how to build an undergraduate resume, how to gather information about law school and legal careers, how to prepare for the Law School Admissions Test (LSAT) and how to navigate the pitfalls of the law school application process.
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This Handbook provides a comprehensive guide for college students and high school seniors considering law school. It teaches how to build an undergraduate resume, how to gather information about law school and legal careers, how to prepare for the Law School Admissions Test (LSAT) and how to navigate the pitfalls of the law school application process.
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- Verlag: Globe Pequot Publishing Group Inc/Bloomsbury
- Seitenzahl: 154
- Erscheinungstermin: 21. Februar 2013
- Englisch
- Abmessung: 235mm x 157mm x 13mm
- Gewicht: 386g
- ISBN-13: 9781475802450
- ISBN-10: 1475802455
- Artikelnr.: 36706528
- Verlag: Globe Pequot Publishing Group Inc/Bloomsbury
- Seitenzahl: 154
- Erscheinungstermin: 21. Februar 2013
- Englisch
- Abmessung: 235mm x 157mm x 13mm
- Gewicht: 386g
- ISBN-13: 9781475802450
- ISBN-10: 1475802455
- Artikelnr.: 36706528
By Michael R. Dillon
Preface---About this Handbook 1. Pre-Law Undergraduates - Majors, Majors
Everywhere 1.1. Follow Your Passion I 1.2. No One Right or Wrong Choice of
Majors 1.3. Dual Majors Are Not Necessarily Better 1.4. Follow Your Passion
II 1.5. Save Your Successes 1.6. It's OK to Decide "No" 2. Your Mission
Freshman and Sophomore Years 2.1. GPA Foundations 2.2. A Myriad of Options
2.3. It's Not on TV 2.4. Ask, Interview, Shadow and Visit 2.5. Pre-Law
Programs and Advisors 2.6. Disciplinary Disclosures 2.7. Question 1 - How
much will it cost and how do I pay for it? 2.8. Question 2 - Why such high
levels of lawyer dissatisfaction? 3. The Time Table Junior Year 3.1.
Counting Backward 3.2. The Friday Before Thanksgiving 3.3. Test Prep, Test
Prep and More Test Prep 3.4. Timing of the LSAT 3.5. LSAC Accounts 3.6.
Letters of Recommendation 3.7. Resumes 3.8. Personal Statements 3.0.
Waiting for a Year or Two 4. The LSAT Examination 4.1. Prep Courses - Do I
Need One 4.2. Test Day - It's Not as Short as You Think 4.3. The Nature of
the Questions 4.4. How Much Preparation is Enough? 4.5. But, Can't I Take
it Again? 4.6. What to Know About The Scores 4.7. The Night After the Test
5. Choosing a Law School - "Know Thyself 5.1. What Not To Do 5.2. Areas of
Emphasis 5.3. Law School Rankings 5.4. Web-sites to Know 5.5. All the Same
But Different 5.6. Careers Can Change 6. How Do I Pay for It? 6.1. Don't
Count on Scholarships 6.2. Tuition, Books, Living Expenses Equal? 6.3. Like
Buying Your First House 6.4. Interest Rates on Loans 6.5. Your Debt Limits
How and Where You Can Practice 7. Application Process 7.1. LSAC Account
7.2. LSAT Score 7.3. Undergraduate Transcript(s) 7.4. Personal Statement
7.5. Letters of Recommendation 7.6. Resumes 7.7. Early Decision 7.8.
Addendum Do's and Don'ts 7.9. Disclosures Advertent and Inadvertent
7.10.How Many Applications? 7.11.First, Second, Third Tiers 7.12.Forget
Rankings Most of the Time 7.13.The "Wait" List 8. Acceptance - The Holy
Grail 8.1. I Can Breathe Now 8.2. Visiting Schools - Stay the Day 8.3. What
Is My Long Term Goal? 8.4. Where Can I Flourish? 8.5. The Summer Before Law
School 8.6. Proposal for a Legal Reading Plan 8.7. Proposal for a Non-Legal
Reading Plan 9. The First Year - There Are No Second Chances 9.1.
Transition and Success - Starting Fast 9.2. Curriculum and Briefing 9.3.
The Reading Load 9.4. Socratic Method 9.5. Study Groups or Not 9.6.
"Thinking Like a Lawyer" 9.7. Outlines - Do Your Own 9.8. Examinations 9.9.
Law Review 9.10.Second Year Interviews 9.11.Clerkships 9.12.Summer After
First Year 10. The Second Year 10.1. The Curriculum 10.2. Law Review 10.3.
Interviewing for Summer Associates 10.4. Clinical Programs 10.5. Moot Court
and Mock Trial 10.6. Elective Courses - Winnowing Down Your Options 10.7.
Competitive, Confident and Cordial 10.8. Summer After Second Year - Summer
Partners 11. The Third Year 11.1. Waste of Time? The Unnecessary Year?
11.2. Electives - Has Your Passion Changed? 11.3. Still Building Resumes
11.4. Networking and Faculty Support 11.5. Employment within 150 Mile
Radius 11.6. Remember: Your Debt May Limit Your Job Prospects 11.7. Summer
After Third Year - You Are Not Bar Exam Ready 11.8. Your Are Also Not
Practice Ready 12. Lessons To Carry With You 12.1. Learning Every Day 12.2.
Continue to Pursue Your Passion 12.3. Thinking Problems Through and
Tracking the Details 12.4. Respect, Civility and People 12.5. A Profession,
Not Merely a Job 12.6. Doing "Good" while Doing Well 12.7. Stress, Success,
Failure and Family Appendices A. A Four Year Undergraduate Check List B.
Letter of Recommendation Form for Faculty C. A Successful Law School
Application Strategy D. Additional Readings and Resources Afterword
Everywhere 1.1. Follow Your Passion I 1.2. No One Right or Wrong Choice of
Majors 1.3. Dual Majors Are Not Necessarily Better 1.4. Follow Your Passion
II 1.5. Save Your Successes 1.6. It's OK to Decide "No" 2. Your Mission
Freshman and Sophomore Years 2.1. GPA Foundations 2.2. A Myriad of Options
2.3. It's Not on TV 2.4. Ask, Interview, Shadow and Visit 2.5. Pre-Law
Programs and Advisors 2.6. Disciplinary Disclosures 2.7. Question 1 - How
much will it cost and how do I pay for it? 2.8. Question 2 - Why such high
levels of lawyer dissatisfaction? 3. The Time Table Junior Year 3.1.
Counting Backward 3.2. The Friday Before Thanksgiving 3.3. Test Prep, Test
Prep and More Test Prep 3.4. Timing of the LSAT 3.5. LSAC Accounts 3.6.
Letters of Recommendation 3.7. Resumes 3.8. Personal Statements 3.0.
Waiting for a Year or Two 4. The LSAT Examination 4.1. Prep Courses - Do I
Need One 4.2. Test Day - It's Not as Short as You Think 4.3. The Nature of
the Questions 4.4. How Much Preparation is Enough? 4.5. But, Can't I Take
it Again? 4.6. What to Know About The Scores 4.7. The Night After the Test
5. Choosing a Law School - "Know Thyself 5.1. What Not To Do 5.2. Areas of
Emphasis 5.3. Law School Rankings 5.4. Web-sites to Know 5.5. All the Same
But Different 5.6. Careers Can Change 6. How Do I Pay for It? 6.1. Don't
Count on Scholarships 6.2. Tuition, Books, Living Expenses Equal? 6.3. Like
Buying Your First House 6.4. Interest Rates on Loans 6.5. Your Debt Limits
How and Where You Can Practice 7. Application Process 7.1. LSAC Account
7.2. LSAT Score 7.3. Undergraduate Transcript(s) 7.4. Personal Statement
7.5. Letters of Recommendation 7.6. Resumes 7.7. Early Decision 7.8.
Addendum Do's and Don'ts 7.9. Disclosures Advertent and Inadvertent
7.10.How Many Applications? 7.11.First, Second, Third Tiers 7.12.Forget
Rankings Most of the Time 7.13.The "Wait" List 8. Acceptance - The Holy
Grail 8.1. I Can Breathe Now 8.2. Visiting Schools - Stay the Day 8.3. What
Is My Long Term Goal? 8.4. Where Can I Flourish? 8.5. The Summer Before Law
School 8.6. Proposal for a Legal Reading Plan 8.7. Proposal for a Non-Legal
Reading Plan 9. The First Year - There Are No Second Chances 9.1.
Transition and Success - Starting Fast 9.2. Curriculum and Briefing 9.3.
The Reading Load 9.4. Socratic Method 9.5. Study Groups or Not 9.6.
"Thinking Like a Lawyer" 9.7. Outlines - Do Your Own 9.8. Examinations 9.9.
Law Review 9.10.Second Year Interviews 9.11.Clerkships 9.12.Summer After
First Year 10. The Second Year 10.1. The Curriculum 10.2. Law Review 10.3.
Interviewing for Summer Associates 10.4. Clinical Programs 10.5. Moot Court
and Mock Trial 10.6. Elective Courses - Winnowing Down Your Options 10.7.
Competitive, Confident and Cordial 10.8. Summer After Second Year - Summer
Partners 11. The Third Year 11.1. Waste of Time? The Unnecessary Year?
11.2. Electives - Has Your Passion Changed? 11.3. Still Building Resumes
11.4. Networking and Faculty Support 11.5. Employment within 150 Mile
Radius 11.6. Remember: Your Debt May Limit Your Job Prospects 11.7. Summer
After Third Year - You Are Not Bar Exam Ready 11.8. Your Are Also Not
Practice Ready 12. Lessons To Carry With You 12.1. Learning Every Day 12.2.
Continue to Pursue Your Passion 12.3. Thinking Problems Through and
Tracking the Details 12.4. Respect, Civility and People 12.5. A Profession,
Not Merely a Job 12.6. Doing "Good" while Doing Well 12.7. Stress, Success,
Failure and Family Appendices A. A Four Year Undergraduate Check List B.
Letter of Recommendation Form for Faculty C. A Successful Law School
Application Strategy D. Additional Readings and Resources Afterword
Preface---About this Handbook 1. Pre-Law Undergraduates - Majors, Majors
Everywhere 1.1. Follow Your Passion I 1.2. No One Right or Wrong Choice of
Majors 1.3. Dual Majors Are Not Necessarily Better 1.4. Follow Your Passion
II 1.5. Save Your Successes 1.6. It's OK to Decide "No" 2. Your Mission
Freshman and Sophomore Years 2.1. GPA Foundations 2.2. A Myriad of Options
2.3. It's Not on TV 2.4. Ask, Interview, Shadow and Visit 2.5. Pre-Law
Programs and Advisors 2.6. Disciplinary Disclosures 2.7. Question 1 - How
much will it cost and how do I pay for it? 2.8. Question 2 - Why such high
levels of lawyer dissatisfaction? 3. The Time Table Junior Year 3.1.
Counting Backward 3.2. The Friday Before Thanksgiving 3.3. Test Prep, Test
Prep and More Test Prep 3.4. Timing of the LSAT 3.5. LSAC Accounts 3.6.
Letters of Recommendation 3.7. Resumes 3.8. Personal Statements 3.0.
Waiting for a Year or Two 4. The LSAT Examination 4.1. Prep Courses - Do I
Need One 4.2. Test Day - It's Not as Short as You Think 4.3. The Nature of
the Questions 4.4. How Much Preparation is Enough? 4.5. But, Can't I Take
it Again? 4.6. What to Know About The Scores 4.7. The Night After the Test
5. Choosing a Law School - "Know Thyself 5.1. What Not To Do 5.2. Areas of
Emphasis 5.3. Law School Rankings 5.4. Web-sites to Know 5.5. All the Same
But Different 5.6. Careers Can Change 6. How Do I Pay for It? 6.1. Don't
Count on Scholarships 6.2. Tuition, Books, Living Expenses Equal? 6.3. Like
Buying Your First House 6.4. Interest Rates on Loans 6.5. Your Debt Limits
How and Where You Can Practice 7. Application Process 7.1. LSAC Account
7.2. LSAT Score 7.3. Undergraduate Transcript(s) 7.4. Personal Statement
7.5. Letters of Recommendation 7.6. Resumes 7.7. Early Decision 7.8.
Addendum Do's and Don'ts 7.9. Disclosures Advertent and Inadvertent
7.10.How Many Applications? 7.11.First, Second, Third Tiers 7.12.Forget
Rankings Most of the Time 7.13.The "Wait" List 8. Acceptance - The Holy
Grail 8.1. I Can Breathe Now 8.2. Visiting Schools - Stay the Day 8.3. What
Is My Long Term Goal? 8.4. Where Can I Flourish? 8.5. The Summer Before Law
School 8.6. Proposal for a Legal Reading Plan 8.7. Proposal for a Non-Legal
Reading Plan 9. The First Year - There Are No Second Chances 9.1.
Transition and Success - Starting Fast 9.2. Curriculum and Briefing 9.3.
The Reading Load 9.4. Socratic Method 9.5. Study Groups or Not 9.6.
"Thinking Like a Lawyer" 9.7. Outlines - Do Your Own 9.8. Examinations 9.9.
Law Review 9.10.Second Year Interviews 9.11.Clerkships 9.12.Summer After
First Year 10. The Second Year 10.1. The Curriculum 10.2. Law Review 10.3.
Interviewing for Summer Associates 10.4. Clinical Programs 10.5. Moot Court
and Mock Trial 10.6. Elective Courses - Winnowing Down Your Options 10.7.
Competitive, Confident and Cordial 10.8. Summer After Second Year - Summer
Partners 11. The Third Year 11.1. Waste of Time? The Unnecessary Year?
11.2. Electives - Has Your Passion Changed? 11.3. Still Building Resumes
11.4. Networking and Faculty Support 11.5. Employment within 150 Mile
Radius 11.6. Remember: Your Debt May Limit Your Job Prospects 11.7. Summer
After Third Year - You Are Not Bar Exam Ready 11.8. Your Are Also Not
Practice Ready 12. Lessons To Carry With You 12.1. Learning Every Day 12.2.
Continue to Pursue Your Passion 12.3. Thinking Problems Through and
Tracking the Details 12.4. Respect, Civility and People 12.5. A Profession,
Not Merely a Job 12.6. Doing "Good" while Doing Well 12.7. Stress, Success,
Failure and Family Appendices A. A Four Year Undergraduate Check List B.
Letter of Recommendation Form for Faculty C. A Successful Law School
Application Strategy D. Additional Readings and Resources Afterword
Everywhere 1.1. Follow Your Passion I 1.2. No One Right or Wrong Choice of
Majors 1.3. Dual Majors Are Not Necessarily Better 1.4. Follow Your Passion
II 1.5. Save Your Successes 1.6. It's OK to Decide "No" 2. Your Mission
Freshman and Sophomore Years 2.1. GPA Foundations 2.2. A Myriad of Options
2.3. It's Not on TV 2.4. Ask, Interview, Shadow and Visit 2.5. Pre-Law
Programs and Advisors 2.6. Disciplinary Disclosures 2.7. Question 1 - How
much will it cost and how do I pay for it? 2.8. Question 2 - Why such high
levels of lawyer dissatisfaction? 3. The Time Table Junior Year 3.1.
Counting Backward 3.2. The Friday Before Thanksgiving 3.3. Test Prep, Test
Prep and More Test Prep 3.4. Timing of the LSAT 3.5. LSAC Accounts 3.6.
Letters of Recommendation 3.7. Resumes 3.8. Personal Statements 3.0.
Waiting for a Year or Two 4. The LSAT Examination 4.1. Prep Courses - Do I
Need One 4.2. Test Day - It's Not as Short as You Think 4.3. The Nature of
the Questions 4.4. How Much Preparation is Enough? 4.5. But, Can't I Take
it Again? 4.6. What to Know About The Scores 4.7. The Night After the Test
5. Choosing a Law School - "Know Thyself 5.1. What Not To Do 5.2. Areas of
Emphasis 5.3. Law School Rankings 5.4. Web-sites to Know 5.5. All the Same
But Different 5.6. Careers Can Change 6. How Do I Pay for It? 6.1. Don't
Count on Scholarships 6.2. Tuition, Books, Living Expenses Equal? 6.3. Like
Buying Your First House 6.4. Interest Rates on Loans 6.5. Your Debt Limits
How and Where You Can Practice 7. Application Process 7.1. LSAC Account
7.2. LSAT Score 7.3. Undergraduate Transcript(s) 7.4. Personal Statement
7.5. Letters of Recommendation 7.6. Resumes 7.7. Early Decision 7.8.
Addendum Do's and Don'ts 7.9. Disclosures Advertent and Inadvertent
7.10.How Many Applications? 7.11.First, Second, Third Tiers 7.12.Forget
Rankings Most of the Time 7.13.The "Wait" List 8. Acceptance - The Holy
Grail 8.1. I Can Breathe Now 8.2. Visiting Schools - Stay the Day 8.3. What
Is My Long Term Goal? 8.4. Where Can I Flourish? 8.5. The Summer Before Law
School 8.6. Proposal for a Legal Reading Plan 8.7. Proposal for a Non-Legal
Reading Plan 9. The First Year - There Are No Second Chances 9.1.
Transition and Success - Starting Fast 9.2. Curriculum and Briefing 9.3.
The Reading Load 9.4. Socratic Method 9.5. Study Groups or Not 9.6.
"Thinking Like a Lawyer" 9.7. Outlines - Do Your Own 9.8. Examinations 9.9.
Law Review 9.10.Second Year Interviews 9.11.Clerkships 9.12.Summer After
First Year 10. The Second Year 10.1. The Curriculum 10.2. Law Review 10.3.
Interviewing for Summer Associates 10.4. Clinical Programs 10.5. Moot Court
and Mock Trial 10.6. Elective Courses - Winnowing Down Your Options 10.7.
Competitive, Confident and Cordial 10.8. Summer After Second Year - Summer
Partners 11. The Third Year 11.1. Waste of Time? The Unnecessary Year?
11.2. Electives - Has Your Passion Changed? 11.3. Still Building Resumes
11.4. Networking and Faculty Support 11.5. Employment within 150 Mile
Radius 11.6. Remember: Your Debt May Limit Your Job Prospects 11.7. Summer
After Third Year - You Are Not Bar Exam Ready 11.8. Your Are Also Not
Practice Ready 12. Lessons To Carry With You 12.1. Learning Every Day 12.2.
Continue to Pursue Your Passion 12.3. Thinking Problems Through and
Tracking the Details 12.4. Respect, Civility and People 12.5. A Profession,
Not Merely a Job 12.6. Doing "Good" while Doing Well 12.7. Stress, Success,
Failure and Family Appendices A. A Four Year Undergraduate Check List B.
Letter of Recommendation Form for Faculty C. A Successful Law School
Application Strategy D. Additional Readings and Resources Afterword