Tuesday, August 07, 2007

Law School Advice Links

Here is a collection of various law school advice links, including my own. Want your link added? Post a comment.

Advice if you are starting law school in the fall
My list of useful study guides
Advice for non-traditional/older students thinking of going to law school
General advice for those considering law school

Top Law Student.com
Above the Law.com
Anonymous Lawyer
The Once and Future Lawyer
The Federalist Papers
Judicial Watch

As far as practice exams, the best advice I received was to do some practice exams in advance of the final, which (minimally) will help to show you how well you know the material. The fake exams in the back of the Gilbert's books are usually pretty general enough, and obviously old exams from your professor are the best. Here are a couple links I found as well:

LawNerds.com: Take a Practice Exam
CALI Lessons are sort of useful in your first couple months of law school, but I found them worthless after that.

Martindale-Hubbell is the best source for finding alumni of your undergrad and law school. Networking is key to success in this profession. For a good example of how networking works, watch Thank You For Smoking. Or Jerry Maguire.

Working for free your first summer? Look for funding here: PSLawNet: Summer Funding.
Just-Advocates.com is another legal job search engine which I never used, but appeared to be useful.

Doing a mock trial your second or third year? Take a look at these helpful hints deciphering the rules of evidence and procedure.

Throwing a law school party? Everybody uses Evite now.

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