law school tips
Law School Applicants: It Pays to Be Well-Rounded

You know what it takes to get into the law school of your choice, right? It’s what you and your pre-law adviser have been working on: An impressive GPA Exceptional letters of recommendation A personal statement that will have admissions deans falling all over themselves to offer you admission A LSAT score that will help […]
What You Can Do to Keep Your Study Motivation

Law school is tough. Taking the Bar is Tough! No matter what some may say, it is simply not possible to succeed in law school without focus and hard work. In order to remain focused on the daunting task of keeping up with hundreds and hundreds of pages of caselaw and understanding numerous complicated legal […]
Acing the Law Internship Interview

Your law internship can either transform or torpedo your career. Nail it and you have the opportunity to gain tons of practical, real-world experience and maybe even long term employment. Fail it and you might never be able to work for the firm. A lot of law school students think they can strut into the […]
How to Maximize Your Productivity in Law School

Every student is bound to encounter lapses in their overall productivity. Law school students are especially prone to this, due to their extraneous amounts of class materials. But, the key to maximizing productivity doesn’t necessarily lie in hard work; it lies in working smart and balancing school and life efficiently. Plan Planning and laying out […]
Succeeding In Law School, As Told By Former Law Students

There’s a lot of advice floating around on websites and blogs about how to succeed as a 1L. Some of it is good, some of it is bad, and some of it is just downright ugly. Much of it was written by professors, admissions counselors, and disgruntled students or unemployed law school graduates. It can […]
Are You The _____ Law School Student?
Ask any law school professor and he or she will tell you that every cohort they see includes five distinct types of students. None is particularly better than the other, but understanding where you fit in can help you work more successfully with others in your section. Here’s a look at the five types of […]
Why You Should Consider Intellectual Property Law
If a picture is worth a thousand words, a trademark could be worth several hundred thousand dollars a year–for the intellectual property attorney who represents the company that owns the mark. In today’s world, where ideas and information represent the new commodities, intellectual property law is an emerging area of law that puts you on […]