Copyright © 2010 Law and Attorney Guides · Powered by WordPress | Sitemap
Sponsored by: Lowongan Kerja Karir | Blog Atom! | Situs Iklan Baris Gratis | INDO Musik Go to top ↑
Sponsored by: Lowongan Kerja Karir | Blog Atom! | Situs Iklan Baris Gratis | INDO Musik Go to top ↑
January 15th, 2010 - 06:40
You’re right walksat2, this is because people started to get worried after the whole N. Korea launch incident.
January 15th, 2010 - 07:42
cloakanddagger ca
January 15th, 2010 - 07:52
You need to take the LSAT and then start applying to law schools. You should buy a book on the LSAT to study or even take one of the courses. It's really important that you do well. You need a good LSAT score and a good GPA to get into a good law school.
You should buy the book from the US News and World Report that has their law school rankings. You can see which schools are rated well and more importantly how much their graduates make on average and how much the school costs. There are schools that are not worth it.
USC is a really good school. I'd also recommend UCLA, UC Berkeley, Stanford and maybe UC Davis and UC Hastings (although the last two are not as good).
January 15th, 2010 - 08:04
If you want to sound like you're already a lawyer, you can word it this way:
"My extracurricular activities include, but are not limited to, volunteering at the homeless shelter, playing raquetball, singing in my church choir and painting (watercolors and oil)."
Use sentences. Make sure your spelling is correct. Organize your thoughts logically.
January 15th, 2010 - 08:51
Three years. If you want to know the ranking just type on google 2009 top law schools and the first link should inform you about that.
January 15th, 2010 - 18:18
You look a little like Geddy Lee.
January 15th, 2010 - 18:49
3200 views no video response i guess nobody has proved ya wrong buddy. good job id just like to say i like your videos much better than alex jones i notice in alot of his videos he likes to hype shit up like calling a simple road block checking for drunk driving a military check point. we have the road blocks quit a bit here its because i live near 4 mountains and people get drunk and go 4 wheeling then drive home drunk in big ass 4×4s and end up crashing and killing someone in a smaller vehicle
January 15th, 2010 - 15:41
You'll almost certainly spend the first week of your law student existence immersed in a fairly comprehensive orientation process. Schools will invariably announce that attending orientation is mandatory even though – just between us – it isn't. Still, there are several reasons why it's a good idea to show up.
Law school orientation is basically a day camp designed to facilitate your transition into the academic and social life of a law student. It provides some valuable illumination concerning the challenges that lie ahead. Just as importantly, orientation provides opportunities to schmooze and mingle with the classmates, professors, and staff members you'll spend the next three years with.
You will sit through speeches, panel discussions, and more speeches. Your orientation will probably include a session on debt management. You'll almost certainly receive instruction on how to read and brief cases and survive law school generally. Some law schools provide entire mini-courses complete with authentic reading assignments, class lectures, and mocked-up law school exams.
There will be optional programs on topics like "Law School and Relationships" (i.e., saving your marriage while you are a law student). In the evenings during orientation, you'll be encouraged to attend social activities like "Jazz in the Park" and "Dinner with the Faculty." Student bar associations often organize less formal alternative events that you can attend as well such as the always popular "Booze Cruise" and "Pub Crawl."
As a first-year law student at virtually every law school throughout the United States, you don't get to choose your classes. Instead, you'll be assigned to something called a section, which is a good-sized group of students who have all the same classes with all the same professors at all the same times. Those classes will include Torts, Civil Procedure, Contracts, Property, Constitutional Law, and probably Criminal Law.
In addition, you'll have another more hands-on class called Legal Writing (or Legal Methods, or Legal Research and Writing, or whatever it may be called at your law school) with about a dozen other students. Legal Writing is usually only a two-credit course each semester and may even be pass/fail. Nevertheless, it requires a substantial, time-consuming amount of fairly tedious research and writing (and, perhaps, a few fleeting moments of oral argument). Even though it will be worth the fewest credits, you may spend more time on Legal Writing than any other single class.
Law school professors want you to be prepared for class and they set up elaborate schemes and scare tactics to ensure that you've done your reading. The most common and long established of these involves "getting called on," a.k.a. the Socratic Method. Throughout your law school career, you will from time to time face this awkward rite of passage. The classic method – and the clear favorite among especially sardonic, old-school law professors – involves randomly calling on students throughout the semester. New age, touchy-feely professors ask for volunteers or proceed through the seating chart in a democratic and more predictable fashion.
Whatever the method of selection, it will eventually be your turn to be a victim. Your task will be to summarize the issues presented and the essential facts of a case the professor has assigned for reading. You'll probably be asked about the holding of the case as well. It doesn't really matter what you say. Regardless of the accuracy and thoroughness of your response, you'll be grilled on the details you didn't notice and the weaknesses of the court's decision. If you are doing well, the professor will often keep you on the hot seat by manipulating the facts of the actual case at hand into hypothetical cases – "hypos" – and ask you to "rule" on the new facts and to explain your reasoning.
Law reviews are student-produced, student-edited periodicals. They come in two flavors. There are the top-shelf legal journals – like Yale Law Journal and Harvard Law Review – that legal types mean when they refer to "law review." Membership on these law reviews is very difficult to obtain and highly coveted. Students become members of these premium journals through a writing competition, because of their first-year grades, or some combination of the two. In addition to the law review, most law schools sponsor other journals devoted to a specific area of the law, such as international and comparative law, intellectual property, or environmental law. Competition for a spot on one of these journals is usually not as fierce as it is for a place on law review and the experience is comparable.
Top-shelf law reviews are prestigious, stuffy academic legal journals that contain overly footnoted articles by law professors, judges, lawyers and law students. Hardly anyone ever reads them. As a member of your school's law review or one of its other law journals, your job will be to edit the text and check the accuracy of each and every footnote (and, later, to decide exactly which articles no one will read). Despite all the tedium and triviality, becoming a member of law review is like a ticket to a high-paying job out of law school and a great career. You should try with all your might to be one the privileged few students who are selected for a spot on your law school's law review.
Writing competition usually begins at the very end of your all-important first year (when you must make mostly As and few Bs), or at some point during the summer between first and second year. You'll get a packet of information involving an actual court case – probably a case pending before the United States Supreme Court. You might also get an editing test.
The mammoth task before you will be to take only the information in that packet and create your own Case Comment, which is a student-written law review article. Expect to spend about 10 days stuck in a study carrel. You'll submit your Case Comment completely anonymously to ensure that your writing is evaluated on legal writing and form only (and not something else like how totally cool you are). The current members of the law review and perhaps a professor or two then grade all the Case Comments.
More often than not, if your grades are among the very highest in your class, you'll make law review automatically. If your grades are somewhere in between mediocre and stellar, you must excel in the dastardly annual ritual that is the writing competition. If your grades aren't so great, you still have a shot at law review at schools that have completely democratic writing competitions. Assuming you write a "publishable-quality" comment all by yourself, you could have the worst grades in your class and still make law review. At many schools, though, if your grades are mediocre or worse, there's a good chance you won't be eligible for law review membership at all.
Moot court is an extracurricular activity designed to simulate courtroom practice. Think of it as the legal writing club. Second only to law review (or perhaps another very distinguished journal sponsored by your law school), becoming a member of a moot court team is about the best thing you can do for your resume.
The first thing you'll probably have to do in order to make moot court is audition. The tryout consists of a very short oral argument (probably in front of faculty members and a few current moot court members) and a written brief – probably the final paper from your first-year legal writing class – on a bogus case.
If you are selected for one of the handful of moot court teams sponsored by your law school, you and your teammates will write two appellate briefs in response to a legal problem that doesn't really exist – one for the fictional plaintiff's side and another for the fictional defendant.
Moot court teams attend moot court competitions held across the United States by various groups (e.g., bar associations). You'll use your legal research and argumentative writing skills to write briefs designed to convince a bogus court of the merits of your arguments. After submitting your briefs, you'll spend a great deal of time practicing and honing your oral argument for the actual competition. You have to be prepared to argue both sides of their case. Ideally, you and your teammates will have responded with a quick, concise answer to every conceivable question that could possibly be asked by a bogus judge during the competition.
It is worth noting, that at some law schools, there is a mandatory moot court competition for all students. This is usually separate from the inter-school moot court competitions that require auditions.
Provided you survive the rigors of the first year of law school, you'll need to do something with yourself for the summer. There are lots of options (and combinations of options).
Many law schools offer summer classes. If you can, it's a pretty good idea to take one or two of them (particularly difficult ones like, say, Evidence) in the summer when you don't have four or five other classes to worry about.
If you thought studying abroad was something that only carefree undergraduates get to do, think again! The summer between the first and second years of law school provides a tremendous opportunity to study law in dozens of other exotic places all over the planet including South Africa, Egypt, China, Rome. And get this: financial aid is available. Check out the related article (Study Law. See the World.) above to find out more about some of our favorite study abroad programs for law students.
If you go to an elite law school (on par with, say, Northwestern or Cornell), and your grades are good, you might have the opportunity to work at a gigantic, swanky, oak-walled law firm. Keep in mind, however, that even for these students, opportunities like this are limited for first-year students. The benefits are clear: You'll make several thousand dollars over the course of the summer. Lawyers at firm will take you to lunch at chic restaurants, lavish you with perks, and generally treat you like royalty. However, if you don't attend a top-20 law school, this experience won't be in the cards for you until second year (and only then if your first-year grades are stellar).
Another option is to get a job clerking at a smaller law firm. The hours are flexible and pay is pretty good. Some of the work will be tedious but you'll get a lot of solid, hands-on experience with the actual practice of law.
You've got the rest of your life to roll in dough. Provided you have the financial resources, consider using this summer to do something noble. Work for the ACLU or the Institute for Justice or for some other virtuous cause that strikes your fancy. Volunteer to work for an organization that helps enforce the legal rights of the indigent. You get the idea. Help people! Alternatively, consider an internship with the State's Attorney or some other branch of the state, federal, or local government. The pay, if any, will be negligible but working for the government as a law student is great experience. It's also a great resume builder. And, if you would like to represent the city, state, or federal government when you actually practice law, there is probably no better way to get your foot in the door.
January 15th, 2010 - 17:04
To find the case, type this in the "type a citation" box, which should be on the first page after logging in: 490 U.S. 228
That citation identifies the Price-Waterhouse case. It means that if you were looking the case up in a law library, you would find it in the 490th edition of the U.S. Supreme Court Reporter, on page 228.
For the second part of the question, you would go to the research system link, then click on the search tab. It sounds like your prof wants all cases mentioning Price-Waterhouse, so click the box next to Federal & State cases, Combined.
Then click go.
In the box, type (INCLUDING QUOTATION MARKS, and make sure you put v. not vs.) "Price Waterhouse v. Hopkins" and click search.
You will get over 3000 results.
January 15th, 2010 - 18:53
I wouldn't worry, every time I phone my doctor I talk to someone with grave learning disabilities so you'll be just fine. The doctor's likely to be on Vacation anyway and if you have read all the pages then you have done your bit, never mind what's in them.
January 15th, 2010 - 21:00
1. Overall GPA is all that matters.
2. I don't have pity for your 'oo i had to write 10 page essays for my tests' big whup. You've never taken a test where there were five questions, and you either got it right, or you got it wrong.
3. There are no jobs and you get paid 60k/yr if you graduate from the bottom of your class at any school, or went to a bad school. There are 44k law students graduating, and only 11k positions opening up at law firms. Someone is going to get shafted.
January 16th, 2010 - 03:29
Yes great to see you back, I lost a friend the same way you were booted off so was he. When you spread truth the powers that be do not want you talking especialy when people are listening and doing someing about it. They do not want Peace and we do, so LET us all unite as web bot lady says. Peace and Love!!
January 16th, 2010 - 04:25
It seems counter productive for YouTube to pull videos. They are not allowing free speech. If their goal is to shut people up, they are going about it all wrong. It actually brings more attention to the subject when they try to squash it. People can make their own mind up on a subject without YouTube interference. The video only sounds more credible if YouTube or anyone eslse wishes to keep it quiet. Especially if they won’t site the violation they are referring to when they pull the plug.
January 16th, 2010 - 00:35
1. Good law schools: There are far too many to name. I would reccomend picking up this book:
http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_ss_gw_0_13?url=search-alias%3Daps&field-keywords=aba+law+school+guide&x=0&y=0&sprefix=aba+law+schoo
I know it helped me a great deal in deciding on a school.
2. The process is simple. You register with the LSAC during undergrad. Get a bachelors in anything, and take the LSAT during your 3rd year of undergrad. Then apply.
3. The work is extreme. You read about 450 pages of case law (opinions that judges have written) a week. This is high level reading and very complex. It takes about 1 hour per 10 pages of reading, at first at least. You take one exam at the end of the semester and that is your grade for the entire semester.
The exams are like nothing you have ever seen. There is usually some multiple choice, but it is not like stuff you are used to. One question could take up a half a page or more.
The essay questions are what really sets law school exams apart from undergrad. They will not be like what law says this. It will be a "fact pattern" that ranges from 2 to 15 pages. You have to read the facts and identify all of the legal issues and discuss them. This is usually done in the IRAC format. I= what is the legal Issue, R= what is the relevant legal rule or principle that governs, A= application of the rule to the facts, C= conclusion. Getting the conclusion "right" is where you get the smallest amount of points. Spotting issues and conducting a good analysis is where the points are earned.
3. Can you have a job in law school? Yes. However if you are attending full time the ABA will not allow you to work more than 20 hours a week. That being said, people rarely work and go to law school because there is simply not enough time.
4. Process of applying to an ivy league school are the same as any other law school.
5. process of becoming a lawyer: Bachelors degree and LSAT to get in. Then after graduation you must take and pass the BAR exam which is state specific.
6. Major in anything that interests you and that you can do well in to get a high GPA. You should also find something that requires critical thinking, comprehensive reading, and analytical thinking and reasoning. I would reccomend that you do not do pre law. I took a couple "pre law" courses and have found that they have confused me more than helped me in law school. Undergrad law classes tend to oversimplify very complex subjects and that may hinder you when you study the material more in depth.
7. The list of undergrad schools you have listed are good.
Your high school GPA will not be relevant for law school; law schools will never request or even look at high school transcripts. They will want undergrad GPA and LSAT scores.
Good luck, it is a long road.
January 16th, 2010 - 06:24
Yeah Doc,I don’t think you should even waste your time trying to explain your methods to you know? What did you call them,trolls? Thats funny,but anyway it’s like the rest of us have to sit and watch and hope they get it.But you know they don’t even care to.lets just carry on shall we ?
January 16th, 2010 - 02:09
The middle 50% of HLS admits have an LSAT score between 170 and 176, and the middle 50% of HLS admits have an undergrad GPA of between 3.74 and 3.95. You can enter your LSAT score and UGPA into the website below, and it will give you odds at your being admitted, assuming that you have an application, letters of recommendation, and other life experience that is of similar caliber to admitted students:
http://www.lawschoolpredictor.com/wp-content/uploads/Law-School-Predictor-Full-Time-Programs.htm
It is the second highest regarded law school in America (after only Yale), and third hardest to get into (after Yale and Stanford). You'll be competing against people who have been planning to go to HLS since the start of undergrad, and decided to do an easy undergrad course specifically to have a higher UGPA.
To graduate, you just need to do three years of coursework; its pretty much identical to every other law school in the country. In fact, the first year is identical, as it is mandated by the American Bar Association The difference is that HLS has the best alumni network and networking opportunities.
January 16th, 2010 - 06:22
There are many top law schools in the country–actually sometimes Yale and Columbia come out higher in the rankings. You need to go to a fairly good UG university and get excellent grades and top LSAT scores no matter which top law schools you are considering. The UG coursework needs to be rigorous–no or few easy classes–and political science is NOT always the best major. Law schools want a variety of majors in their classes, and they look for students who show outstanding critical reasoning ability–lately it's been noted that top philosophy schools best prepare students for law school. You should also check into activities that make you more competitive–debate is the obvious choice, as are programs that lead to awards or recognition such as science programs or writing contests.
Top law schools now run about $45,000 a year, meaning about $75,000 a year minimum for all expenses. There are scholarship and financial aid available, but you would have to borrow money. When you attend that kind of program it is expected that you will earn enough to repay the loan.
January 16th, 2010 - 08:05
IRAC
Almost all teachers prefer this method…but ask the prof or the TA.
Do the old exams under timed conditions.
January 16th, 2010 - 15:23
I just recently stumbled upon videos of this nature and one thing I have noticed is that alot of these post are back in june 2009. It seems after that month nothing really new has come out?
January 16th, 2010 - 13:59
Good thoughtful question.
1. No high school class helped me. By the time I got to law school, as is the case with nearly everyone, I was 4 years removed from high school, so anything I learned had kind of been subsumed by undergrad.
2. Required classes depends on the law school you go to. At my school you are required to take contracts I/II, civil procedure I/II, Torts, property, buisness enterprises, professional responsibility, criminal law, criminal procedure, constitutional law I/II, and Reasearch writing and advocacy I/II.
3. The most challenging class for me thus far was property. The terminology is foriegn and it is a system of law that has been around for a very long time.
4. On a typical week I spend about 40-60 hours reading for class, obviously study time increases drastically during exam time.
5. Not sure about work, but I make sure that I take one full day off from school each week, except the end of the semester when we take exams. During the fall, I go to every football game at my school. Most of the students at law school are very social and there are always tons of social events going on, it's my favorite part of law school.
6. 4 years for undergrad degree (going full time), 3 years for law school (again, going full time)
7. I was never really challenged in high school, or while obtaining my undergrad degree, so I thought law school could be my first real challenge, and it has lived up to that expectation.
8. Study hard, get into a good school to get your undergrad done. While getting your degree get the best grades possible and pick a major you enjoy (you can go to law school with any major). Also, begin studying for the Law School Admissions Test (LSAT) very early as it is a skills test, not knowledge, and is very difficult. Other than that, stay out of trouble and stay focused,
Good luck, it is a very long road.
January 16th, 2010 - 21:10
I dont think they’re haters commenting ,just ignorant
January 17th, 2010 - 10:48
im glad i found you again bro. GOD BLESS
January 17th, 2010 - 23:24
I am a man of pride and honor. I want you to know this NSMDOC… “The ultimate measure of a man is not where he stands in moments of comfort and convenience, but where he stands at times of challenge and controversy”. I wish every man could be brave enough to stand up for what is right and follow the path of true leaders such as yourself. You have my complete respect and support and if there is anything I can do please let me know. Thank you for being the man most men are too scared to be.
January 18th, 2010 - 08:56
I'm not as good with Civil but as for Criminal you need to stick with search and seizure, Terry stop, and maybe one other big topic. That is what my professor tested.
January 18th, 2010 - 09:35
Go to the best school you can get into and afford (and are comfortable attending). School reputation means more than participating in a special topical program.
Most JDs are just general JDs.
You can take "International Law" classes everywhere. You can take a semester or summer in Europe getting introduced to EU law. You can express an interest in "international law" when you are applying for jobs. Seek out opportunities that interest you. Take courses that interest you. If you are interested and do well – that will be more important than participating in a special "internatinoal law" program in school.
January 18th, 2010 - 14:36
This is such a relief. Doc, godbless you for having your eyes wide open we need more good people like yourself. I used to be a soldier, and I would rather burn in hell than to be apart of such an evil agenda. Rest assure myself my wife and my daughter will be the hell out of dodge, before this shit evens gets rolling.
January 18th, 2010 - 15:14
You have not said anything incorrect. Please allow me to update you on whats happening. We are under on-going contamination in our food,water, air from what they term as Block Polymers. These things infest us daily, mutating, replicating, using everything in us they touch as energy to grow. They are setting up an internal receiver network of plastic, & probably using high freq. waves to boost their growth as well. This is not a drill. This is real world. Contaminates intentional & international.
January 18th, 2010 - 15:22
Im honored to reFriend and reSubscribe man…
Thanks for laying it out 4 people Clear and Simple… :]
January 18th, 2010 - 15:36
Doc, great channel…I have one for you…off of the FEMA, but a big question for your big-channel: BHO’s Health Program: O doesn’t seem to know all that’s in it. Senators don’t know what’s in it. Same with the House. QUESTION: Who Wrote it? Two different bills, 1000 pages each…and no one can tell us what’s in it (other than pure evil, if you get it and DO READ it). Who penned these BILLS? Anyone know? I highly recommend everyone to read these bills – REALLY SCARY!
January 18th, 2010 - 10:50