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#4:
Do
I really need law-related work before law school?
Yes.
Life experience after college and law-related work experience
help you develop an informed basis for the study of the law.
You want to enter law school with a personal understanding
of the nature of legal work, and the world of lawyers and
law firms. You need an appreciation for the standards and
pressures in legal work. Post-college life experience and
law-related work experience will reveal to you whether or
not law school and the legal profession are right for you.
You want to make that decision before you enter law school,
not after.
Consider
as well learning from the resources available to prelaw students
that focus on preparation for success in law school. One such
commercial organization is BAR/BRI's Law School Prep Program.
BAR/BRI's purpose is to give prelaw students a competitive
advantage in law school by showing them in advance the tools
and techniques needed for success in law school, particularly
during the critical first year. BAR/BRI runs summer workshops
in Boston (Harvard); Los Angeles (Pepperdine University in
Malibu, CA); Chicago (Loyola-Chicago); Washington, D.C. (American
University); New York (NYU Law School and at Pace University,
in White Plains, NY); Dallas (SMU); Houston (South Texas College
of Law); Atlanta (Georgia State University) and Fort Lauderdale,
Florida (Nova Law Center). Contact them at 1-800-394-6453,
or visit them at www.lawschoolprep.com,
for more information about their program offerings.
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