What Law School Doesn't Teach You: But You Really Need to Know
Author: Kimm Alayne Walton
List Price: $24.95
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ISBN: 0159004535
Publisher: Barbri Group (15 January, 2000)
Sales Rank: 74,984
Average Customer Rating: 4.12 out of 5
Customer Reviews
Rating: 3 out of 5
Decent book, but mostly common sense.
This book was very informative as far as a typical 9-5 workday of a lawyer, but most of her strategies are common sense. Seriously, anyone who doesn't know business manners shoudln't be a lawyer anyway. Its common sense to dress appropriately, to never crack raunchy jokes to a partner, or to speak of how hot another attorney's wife is. If you have any common sense, spend your money on a more practical book with better advice or educational value.
Rating: 4 out of 5
Read it early in law school.
Great advice on making the most out of clerkships, classes, professors, law review, and volunteering opportunities that arise in law school. I wish I had read this book before going to law school.
Rating: 5 out of 5
Useful at any point...
I'm a starting 1L at Univ. of Houston Law this Fall and bought this book initially because the title got my attention. Boiled down, it's a refreshingly informal "How to" guide for summer internships and new associates. Some of the advice (e.g. on etiquette) might strike you as "Yeah, well of course...everyone knows that", but that doesn't mean we can't benefit from the occasional reminder! The bulk of the advice in the book though will be new information and most helpful in avoiding the common pitfalls...someone else has been there already and either done it very well or done it very badly - this book helps you benefit from their experiences.
There's commentary throughout from practicing law firm recruiters, associates, partners, professors - seems that input is included from just about every facet of the legal world. The book is primarily of value (I think) for it's new associate centric advice (versus summer internship or while you're in law school). That being said, as a soon to be 1L it was definitely valuable to me to get a sense beforehand of how law firms do business (particularly before I even begin shopping for internships.
I say buy it, it was definitely worth the time/cost, particularly because it's so easy to read. Similar Products
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