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TAYLOR PORTER BROOKS PHILLIPS LLP: “2019 Summer Law Clerk Feature”: William & Mary, Northwestern Students Share What They Learned
Read the full article at louisianarecord.com Taylor, Porter, Brooks & Phillips LLP issued the following announcement on June 21. As part of Taylor Porter's annual summer law clerk program, our Firm hosted eight students from five law schools for the first session,...
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What Is a J.D. Degree?
Read the full article at www.usnews.com A Juris Doctor degree, or a J.D., is an academic credential that paves the way for a career as a lawyer."A J.D. is the foundational law degree that an American attorney obtains before taking the bar exam and being sworn in as an...
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As the bar exam approaches, competition for test preparation spending heats up
Read the full article at www.post-gazette.com In late May, the University of Pittsburgh inked a deal with bar exam preparation company Themis to provide its students with prep materials starting from virtually the moment they set foot on campus.The deal — which comes...
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The Science Behind the Attorney Mental Health Crisis
Read the full article at legaltalknetwork.com The Florida Bar Podcast We are all well-aware of the mental health crisis in the legal profession, but how much do you know about the work being done to improve attorney well-being? In this episode from The Florida Bar...
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Harish Tomar aims to be a corporate honcho
Read the full article at timesofindia.indiatimes.com Harish Tomar Harish, 18, worked hard to overcome his weakest subject, English to beat all odds and emerge as AIR 2, writes Aparna Sharma Boy from a small town Hoshangabad, Madhya Pradesh dropped a year after class...
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The Above The Law (School) Rankings: Which Schools Excel at Getting Graduates Into Jobs?
Read the full article at www.lawfuel.com Natural beauty portrait of young business woman The Above the Law released their seventh Top 50 Law School rankings with the key focus being the law schools that actually result in graduates scoring good jobs – or indeed any...
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Law graduate passes on law career to run fast-growing legal website instead
Read the full article at www.todayonline.com Rebecca Metteo Mr Chan Yuk Lun, 30, studied law, then decided to use his legal knowledge to run a one-stop website on legal services in Singapore. SINGAPORE — Most of Mr Chan Yuk Lun’s peers at law school have gone on to...
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LLB for Graduates
Read the full article at www.birmingham.ac.uk The LLB for Graduates programme is designed for students with an undergraduate degree in a non-law subject who are looking to pursue a future legal career as it provides an opportunity to gain a qualifying law degree in...
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How to make the best impression as a networking newbie
Read the full article at www.washingtonpost.com Reader: I was unimpressed with the letter writer [in the June 9 column, " How to screen out time-wasting networkers ."] Networking is a complex skill set. The law student who annoyed the writer was taking initiative just...
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How to Pay for Law School
Read the full article at www.nerdwallet.com Borrowing may be necessary for law school, but your first choice should be financial aid you don’t have to repay. Here are the types of aid available to pay for law school and how you can receive each. If you’re planning to...
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OUS grad accepted to Air Force JAG program
Read the full article at www.herald-dispatch.com Buy Now UC new in coming law students portraits at the College of Law. UC/Joseph Fuqua II Ambrosia McKenzie Joseph Fuqua II/ University of C CINCINNATI — For some, the transition from living in a small town to moving to...
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Lawyers and briefcases go hand-in-hand
Read the full article at www.nationaljurist.com Nothing says lawyer more than a briefcase. (Not even a six-figure student loan debt … ) A poker player would be doomed if he had a similar kind of tell.A briefcase is even called a briefcase because lawyers carried their...
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