While most returning third-year law students’ schedules are set for the semester, there’s still time to harness practical opportunities this year. Wherever you’ve spent your summers, the last year of law school may be your last chance to practice practicing law.

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I just wrote a post about whether the solo-small realm is better than working at a big firm. Another crossroads that many lawyers encounter is working for a big firm or doing public interest work.

According to a recent article, more attorneys are choosing public interest work over a gig at a big firm.

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Many solo-small attorneys elect not to pay for Lexis or Westlaw and instead uselLower cost alternatives like Fastcase (free with bar membership) and Google Scholar (always free).

When I am researching I tend to use both Scholar and Fastcase, but CiteStack may tip the scales in favor of Google Scholar.

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