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Law School: An Overview

published March 16, 2009

By CEO and Founder - BCG Attorney Search left
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Law school is one of the most challenging and yet most rewarding experiences for students. Law degrees are popular and the demand has increased immensely. Careers in law are usually not only centered on high drama court cases and big paychecks but they require high levels of discipline, wide knowledge based on research, and strong written and oral skills. What you get in law school will enable you to exercise great communication and interpersonal characteristics as you climb up on the career path. However, good money lays in the private practice.

Law schools are very specific on the students they admit to pursue law. Although many people apply for a prestigious degree in law, there are certain qualities they prefer for the individuals seeking to join the institutions. Law school enrollment is increasing with time but there are still some which are well renowned due to previous academic excellence. The demand to join these prestigious law schools is on the increase.


For example Yale law school is the highest ranked in the United States offering students with quality education. Law schools are expensive ranging with a tuition fee of $20,000 and above every year while private law schools are even more expensive, though you can still get a good student loan, scholarship or grant to pursue this career. There is a way in which most law schools determine who to accept into their school. The individual applicants must have met essentials criteria and excellent scores in GPA and LSAT. You will need to score at least 152 out of possible 180 in order to be accepted in the top ten law schools.

Law is studied for duration of minimum three years and though you will graduate, you need to read hundreds of cases, practice writing lengthy papers, do a lot of copious legal research and argue in front of a judge in a trial. Until you do all these, you are not a lawyer yet.

Law school is great place, where people are trained to argue and make a case from provided with certain facts. It is one of the most fulfilling ventures for many students. They are trained to master great ideals relating to many aspects of our lives. Upon graduation from law school, the individuals are awarded various certificates from the institution of law school from which one has to get registered and then start to practice law. The probability of getting high profile cases depends on an individual’s integrity to rise up to be a renowned personality in the bars. The law that molds you certainly matters in your future endeavors as everyone wants to be represented by a qualified lawyer from a competent law school.

To make out on this field, start by joining a good law school, but most of all ensure you possess very genuine interests in law. Also have great inherent skills to handle the workload you are given and all this passion will make you a successful lawyer upon completion.

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Harrison is the founder of BCG Attorney Search and several companies in the legal employment space that collectively gets thousands of attorneys jobs each year. Harrison’s writings about attorney careers and placement attract millions of reads each year. Harrison is widely considered the most successful recruiter in the United States and personally places multiple attorneys most weeks. His articles on legal search and placement are read by attorneys, law students and others millions of times per year.

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published March 16, 2009

By CEO and Founder - BCG Attorney Search left
( 15 votes, average: 5 out of 5)
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