Written by Harvard-trained ex-law firm partner Liz Brown, Life After Law: Finding Work You Love with the J.D. You Have provides specific, realistic, and honest advice on alternative careers for lawyers. Unlike generic career guides, Life After Law shows lawyers how to reframe their legal experience to their competitive advantage, no matter how long they have been in or out of practice, to find work they truly love. Brown herself moved from a high-powered partnership into an alternative career and draws from this experience, as well as that of dozens of former practicing attorneys, in the book. She acknowledges that changing careers is hard much harder than it was for most lawyers to get their first legal job after law school but it can ultimately be more fulfilling for many than a life in law. Life After Law offers an alternative framework and valuable analytic tools for potential careers to help launch lawyers into new fields and make them attractive hires for non-legal employers.

Written by Harvard-trained ex-law firm partner Liz Brown, Life After Law: Finding Work You Love with the J.D. You Have provides specific, realistic, and honest advice on alternative careers for lawyers. Unlike generic career guides, Life After Law shows lawyers how to reframe their legal experience to their competitive advantage, no matter how long they have been in or out of practice, to find work they truly love. Brown herself moved from a high-powered partnership into an alternative career and draws from this experience, as well as that of dozens of former practicing attorneys, in the book. She acknowledges that changing careers is hard much harder than it was for most lawyers to get their first legal job after law school but it can ultimately be more fulfilling for many than a life in law. Life After Law offers an alternative framework and valuable analytic tools for potential careers to help launch lawyers into new fields and make them attractive hires for non-legal employers.

There is a saying about law school that they scare you to death the first year, work you to death the second, and bore you to death the third. Law students today have a pretty good idea what to expect from the initial plunge into the law. Scott Turow's One L, describing his first year at Harvard, has become almost mandatory reading for anyone contemplating law school. And because that level of intensity is what so many expect, that is how the first year usually plays out, complete with ulcers, outlines, and relentless work. But the education does not end after the first year. Law school is a three-year course of study, and the first year often bears little resemblance to the final two. Facing two more years of grueling class work, mounting student loans, increasing pressure to stand out from the crowd, and the never-ending search for the perfect job, upper-class students come to realize that surviving the fall into the deep end is no guarantee they will learn to swim. Letters from Law School is about the second year of law school, after the cold shock of the plunge. This book describes the struggle to come up for air.

As a boy attends boarding school and interns for petroleum companies in Western Nuer, he has no idea this will be the last work he will perform in Sudan for the next twenty years. After his father provides financial assistance to help him flee a ruthless civil war in his native country, the boy makes many stops along the way before landing in the United Kingdom where he embarks down a obstacle-lined path to a new destiny. While living in exile, the boy matures into a man who struggles with finding a good reason to stay in his adopted country. After he attends university and law school, he trains as barrister where he encounters many difficulties working for the referendum commission and in the English courts, especially the RCJ. Unfortunately, he must also battle prejudices, racial discrimination, and the chronic disease of social injustice while attempting to find his place in a chaotic world where nothing is certain, especially in a court of law. In this international tale, a boy is led on a journey from Sudan to the United Kingdom where he eventually trains as a barrister and learns that attaining equality is easier said than done.

Prosper in Law School-from the Beginning to the Bar Succeed as a law student from day one. With firsthand advice from deans, professors, and recent graduates, you discover what law school is really like and how to excel. Learn all about briefing and outlining, mastering legal research and oral arguments, and writing great exams. Use proven strategies now to pass the bar exam later. It's all in this candid, contemporary guide. Personalize Your Law School Experience with Unique Options This book shows how to benefit from law school's interesting options and innovative programs. Consider a joint degree, gain practical experience through an internship, study abroad, graduate with a concentration, and more. As a nationally recognized expert on the legal profession, Ursula Furi-Perry helps you personalize your legal education to suit your interests and goals. Achieve Health and Balance as a Law Student There is life beyond academics, and this guide helps you achieve it. Get advice on law student activities, law school work-life balance, and law student ethics and professionalism. Manage your time and relationships, find diversity, get on a law review, network, and make a savvy career plan. Is This Book Right for You? Considering law school? Preparing for your first year? Want more success and less struggle in your legal studies? This book helps you face challenges and find opportunities with tips from the author and her expert network. Book jacket.

Is a career in law right for you? Thinking of attending law school? Where should you apply? The verdict is in: This comprehensive guide has the answers to all your questions. Written from the perspectives of a veteran lawyer and a recent law school graduate, this guide covers every aspect of preparing for and pursuing a career in law. Going to Law School? takes you through the entire process--from what you need to do before applying to what you can expect during law school to what career paths you can follow after graduation. You'll find: * Straight facts on the application and admissions process * Tips on studying for and taking the LSAT * Advice on determining which law school is right for you * An insider's look at how law schools operate * A thorough survey of career options.