How to Think About Law School by Michael R Dillon

How to Think About Law School by Michael R Dillon

This Handbook provides a comprehensive guide for college students and high school seniors considering law school. It teaches how to build an undergraduate resume, how to gather information about law school and legal careers, how to prepare for the Law School Admissions Test (LSAT) and how to navigate the pitfalls of the law school application process. It also leads students through the law school curriculum, the central importance of the first year (1L), the roles played by Law Review, clinical programs, Moot Court, Mock Trial, interviewing, networking, summer associate positions and clerkships. Finally, it concludes with seven lessons to carry from law school into legal practice. This Handbook arises from the author’s two careers—one as a university professor and pre-law advisor, the other as a magna cum laude law school graduate and a successful practicing attorney. Along the way it conveys the author’s love of the law and admiration for the role of law in the United States. How to Think About Law School adopts a broader and longer perspective than any of its competitors, beginning with freshman year, and covering each year as an undergraduate, through law school admissions, the three years of law school, and into the beginnings of legal practice. The Handbook provides useful, concrete and practical information including, lists of Dos and Don'ts, a Four Year Checklist, information about key resources, a step-by-step explanation of the law school application process, as well as a formula for selecting “competitive,” “safe” and “reach” law schools. In addition, it presents detailed information about the law school curriculum each year, the importance of Law Review, clinical programs, Moot Court, interviewing skills, and summer associate positions. Addresses current downsides to the practice of law in a more open way than any of its competitors, including the exorbitant cost of law school, the difficulty repaying law school debt, the lack of opening legal positions in the wake of 2008, the high levels of job dissatisfaction in the profession, the stresses practice places upon a personal live. The book concludes with seven critical lessons to carry from law school into the practice of law.

DrDillon succeeds where few have: he cuts through the plethora of misinformation about law school admissions, the law school experience and legal careers to author a candid, insightful and eminently readable guide that is a ‘must have’ for anyone considering law school. Only someone with Dillon’s decades of experience in practice and academia could write with such clarity on the subtle nuances that define successful applications. -- Grant W. Keener, Senior Director of Admissions, Penn State Dickinison School of Law
Anxious pre-law students (and their parents) will devour this book. Professor Dillon explains–calmly and honestly–how to get in, how to get through, and how to get hired. I wish I’d had this book when I applied to law school! -- Michael W. Steinberg, senior counsel, Morgan Lewis & Bockius LLP
Michael Dillon's useful and engaging book provides both law school-bound students and their parents an honest and practical analysis of the pros and cons of entering law school and lawyering. Inspiring in this era of lawyer-bashing, Dillon, a gifted teacher who spent 22 years in law practice (I know first-hand that he was excellent at it) advises would-be lawyers to 'follow your passion.' Particularly helpful is a check-list for each of the four years of college that should help undergraduates get into law school, with extended advice to carry them through into practice. -- Linda R. Singer, Washington DC lawyer and mediator

Michael R. Dillon, PhD, JD, is Chair and Professor of Political Science as well as Coordinator of the Pre-Law Program at La Salle University in Philadelphia. He previously practiced law for twenty-two years in the Litigation Section of Morgan Lewis & Bockius LLP, one of the largest law firms in the United States.

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ISBN 13	9781475802450
ISBN 10	1475802455
Titel	How to Think About Law School
Autor	Michael R Dillon
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Verlag	Rowman & Littlefield
Erscheinungsjahr	2013-02-21
Seitenanzahl	150
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