I gave
this prospective law student the same advice I've given a few others.
The other day I found myself giving advice to
a prospective law student.
Attorney Career Question: As
a prospective law student and current student in the UNC - Chapel Hill School of Journalism and Mass Communication, I am looking into JD / MA in Mass Communication Dual Degree Programs.
Compared to the «average»
prospective law student in 2002, I should have been a particularly sophisticated consumer.
The other waitresses there are the horny Cammie (Izabella Miko, Forsaken), violent Rachel (Bridget Moynahan, Whipped, In the Weeds) and
prospective law student Zoe (Tyra Banks, Higher Learning, Love and Basketball).
What information do they provide to
prospective law students and law firm hirers?
To
those prospective law students applying to law schools as a fallback in a bad economy, or because you want three more years to figure out what to do with your life: please save yourself time, money, and a huge amount of stress; do not apply to law school.
The situation looks dismal for
prospective law students.
For law students and
prospective law students, there are course outlines and information about law schools.
Today's blog offerings contain a wealth of information from some top minds that will guide current and
prospective law students on decisions such as where to go to law school or what specialty to pursue.
Instead, I will simply argue that they matter the most to three groups of people:
prospective law students, law school deans and U.S. News & World Report editors.
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Prospective law students may want to consider tacking on an extra year of education and get a joint JD - MBA degree, advises Julie Hilden in this Findlaw piece.
Or the jury could have agreed with the judges» reasoning:
prospective law students were sophisticated consumers and should have done their own independent research before attending.
Legally Blonde has probably done more to lower
prospective law students» expectations on the difficulties of getting into and succeeding in a top - tier law school than any other film.
For all
those prospective law students drowning in data, a new website is here to help.
Launched in January, the site aims to be a comprehensive resource for current and
prospective law students.
The changes will take place in mid-2018 and are intended to provide a more flexible testing schedule to benefit
prospective law students, who will have more options if they have a conflict with a particular test date, and law schools, whose application cycles have shifted in recent years.
The Law School Admission Council has announced an expanded LSAT schedule, offering
prospective law students six testing dates per year as opposed to the traditional four.
Many
prospective law students take a gap of a year or two before beginning law school.
For
prospective law students, IAALS launched Law Jobs: By The Numbers ™, an interactive online tool that gives
prospective law students the most transparent and complete law school employment rate information available.
It's that time of the year — when
prospective law students are frantically sending away early applications for Top 20 law schools.
«A new era has dawned for
prospective law students.»
Because how many
prospective law students are willing to be realistic about their chances to reach the top of the profession?
Unsurprisingly, this has not played well with
prospective law students as of late.
I urge
prospective law students to read this, and the rest of society might also enjoy learning what makes lawyers tick.
Joe Patrice and Elie Mystal read letters from
prospective law students who are trying to figure out where to go based on price, quality, and location of the schools they got into.
Prospective law students have the information, they can look at market trends.
Outreach in the wider community is extremely important and beneficial, however, initiatives should also entail reaching out to professionals within the legal community and
prospective law students.
(a) make it extremely clear to all current and
prospective law students that the law society does not guarantee articling placements, and accordingly can not guarantee that a law graduate can become a practising lawyer.
Shouldn't consumers — a / k /
a prospective law students — know if a school has been audited and passed with flying colors?
The Equal Justice Works Guide to Law Schools is a free, online tool that helps
prospective law students navigate the difficult process of choosing a law school.
Not exact matches
Second, they may enact
laws that protect
prospective students and teachers from discrimination based on certain characteristics, such as race, gender, religion, or sexual orientation.
This is a great way for those who want to pursue an MBA to earn this degree, which is traditionally quite costly, or for
prospective legal
students to pay for
law school.
My job was to help my client convince more and «better»
prospective students to choose my client's program over another
law school's program.
At some point,
prospective law school
students need to recognize the realities of attending
law school, stop blaming the ABA,
law schools, and whoever else they can, and take some accountability for their choices.
Every
law school indicates to
prospective students if they pound the pavement and pound it hard after receiving their
law license, they will eventually get the dream job for which they are searching.
The question didn't go away when I went to
law school, so when I had a chance to write a seminar paper on the topic, I jumped in and did a national research study of
prospective students, current
law students, professors, practicing attorneys, and NALP hiring partners.
Mandell Pinder, known for its Aboriginal and treaty
law practice, recently hosted a Vancouver networking session to bringing together
prospective mentor lawyers with Aboriginal lawyers and
law students.
«We hope our site provides a wide variety of expertise, so
prospective students can make an informed decision and get acquainted with accredited
law schools.»
Such a list might include
prospective clients, existing clients,
law school
students and the media.
The for - profit
law schools» marketing is all about selling
prospective students on how they teach «practical skills» (translation: how to do stuff lawyers actually do).
It seems to me that at some point,
prospective law school
students need to take some accountability.
Created to help
prospective students research their decision, this resource guides users through the top five things they should consider when selecting a
law school:
Their
prospective students can't get into top tier schools, but are savvy enough to know all about the non-profit schools» misrepresentation of how many of their graduates get
law jobs.
As
law school admission deadlines approach,
prospective students around the country will start to hear back from the schools that want them (and the ones that don't).
Because the university programs were not seen by
prospective students as useful training for the practice of
law, they lost out to the more practical pathways of apprenticeship and private
law schools.85 Only later, when they married the theoretical and the practical instruction, including the teaching of writing and speaking about the
law, would university programs rise to become the dominant force in legal education.86
JFK
Law Corporation is always interested in speaking to
prospective lawyers, articling
students and summer
students.
She learned that her school (along with other
law schools) tried to fool
prospective students by including low paying non-legal positions including retail, food service, and tractor sales in determining the post-graduate employment percentage.
Raise
prospective and current
law students» awareness of the disciplines and skills needed to be successful in the 21st century.
The site's creators aim to make it the premier Internet site for
law school rankings, expecting it to be of interest to
prospective, current and former
law students, among others.