Law School Confidential (Revised Edition): A Complete Guide to the Law School Experience: By Students, for Students

From Library Journal
Anyone thinking about attending law school faces three years of discipline and hard work. Miller, an attorney and 1998 University of Pennsylvania law school graduate, shares his knowledge about getting through. Miller covers every aspect of the law school experience-from surviving the first semester to seeking summer internships-which makes this book unique. He presents experiences of other law students to help readers understand what is expected of them and how these expectations will affect heir social and personal lives. The author emphasizes that discipline and conviction are the keys to successfully completing law school. Chapters are of course included on how to study for entrance tests and select an appropriate school. Recommended for all college and larger public libraries.Patrick Mahoney, Central Michigan Univ., Mount PleasantCopyright 2000 Reed Business Information, Inc.


Review
"Law School Confidential (Revised Edition) delivers again! Three new mentors, two new chapters, updated financial aid, recruiting and judicial clerkship advice, and much, much more. Solid, tested advice, eloquently delivered with humor and style."
- Law Preview Book Review

". . . walks the reader from the decision to go to law school through the bar exam. . . a useful, worthwhile book."
- New York Law Journal

"Miller has decorously armed his readers. . . excellent advice."
- The Docket

"This abundance of information is just the remedy for the nerves of a student anxious to enter law school. . ."
- Journal of the Denver Bar Association

"This book is a must for anyone attending or thinking about law school."
- The Houston Lawyer

"... pulls no punches in providing revealing and honest advice for all three years of the law school experience..."
- Law Preview



Review
"Law School Confidential (Revised Edition) delivers again! Three new mentors, two new chapters, updated financial aid, recruiting and judicial clerkship advice, and much, much more. Solid, tested advice, eloquently delivered with humor and style."
- Law Preview Book Review

". . . walks the reader from the decision to go to law school through the bar exam. . . a useful, worthwhile book."
- New York Law Journal

"Miller has decorously armed his readers. . . excellent advice."
- The Docket

"This abundance of information is just the remedy for the nerves of a student anxious to enter law school. . ."
- Journal of the Denver Bar Association

"This book is a must for anyone attending or thinking about law school."
- The Houston Lawyer

"... pulls no punches in providing revealing and honest advice for all three years of the law school experience..."
- Law Preview



,Journal of the Denver Bar Association,
"This abundance of information is just the remedy for the nerves of a student annxious to enter law school. . ."


,The Houston Lawyer,
"This book is a must for anyone attending or thinking about law school."


Law Preview
"... pulls no punches in providing revealing and honest advice for all three yeaars of the law school experience..."


Review
". . . walks the reader from the decision to go to law school through the bar exam. . . a useful, worthwhile book."
- New York Law Journal

"Miller has decorously armed his readers. . . excellent advice."
- The Docket

"This abundance of information is just the remedy for the nerves of a student anxious to enter law school. . ."
- Journal of the Denver Bar Association

"This book is a must for anyone attending or thinking about law school."
- The Houston Lawyer

"... pulls no punches in providing revealing and honest advice for all three years of the law school experience..."
- Law Preview



Book Description
Law School Confidential is written for students about to embark on this three-year odyssey by students who have successfully survived. It demystifies the life-altering thrill ride that defines an American legal education by providing a comprehensive, blow-by-blow, chronological account of what to expect. It arms students with a thorough overview of the contemporary law school experience. This isn't the advice of graying professors or battle-scarred practitioners decades removed from law school. Miller has assembled a panel of recent graduates to act as "mentors", all of whom are perfectly positioned to shed light on what law school is like today. From taking the LSAT, to securing financial aid, to navigating the notorious first semester, to taking exams, to applying for summer internships, to getting on the law review, to tackling the bar and beyond...this book explains it all.



About the Author
Robert H. Miller is now working at Sheehan, Phinney, Bass & Green in Manchester, NH.
The Law School Confidential mentors have attended law schools across the country, including Harvard, the University of Pennsylvania, Vanderbilt, and Boston College.



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First Published in July 2000, and written by students, for students, Law School Confidential quickly became the "must have" guide for anyone thinking about, applying to, or attending law school. This isn't the advice of graying professors or battle-scarred practitioners decades removed from law school: Law School Confidential provides a current, comprehensive, chronological account of what to expect at every stage of the law school experience. Rob Miller has assembled a blue-ribbon panel of recent law school graduates from across the country to offer realistic and informative firsthand advice about what law school is really like today. This new, completely revised and 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. This new edition also includes a brand-new, exclusive interview with the dean of admissions of the renowned Cornell Law School, and a completely new chapter about the law firm hiring process with the hiring partner of Ropes & Gray, a prestigious national law firm, and the hiring partner of Sheehan, Phinney, Bass & Green, a well-respected regional law firm. Law School Confidential is a complete guide to the law school experience that no prospective or current law student can afford to be without.


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