| Autore |
Good R. Stephanie
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| Edizione | [1st ed.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa |
Naperville, Ill., : Sphinx Pub., 2004
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| Descrizione fisica |
1 online resource (234 p.)
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| Disciplina |
340/.071/173
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| Soggetto topico |
Law - Study and teaching - Law and legislation
Law students - United States
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| ISBN |
1-281-81820-8
9786611818203
1-4175-5565-3
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| Formato |
Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione |
eng
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| Nota di contenuto |
Front Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Dedication -- Acknowledgements -- Contents -- Introduction -- Section One: Pre-Law -- Chapter 1: Preparing for Law School -- Do You Really Want to be an Attorney? -- Law and Disorder -- Motivationally Speaking -- Take Inventory -- Lifelines -- Sense and Sensibility -- Returning to School Later in Life -- Chapter 2: Applying to Law School -- Personal Essay -- Letters of Recommendation -- GPA -- Putting it all Together -- Play the Field -- College Majors -- School Rank -- Know the Process -- Transferring In -- What's in a Name? -- The LSAT -- Summer Solstice -- Section Two: First Year -- Chapter 3: Welcome to Law School -- Honor Thy Self -- Re-Orientation -- Avoiding First-Day Fumbles -- Before Classes Begin -- The Law Library -- The Assignment Board -- The Bookstore -- First Year Quarantine -- Discover Your Own Secrets for Success -- Study Aids -- Professors -- Bar Review Courses -- Socrates Who? -- Chapter 4: Non Illegitimi Carborundum -- Handling It All -- Isolation, Intimidation, and Humiliation -- Beer Here -- Method to the Madness -- Section Three: Knowing the Ropes without Hanging Yourself -- Chapter 5: Studying the Right Way -- Habitat Habits -- Reseaching in the 21st Century -- Reading, Reading, and More Reading -- Briefing Briefly -- Note Taking for Novices -- Recording Rhetoric -- Outlining for Success -- Chapter 6: Strategic Exam Taking -- Tricks of the Trade -- Passing is Not Enough -- Anonymity -- Using Your Laptop -- Section Four: Second Year -- Chapter 7: Freedom to Choose -- Get to Know Your Professors Before You are in Their Classes -- Grading Methods -- Other Important Questions -- Prerequisite Intent -- Chapter 8: Acclimatized Amnesty -- Clinical Programs -- Moot Court -- Research Assistants -- Law Review -- Journals -- Extracurricular Activities -- Studying Abroad.
Section Five: Career Chase -- Chapter 9: Finding the Right Job -- Résumé Writing-and Rewriting and Rerewriting -- Creative Cover Letters -- Informative Interviewing -- Callbacks -- Brush-Offs -- Chapter 10: Laboring Legally -- Public Interest Jobs -- Government Agencies -- Judicial Clerkships -- Law Firms -- In-House Corporate Counsels -- Educational Endeavors -- Pro Bono Law -- Occupational Alternatives -- Section Six: Third Year -- Chapter 11: The Last Mile -- The Bar Exam -- Outside the Test -- Other Stressful Stuff -- Soothing Thoughts -- Nonfatal Failure -- Bar None -- What Next? -- Section Seven: After School -- Chapter 12: What You Really Learn in Law School -- Objective Thinking: The Key to being a Competent Attorney -- Speaking like a Lawyer -- Looking at Life in Real Terms -- Walking the Line -- Comfort Zone -- Gender Benders -- Perceptive Blindness -- A Final Thought -- Index -- Author Biography -- Back Cover.
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| Altri titoli varianti |
Law school one hundred one
Law school one hundred and one
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| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910811545003321 |
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Law school 101 [[electronic resource] ] : survival techniques from pre-law to being an attorney / / R. Stephanie Good
