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Secrets for Surviving Your First Month of Law School

Secrets for Surviving Your First Month of Law School

posted 08/8/11 by Christy

If you are going to be a first year law student you definitely need to check out LSJ's "Secrets for Surviving Your First Month of Law School."   We have compiled 10 articles that provide essential tips and advice to help you tackle your first month of law school and…continue

Vault’s 2012 Quality of Life Law Firm Rankings

Vault’s 2012 Quality of Life Law Firm Rankings

posted 07/31/11 by Allie

  We’ve all heard the nightmare stories about the billable hours, weekend hours, and mindless tasks associated with working with a larger firm. But Vault.com has uncovered a number of firms that have make the rank of “Vault’s 2012 Quality of Life” firm. Vault used several factors in considering the rankings including…continue

How many scrolls does this memo need to be? The magic of mandatory legal writing

How many scrolls does this memo need to be? The magic of mandatory legal writing

posted 07/18/11 by Professor Ruth Anne Robbins

‘Tis the season of 1L memo submissions unless you are at one of those schools that shifts its semester: in which case, ‘tis the season of 2L brief submissions. Either way, I imagine that there is some major legal writing deadline happening in the hallways of your law school. Sure,…continue

Banishing Boggarts from the Practice of Law

Banishing Boggarts from the Practice of Law

posted 07/14/11 by Alison McMorran Sulentic

What are boggarts and what do they have to do with the practice of law?  In the dark days before Harry Potter, the staid old Oxford English Dictionary supplied a definition so evocative of despair that even the most unimaginative reader might have shuddered. A boggart is a “spectre, goblin, or…continue

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