Current Law Students
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Written by Nasir N. Pasha
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Friday, 15 February 2008 00:01 |
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The program uses proprietary software to secure the delivery of the exam to enforce their code of conduct (cheating); but for Mac users, this may be a huge disadvantage to typers in having to hand-write instead.
Check out Mac Law Students Blog for more: http://www.maclawstudents.com/blog/law-school-exam-software/
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Written by Jason R. Wolfe
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Tuesday, 12 February 2008 00:55 |
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What should your spouse expect when you go to law school? For those married law students, a husband or wife is an asset and responsibility that most colleagues will not understand during your venture through law school.
You have no doubt received advice on every subject from how to purchase a home to whether or not to open a joint checking account. You are about to hear one more tidbit of advice on what a spouse should expect from law school. |
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Written by Jason R. Wolfe
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Sunday, 10 February 2008 08:59 |
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Take the study group for instance. You may have been told that study groups are a good way to learn the material for law school as well as to forge some bonds with fellow students, or that a good study group can be the difference between enjoying law school and simply attending law school. Perhaps those are true however there are few points to consider before you reserve the large study room and order the pizzas. |
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Written by Daryn Pelfry
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Wednesday, 06 February 2008 13:26 |
Now that you've been accepted to law school, you may be asking yourself how you will be able to support yourself for the next three years. The answer is different for everyone and will require you to make a few sacrifices along the way.
Law school is expensive. Even if you decide to attend night school, there will still be many sacrifices to make. Before you begin law school, take the time to get your finances in order so you can have a successful first year. |
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Written by Stephen M. Gross
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Tuesday, 15 January 2008 11:19 |
When preparing for a career in law, gaining as much real world experience as possible can help during and after law school. Many law schools have mock trial programs that use real cases to help students become better public speakers by teaching them how to properly articulate an argument during a trial. Mock trial can also teach students how to improve their problem-solving skills and teach them how to work as a team.
Even if your goal isn't to become a trial attorney, the experience gained by participating in mock trial can improve your problem-solving and critical thinking skills. You will also meet other students and form life long bonds that can help throughout your career.
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Written by Jennifer Summers
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Saturday, 05 January 2008 06:34 |
There are few things in life more intense than attending law school. In addition to learning about the many facets of our legal system, you will have to complete in-depth analysis of case law, briefs, and critical papers written by lawyers, judges, and even your own professors! On top of that, you will have to write your own briefs, complete group projects, participate in late-night study sessions, and pass all the requirements necessary to prepare for the Bar Exam.
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Written by Jason R. Wolfe
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Monday, 03 December 2007 00:56 |
Choosing classes while in law school can be an important decision that the student should undertake with some thought. What you study in law school will not only be useful for passage of the bar exam but also may broaden the potential employment horizon later on down the road.
There are some classes that regardless of how you fell about them, you will have to take them. Standard classes for law students include torts, contracts, constitutional law, property and civil procedure for good reason too. Torts and contracts represent a large majority of real world disputes that any lawyer should be aware of. Constitutional law is important because that is the document upon which our entire system of government is based. Property, like torts and contracts, also occupies a large segment of actual disputes and civil procedure is the basic rules for playing the game.
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Written by Stacey Scorza
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Sunday, 18 November 2007 11:48 |
As I am sure most of you know, a bar association is quite simply a professional body of lawyers. Some bar associations are dedicated to serving their members while others are responsible for regulating the legal profession in that particular jurisdiction. What you might not be aware of is that there are two types of bar associations; those that are mandatory (a.k.a. integrated or unified), and those that are voluntary. It is important to recognize the difference between each type so you are aware of both their offerings and what is required of you as a practicing lawyer in a given jurisdiction.
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Written by Stacey Scorza
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Wednesday, 31 October 2007 00:13 |
I am sure you have been hearing that time management skills are necessary to succeed ever since you started college. But trust me when I say that it will make law school easier to handle. A set schedule can help you organize your time between reading, brief writing, studying and socializing. |
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Written by Stacey Scorza
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Thursday, 18 October 2007 06:23 |
I am of the philosophy that the money you spend on your education is never a waste. However, you cannot blindly dive into the law school abyss without taking some time looking at the numbers. The average law student graduates with a combined graduate and undergraduate debt of $80,754. With annual increases in law school and undergraduate college tuition costs, this cumulative debt number will only rise. Compare this with starting small and medium firm first year associate salaries that have remained low averaging $30,000 to $50,000. |
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Written by Jason R. Wolfe
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Thursday, 18 October 2007 06:15 |
With a nod to Shakespeare - To supplement, or not to supplement? That is the question. It won’t be long into your legal education before you are faced with the decision of whether or not to use study aides and commercial outlines. There are scores of companies that offer the latest and greatest in law school study aides; everything from one-page quick reference guides to entire subject matter outlines that can be scores of pages long and everything in between, including books, flash cards, computer programs, and the list goes on. What you as the student must decide is how much you want to rely on these commercial outlines and how much you want to create yourself. |
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