The Practice of Law School: Getting In and Making the Most of Your Legal Education

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1588521109 ISBN 13: 9781588521101

Publisher: ALM Media, LLC, 2003

"This handbook for aspiring lawyers coaches them to make the most of law school by taking charge of their education and burgeoning careers early on. It provides current and future law students with invaluable information about the law school application process, financing law school, selecting classes, evaluating study groups, developing effective exam-taking strategies, choosing extracurricular activities and summer jobs, preparing for the bar exam, and balancing school with family life. Demonstrated are the ways in which students can begin to think like practicing lawyers and attain experience in law school that is relevant, practical, and essential to practicing law in the real world."

About the Author:

Christen Civiletto Carey, Esq., is formerly special counsel with Duane Morris L.L.P., a frequent lecturer on professional development and mentoring issues as they pertain to law students, and the author of Full Disclosure: The New Lawyer's Must-Read Career Guide. She lives in Buffalo, New York. Kristen D. A. Carpenter, Esq., is an assistant professor of law at Stetson University College of Law and is currently a visiting assistant professor at the University of Georgia School of Law. She lives in Atlanta, Georgia.