Fewer law students are now heading into law schooling thinking they’ll be rolling in dough right out of school. But even as the economic reality of big-firm hiring (or the relative lack thereof) sinks in, too few students are focusing early on the opportunities of small-firm practice.
This past weekend, I spent almost three hours in the woods with my daughter and our dog, trying our hand for the first time at letterboxing. After tweeting about that adventure, a law school friend replied, “How do you have time for this?! You’re a lawyer now! BE BUSIER!” Needless to say, he’s one of the relative few of our class who landed an associate position at a huge, international firm. I have time for such things because I work at small, hometown firm, where there is no such thing as a minimum billable hours requirement.
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Virtual law practice, cloud computing, online practice management: these are aspects of what’s known as “elawyering.” Elawyering is lawyering using web-based technology. While the use of technology in the practice of law is nothing new, the speed of recent advances in online communication, storage, and transactions of all kinds has created a potentially confusing environment for new lawyers. Law students should be first in line to learn how online technologies can effectively deliver legal services.
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Bar exam results are finally starting to roll in for all the recent law school graduates who sat for the bar exam this July. The news is either a relieving signal to proceed as planned, or a call to reevaluate one’s life direction, which might mean taking the bar exam again. Which will it be for the no-longer law students in your life?
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New law students can follow these straightforward study tips. Law school is daunting, but it needn’t be overwhelming. Use class time wisely, stay on top of assignments, and follow a study schedule for first year success.
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Heading into law school is daunting and exhilarating. Keep perspective on what’s important to you to maximize your sanity and your academic success.
Three years ago this month I quit my decade-long gig with a small city government and headed back to my undergrad alma mater, this time as a law student. I had a three year-old daughter at home and had spent the summer as a single mom while my husband finished up an out-of-state internship. Most of my classmates were baffled by the idea of law school with a kid. I was often asked, “How do you do it? Do you ever sleep?” Insomnia aside, my life outside law school provided the most valuable tool for keeping me on task while studying and giving me total relief and distraction during study breaks: perspective.
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Of all the bar exam studying tips, one of the most overlooked is practicing writing out the rules of law. Practicing whole essays is great. IRAC is key, but how solid are your rule statements? Confidence that you can pound out the elements of many different legal tests, without thinking, will ease the anxiety of bar review.
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Metadata removal, also called “scrubbing” or “sanitizing” documents helps prevent involuntary disclosure of confidential client information in electronic files.
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The creators of MicroMash Bar Review just released a new cloud-based MBE bar exam review course, MBE Edge. Read on for an assessment of this multiple-choice, Multistate Bar Examination studying tool. Keep Reading ⇒
Are you using social media to improve your job search? The importance of a professional online identity continues to grow. Employers will find you on the Internet, are you reaching out to them while job hunting? Law students and young lawyers who haven’t started marketing yourselves online: this post is for you.
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A little arithmetic goes a long way when it comes to law school grades. Calculate your GPA now as grades roll in. Use a GPA calculator to define target grades to motivate yourself for future classes. Keep reading for tips to maximize your law school GPA. Keep Reading ⇒
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