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Law School

Smart Social Media Use By Law Schools (and Students)

March 13, 2010

Law firms have been struggling with social media use, but law schools may be in even worse shape. Should you be pushing your school to engage current and prospective students and alums online?

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Benefit From the Law School Bargain

March 12, 2010

Everyone hears about discontented lawyers. The hours are long. The clients are impossible. The work is tedious and boring. I could go on, but I do not have to. You know where I am coming from.
I have been a lawyer now for more than 25 years and have worked in a wide variety of settings. [...]

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Law School Admissions Should Allow Video Statements

March 2, 2010

At least one undergraduate admissions program, Tufts University, has started accepting YouTube videos as part of their application process. Law schools still use old school teaching styles like the Socratic method, but will admissions programs take advantage of technology?

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Learn Multiple Legal Research Platforms

February 18, 2010

Regardless of where you are on your path to a legal career, you should try to master the variety of legal research tools at your fingertips.
During my 1L legal writing course, our law librarians empowered me with fundamental legal research skills. We learned to apply these skills to the archaic online databases of Westlaw and [...]

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New Lawyers (and Law Students) Need to Define Their Personal Brand

February 1, 2010

Kevin O’Keefe hit the nail on the head in his recent post emphasizing the tough job market and new law graduates’ need for an edge. What’s a good way to get that edge in perhaps the toughest legal market in decades? Develop a personal brand.

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Tips for Adjuncts: Balancing Practice and Teaching

January 29, 2010

Teaching a law school course is a ton of work, but, it is well-worth the investment.
I am about to start my third semester teaching a law school course while practicing full-time as a mid-level associate in a large law firm. It is not easy to maintain your quality of life while balancing practice and teaching, but [...]

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How to Become an Adjunct Professor of Law

January 27, 2010

I recently explained why lawyers should teach. This post offers a road map for lawyers interested in teaching a law school course as an adjunct professor.
Although tenure-track law professorships are scarce and fiercely competitive, it is comparatively easy to become an adjunct professor of law. Design a course that you are qualified to teach and that fills [...]

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Federal Clerkships: Mission Impossible?

January 24, 2010

Law students have always coveted federal clerkships, leading to fierce competition for a very small number of positions. According to recent statistics, however, the sheer number of applications makes it nearly impossible. Applications increased 66% increase last year, resulting in 400,000 applications for 1,244 federal clerkships.
With those kinds of odds, some students might not even consider applying. [...]

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Say Goodbye to Text Books

January 23, 2010

The iPod arguably revolutionized how people stored and listened to music, will Apple’s new tablet device change classrooms forever? At least one person thinks the tablet may cause students and schools to abandon traditional text books.
Frank Lyman, of Coursesmart, a digital publishing venture of five textbook companies, thinks the future is in tablets.

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Use a Calendar App to Manage Time in Law School

January 22, 2010

Setting up a calendar and scheduling specific times for all of your in- and out-of-class tasks and appointments is an obvious yet useful way to get the most of the time squeeze that is law school.

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