Features
- Cover Type: Paperback with 384 pages
- Published by: For Dummies
- Edition: 1st Edition May 1, 2003
- Written in: English
- ISBN 10 Number: 0764525484
- ISBN 13 Number: 978-0764525483
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Book Dimensions:
9.2 x 7.4 x 0.9 inches
- Weighs: 1.2 pounds
Product Description
The straightforward guide to surviving and thriving in law school
Every year more than 40,000 students enter law school and at any given moment there are over 125,000 law school students in the United States. Law school’s highly pressurized, super-competitive atmosphere often leaves students stressed out and confused, especially in their first year. Balancing life and schoolwork, passing the bar, and landing a job are challenges that students often need help facing. In Law School For Dummies, former law school student Rebecca Fae Greene uses straight talk, sound advice, and gentle humor to help students sort through the swamp of coursework and focus on what’s important–all while maintaining a life. She also offers rare insight on the law school experience for women, minorities, non-traditional, and non-Ivy League students.
Back Cover Copy
"The advice in this book helps you make the most of your law school experience."
-Sarah C. Zearfoss, The
University of Michigan Law School
Covers crucial study skills, test-taking, and job hunting
Choose your courses, stay sane, and survive your exams!
Looking to get into – and graduate from – law school? Written from the students point of view, this friendly guide gives you the inside track on everything from finding the right school and acing the LSAT to surviving the Socratic Method, choosing a practice area, preparing for the bar exam, and much more.
Praise for Law School For Dummies
"Anyone who enters law school without having first read this essential ‘instruction manual will be at a competitive disadvantage."
– Jef Richards, JD, PhD, Professor of Advertising, The University of Texas at Austin
"A comprehensive guide that explodes the myths surrounding law school and enables you to chart a successful career path."
– Donna Gerson, author of Choosing Small, Choosing Smart: Job Search Strategies for Lawyers in the Small Firm Market
Reader ReviewsI tend to agree with "PNC2007" on that this is a very generic book on law school admissions and survival. I'm not a law school student (yet) that's why I was looking for some information. Like many For Dummies books, the book tries to be humorous and claims to give you the "insider secrets," but there's really absolutely nothing "secret" about what the author dispenses in way of advice. Want to get into a good law school? She says you need a high LSAT score, a high GPA, a good essay, and good recommendations. Duh. Don't we already know this? I mean, if you didn't already know this, you really shouldn't be even thinking about attending law school. The author spends two or three chapters letting you in on some studying tips. You know what? These ain't tips; they just tell you to "do your homework; organize your studying schedules; study hard." Duh, again. If the message is that law school is really tough, you don't need a 350-page book peppered with bogus humor to learn that. I really don't think anyone can benefit from this book, except the genuine high-strung types or the real "dummies." Even this law-education dummy finds the book for the most part useless.
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