Choosing What You’re Good At

By Casebook Sherpa On 04/23/08 · · In Career Prospects

T-minus 7 days until our first exam. Torts. I have the requisite intent of making it my b&%ch. The question is whether that intent will be transferred to a C or lower. Ugh.

Actually, during breaks from outlining and when I’m not working, I’ve been thinking more about what I want to do with the [...]

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On Newsstands – US News Rankings

By Casebook Sherpa On 03/31/08 · · In Law School Rankings

They’ve been out for about a week already, but the US News & World Report’s 2008 Law School Rankings are out on newsstands today. Our school’s response is muted and focuses (correctly in this PR Guy’s view) on the school’s year-to-year improvement. (Am I reading it right that we’re not [...]

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Your School Sucks – Why Should We Hire You?

By BigShow On 03/10/08 · · In 1L, Career Prospects, Law School Experience

Despite the fact that we’re just 1Ls, a lot of the folks in our program are concerned with job prospects after school. A friend of mine recently interviewed for a non-legal position at one of the top law firms in town here, and while I’m not surprised at what he found during the interview, it [...]

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“I’m Not a _______. I’m a Lawyer Who Does _______”

By Casebook Sherpa On 03/05/08 · · In Career Prospects

I just caught up with a good friend who graduated recently from my law school. She’s currently looking for a new career – not because she doesn’t love the law (she does, actually), but because her personality doesn’t take well to much of the work involved in being a lawyer (i.e. hours spent in an [...]

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Do the Math.

By Dr. Bombay On 01/20/08 · · In Career Prospects, Law School Experience, News You Can Use

I wanted to offer a corollary to The Sherpa’s post about the “worth” of a law school education. To frame the debate, let my first offer a little background.

I went to graduate school at the University of Chicago immediately after I got out of college. Since I went to an undergraduate institution [...]

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Is Law School Worth It?

By Casebook Sherpa On 01/18/08 · · In Career Prospects

WSJ’s Law Blog (highly recommended reading) has this post from a former BU Law student, Kirsten Wolf, who graduated $100K in the hole, assuming she would land an “average” job that would net her $85K/year upon graduation. Despite passing the Massachusetts bar, Kirsten wasn’t able to find the mythical “average” job and [...]

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Making Sense of First-Year Law School Grades

By Casebook Sherpa On 01/09/08 · · In 1L, Law School Experience

So, our grades are trickling in… finally. Still waiting on two, though.

I’m still a bit miffed that I had to pay for my second semester of law school before knowing how I did in the first semester, but I guess I’ll just have to get over it.

Needless to say, I’ve had several discussions [...]

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