Author: National Association for Law PlacementPublisher:
ISBN: 9781557330604
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 978
Book Description
2008-2009 NALP Directory of Law Schools
Author: National Association for Law PlacementPublisher:
ISBN: 9781557330604
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 978
Book Description
NALP Directory of Legal Employers
Author: National Association for Law PlacementPublisher:
ISBN: 9781557330468
Category : Law
Languages : en
Pages : 2048
Book Description
Information on the hiring criteria of law forms and other legal employers.
Failing Law Schools
Author: Brian Z. TamanahaPublisher: University of Chicago Press
ISBN: 0226923614
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 253
Book Description
On the surface, law schools today are thriving. Enrollments are on the rise, and their resources are often the envy of every other university department. Law professors are among the highest paid and play key roles as public intellectuals, advisers, and government officials. Yet behind the flourishing facade, law schools are failing abjectly. Recent front-page stories have detailed widespread dubious practices, including false reporting of LSAT and GPA scores, misleading placement reports, and the fundamental failure to prepare graduates to enter the profession. Addressing all these problems and more in a ringing critique is renowned legal scholar Brian Z. Tamanaha. Piece by piece, Tamanaha lays out the how and why of the crisis and the likely consequences if the current trend continues. The out-of-pocket cost of obtaining a law degree at many schools now approaches $200,000. The average law school graduate’s debt is around $100,000—the highest it has ever been—while the legal job market is the worst in decades, with the scarce jobs offering starting salaries well below what is needed to handle such a debt load. At the heart of the problem, Tamanaha argues, are the economic demands and competitive pressures on law schools—driven by competition over U.S. News and World Report ranking. When paired with a lack of regulatory oversight, the work environment of professors, the limited information available to prospective students, and loan-based tuition financing, the result is a system that is fundamentally unsustainable. Growing concern with the crisis in legal education has led to high-profile coverage in the Wall Street Journal and the New York Times, and many observers expect it soon will be the focus of congressional scrutiny. Bringing to the table his years of experience from within the legal academy, Tamanaha has provided the perfect resource for assessing what’s wrong with law schools and figuring out how to fix them.
Law School Confidential
Author: Robert H. MillerPublisher: St. Martin's Griffin
ISBN: 1250107873
Category : Law
Languages : en
Pages : 364
Book Description
I WISH I KNEW THEN WHAT I KNOW NOW! Don't get to the end of your law school career muttering these words to yourself! Take the first step toward building a productive, successful, and perhaps even pleasant law school experience—read this book! Written by students, for students, Law School Confidential has been the "must-have" guide for anyone thinking about, applying to, or attending law school for more than a decade. And now, in this newly revised third edition, it's more valuable than ever. This isn't the advice of graying professors or battle-scarred practitioners long removed from law school. Robert H. Miller has assembled a blue-ribbon panel of recent graduates from across the country to offer realistic and informative firsthand advice about what law school is really like. This updated edition contains the very latest information and strategies for thriving and surviving in law school—from navigating the admissions process and securing financial aid, choosing classes, studying and exam strategies, and securing a seat on the law review to getting a judicial clerkship and a job, passing the bar exam, and much, much more. Newly added material also reveals a sea change that is just starting to occur in legal education, turning it away from the theory-based platform of the previous several decades to a pragmatic platform being demanded by the rigors of today's practices. Law School Confidential is a complete guide to the law school experience that no prospective or current law student can afford to be without.
National Directory of Law Schools
Author: The Legal Career Guide
Author: Gary A. MunnekePublisher: American Bar Association
ISBN: 9781604422603
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 426
Book Description
The Legal Career Guide is designed as a hands-on manual to assist law students or young lawyers in making important decisions by helping them identify specific goals and evaluate opportunities as they arise, reflect on changes in personal situations that affect their aspirations, and assess new trends within the profession that will impact their chosen practice.
The Best 168 Law Schools, 2013 Edition
Author: Esq. Eric OwensPublisher: Princeton Review
ISBN: 0307945308
Category : Study Aids
Languages : en
Pages : 498
Book Description
Provides a detailed overview of nearly 170 of the finest law schools across North America, including information on each school's academic program, competitiveness, financial aid, admissions requirements and social scenes. Original.
Lawyers in ACTION.
Author: United States. ActionPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Lawyers
Languages : en
Pages : 12
Book Description
Before the JD
Author: GallupDecisions and Orders of the National Labor Relations Board
Author: United States. National Labor Relations BoardPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Labor laws and legislation
Languages : en
Pages : 1510
Book Description