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Should You Drop Out of Law School?

As the school year winds down, a whispered question is floating in on the wind: "Should I drop out of law school?" It's coming from a few different directions: Rising 2Ls who aren't happy with their first-year grades Rising 2Ls who did okay, but didn't enjoy the first year of law … [Read More...]

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What’s Your Elevator Pitch?

With classes starting soon and interviewing looming for summer associate positions and clerkships, I figured this would be a good time to bring up a sensitive topic: the elevator pitch. Somehow, law students (and lawyers) have gotten the idea that it's unseemly to have a straightforward answer … [Read More...]

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Craft a Law School Application That Gets You In: Letters of Recommendation

Hopefully you’ve been nice to your professors and bosses, since you’re going to need several of them to write letters of recommendation for you. Check each application to see how many letters are required, but you generally need between two and four. If at all possible, the majority should … [Read More...]

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The Key to OCI Success

There's been a lot of ink spilled about OCI, the on-campus interviewing process by which law firms hire summer associates. (You can find several such articles here: Summer Jobs 101, in fact.) But let's get down to brass tacks. What's the single biggest thing you can do to ensure you get an offer? … [Read More...]

From Lemons to Lemonade

Looking for an Entry-Level Law Job? You Probably Want this Book

Have you ever sat next to a stranger at a dinner party who seemed to know EVERYTHING about a particular topic, and could generate all kinds of great ideas seemingly off the top of his head? Well, Richard Hermann, the author of the new book From Lemons to Lemonade in the New Legal Job Market, is … [Read More...]

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Taking Law School Exams: Ask the Right Questions, Don’t Worry About the “Right” Answer

Let's talk about how to analyze a sample law school exam question. This fact pattern is super simplified, on purpose. As we'll see, the key is asking and exploring the right questions, not arriving at the "right" answers. … [Read More...]

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Do I Think You Should Go to Law School?

Let's be clear about this. If you came to me and asked if I thought you should go to law school, I'd probably say "No." Frankly, I have no idea what you should do, but I'd still say "No." Why? Because I don't want to be too encouraging. If you really, really, deep-down really want to be a … [Read More...]

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