There comes that time in the academic calendar of law schools that law firms come a-knocking to harvest “summers” or interns and potential employees. Career services of law schools work closely with various law firms to set up mass interviewing to select and woo potential interns. Even if these law firms are the ones who [...]
The bar exam is a qualifying test that law degree holders take to be able to practice law in a given jurisdiction.
A bar exam is usually made up of a series of different tests comprising multiple-choice sets and essay questions. However, bar exams differ across states because each state has its own bar regulatory board. [...]
You may have proven your aptitude with the LSAT as well as the entrance exam to a certain law school. You may have passed an impressive personal statement law school essay along with the two letters of recommendation from people who know you well. But still, the law school you are applying to requests for [...]
Whether it’s for a summertime or school-year internship (the latter done part-time of course), law students are clamoring to get into the best law firms in the country. Here are a few tips to score that dream internship:
Consult with your law school’s career services office
Start with what you have closest to you. Look into the [...]
After passing the bar and getting that much coveted title, a lawyer can choose between various paths in which to practice his or her profession. First is the decision to make between going into private practice or into public service.
Public practice
Duties
A lawyer can opt to be employed by the state or government. As a public [...]
Not all lawyers can be good politicians and not all politicians are required to have a law degree to be able to lead a district or a nation. However, the traits of a good lawyer or law-degree holder can also be good makings of a good politician. A better understanding of the law can help [...]
Lawyers, by training and profession, are experts in the judiciary or execution of the laws, edicts and rights as prescribed by the Constitution. Lawyers and law graduates bring to the legislative table skills that can make a good public servant if they choose to do so.
Lawyers on policy-making
Ideally, experience in upholding the law can make [...]
Most law schools have their own financial assistance programs for students in need of a help when it comes to funding their studies.
Merit-based assistance
Scholarships and study grants are available for that deserving applicant who is in need of financial assistance to continue legal studies. Some scholarships can be given by academic institutions such as Duke [...]
You’ve heard the stories and you may have been experiencing what seems to be the start of every law student’s nightmare: not having a “life.” Though it’s to be expected that one has to let go of some or most of the privileges that he or she enjoyed prior to law school, that doesn’t mean [...]
The top-ranked law schools in the country, just like other institutions of higher learning, value the importance of grades in evaluating student performance. Recently, the number of students getting high GPAs have been increasing - a phenomenon called grade inflation. In response to this phenomenon, many colleges and universities have raised their grade percentiles to [...]