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Large Firm Job Hopes? Your Law School Choice Can Make a Difference

According to a recent Kaplan survey, roughly four out of ten law school applicants are expecting to work for a large law LSAT Blogfirm.  But, are these expectations realistic?

As the Wall Street Journal’s Law Blog points out, far fewer than four in ten 2011 law school graduates had that chance.  Indeed, according to the American Bar Association’s (ABA) newest data, fewer than 10% of students in the graduating Class of 2011 attained work at firms with more than 250 attorneys.  And, graduates in that group are not evenly distributed among law schools.

Using ABA data to determine the percentage of 2011 law school graduates who landed long-term, big law firm jobs by school, the Journal ranked the 25 schools with the highest percentages.  As you might expect, the list is packed with the nation’s most elite law programs, including those that are typically ranked in the top ten.  Still, there are several schools on the list that may surprise you.… Read full post

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Seeking a Law Degree to Serve the Public Interest

Have you ever been so influenced by an experience that you became inspired to pursue a legal career aimed at serving the public interest?  Maybe you witnessed a friend, a relative, or an acquaintance who was harmed due to lack of proper legal representation during a serious crisis, such as a brush with the law or a situation in which he or she was taken advantage of.  Or perhaps, you yourself suffered an injustice and were aided by an attorney.  Alternatively, you may have been motivated toward a career in public interest law after learning about people facing tragedies or unfair outcomes through your undergraduate studies, the Internet or your community service experience.  Regardless of what has influenced you, the bottom line is that you now want to have a career path that is focused on helping others.  As you consider your future law school applications and legal career, be sure to heed the following pointers to ensure that you’re headed in the right direction.… Read full post

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Breaking: US Gov’t gives out free money for Law Schools. In other news, pigs fly.

Looking for free money?  Aren’t we all?  As the LSAC reveals, here’s a stat you must know: there are no federal grant programs for law students.  I repeat: there are no federal grant programs for law students.  Millions, even billions of dollars of federal grants are available to students to subsidize a college education.  For a legal education?  None.  Zero.  Nada.  Nilch.  Virtually all of the “grant money” or “scholarship money”, or to be super-frank, the “money you don’t have to pay back” comes from the schools themselves.  Two obvious questions you need to be prepared to ask:

-        How do I get it?  (Criteria, Application Process, Deadlines)

-        What do I have to do to keep it?… Read full post

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De-Regulate Law?

Kaplan is proud to announce a new partnership with JD Oasis!All this month, we’re pleased to feature blog posts created by the JD Oasis team.Check out all their great content at www.jdoasis.com.

Found this interesting op-ed in the NYTimes. Clifford Winston, whoever he is, suggests that the monopoly held by ABA-licensed schools and the state bar exams over the choosing of who gets to practice Law has to be put to an end…

…to open the field for everyone???

“FOR decades the legal industry has operated as a monopoly, which has been made possible by its self-imposed rules and state licensing restrictions — namely, the requirements that lawyers must graduate from an American Bar Association-accredited law school and pass a state bar examination.Read full post

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