Law School Lowdown: Secrets of Success from the Application Process to Landing the First Job - Softcover

Scott Esq. J.D., Ian E.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 143800317X ISBN 13: 9781438003177

Publisher: Barrons Educational Services, 2013

Synopsis

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 résumés, 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.

About this title

About the Author:

Ian E. Scott, Esq. is a graduate of Harvard Law School, a lawyer licensed in New York & New Jersey and worked at a top-10 Wall Street law firm, Cleary Gottlieb.  Mr. Scott also holds a Master of Business Administration (M.B.A) degree and he is a Certified Public Accountant (CPA). Prior to law school, he worked as an investment banker at Credit Suisse.   After Mr. Scott graduated from Harvard Law School, he started working full-time at Cleary Gottlieb and worked there in both their litigation and corporate groups and then decided to branch out on his own and opened his own law practice. He currently runs his own law firm, Scott Legal Services, P.C., in New York, specializing in new business setup & business immigration. Mr. Scott has been extensively featured in many publications including; Forbes, Above the Law, Lexis/Nexis, The Student Appeal Journal, The Girl's Guide to Law School, Ms. JD, Lawyerist, Bloomberg, The New York State Bar Association & other Journals.

Review:

"The book is a great resource for those already in law school" - Ms. JD

"This book has many valuable resources held within, and provides the prospective law student a clear perspective of not only what they need to do to get accepted, but even more important what they need to do to be successful in law school" - Dads of Divas

"Most books focus on one aspect of law school. This gave a broad yet detailed overview of the whole picture" - Ms. JD

"All-in-all this was a great book that shared so much with both prospective and current law students and I would highly recommend it to all" - Dads of Divas

"Competition in the legal marketplace is fierce, and will be for years to come. I recommend aspiring lawyers read "Law School Lowdown: Secrets of Success from the Application Process to Landing the First Job"--not just once, but several times during their law school careers." Shauna Bryce, Author - How to Find a Legal Job

About this edition

• Publisher: Barrons Educational Services
• Publication date: 2013
• ISBN 10: 143800317X
• ISBN 13: 9781438003177
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 320