Items tagged with "Legal Jobs"
There are 46 items tagged with "Legal Jobs".
Lawyer-Alumni and Pre-Law Network
A great many UMass Amherst students considering legal careers don’t know any lawyers personally—none in the family, no family friends, really no one to connect with in the field in order to learn more about the profession. A great many...
A great many UMass Amherst students considering legal careers don’t know any lawyers personally—none in the family, no family friends, really no one to connect with in the field in order to learn more about the profession. A great many...
Networking
What is networking? In essence, it’s being friendly with a purpose. If that sounds crass to you, then, to be blunt, you might want to rethink a career that is based largely on building and maintaining strategic professional relationships. Lawyers...
What is networking? In essence, it’s being friendly with a purpose. If that sounds crass to you, then, to be blunt, you might want to rethink a career that is based largely on building and maintaining strategic professional relationships. Lawyers...
Learning more about legal careers
These pages outline only the very barest of information about legal careers. There are three basic ways to find out more, listed here in declining order of helpfulness:work in one or more law offices, talk to practicing attorneys, and read more...
These pages outline only the very barest of information about legal careers. There are three basic ways to find out more, listed here in declining order of helpfulness:work in one or more law offices, talk to practicing attorneys, and read more...
What legal careers are available?
Presumably, you’re thinking about law school because some aspect of the law interests you. But there are so many different types of law – different fields (or “practice areas”), different types of law office (“practice settings”) – that it’s sometimes hard to get...
Presumably, you’re thinking about law school because some aspect of the law interests you. But there are so many different types of law – different fields (or “practice areas”), different types of law office (“practice settings”) – that it’s sometimes hard to get...
No joke: More on law school employment numbers
Yesterday, I might have fooled some of you with my “LSAT waiver” prank, but today, I am forced to be serious again. It’s about those post-grad legal employment numbers. “Bleak” continues to be the best word...
Yesterday, I might have fooled some of you with my “LSAT waiver” prank, but today, I am forced to be serious again. It’s about those post-grad legal employment numbers. “Bleak” continues to be the best word...
The Coming Crash in Legal Education
That’s the title of a new article from University of Baltimore Law Professor Richard Bourne, detailing the long slow train wreck that the combination of the rising costs of legal education and the stagnant-to-receding market for legal jobs...
That’s the title of a new article from University of Baltimore Law Professor Richard Bourne, detailing the long slow train wreck that the combination of the rising costs of legal education and the stagnant-to-receding market for legal jobs...
New law school employment data index
The good folks at Law School Transparency (LST) have published a new index of law schools evaluating their transparency with regard to their employment numbers. LST staff reviewed the websites of every ABA-approved law school during the first...
The good folks at Law School Transparency (LST) have published a new index of law schools evaluating their transparency with regard to their employment numbers. LST staff reviewed the websites of every ABA-approved law school during the first...
Thinking about law school
Why are you thinking about law school? The most common reasons I hear are some variation of the following: I like to argue. I took Constitutional Law/Legal 250/Civil Liberties/etc. and it was mind-blowing. Law is so fascinating. I want a...
Why are you thinking about law school? The most common reasons I hear are some variation of the following: I like to argue. I took Constitutional Law/Legal 250/Civil Liberties/etc. and it was mind-blowing. Law is so fascinating. I want a...
Just how many law grads become lawyers?
The primary purpose of law school is to train lawyers—that seems to make sense. But recent data indicate that a surprising number of law school graduates do not end up practicing law straight out of school. ...
The primary purpose of law school is to train lawyers—that seems to make sense. But recent data indicate that a surprising number of law school graduates do not end up practicing law straight out of school. ...
Resources for researching legal careers
There are a number of published resources for finding out more about different legal careers—so many that it would be impossible to list them all. But here are a few that we’ve found especially helpful: Online resources NALP: The National...
There are a number of published resources for finding out more about different legal careers—so many that it would be impossible to list them all. But here are a few that we’ve found especially helpful: Online resources NALP: The National...