| Choosing the right Law School for you | | Posted Tuesday, January 31, 2006 3:04:58 PM by Alex Molin | You've decided that becoming a layer is the perfect profession for you so now your goal is to find the best law school for you. You've heard about Harvard law school and Yale law school, and there are some other very good law schools you can apply for. 
The problem is you can't apply to all of them. Why not? Simple, the application fees are somewhere around $70-$80 per application! Obviously you can't avoid doing some actions to narrow down the list. Although this is a very important task, most people don't dedicate enough time for it.
Many students narrow the list without really checking anything. They know the big names, like Harvard, Stanford, and Yale, and now, all that's left to do is to choose one of them. I hope you understand how ridiculous this is. The brochures handed out in order to advertise and market law schools are all wonderful and actually you won't be able to tell the difference among law schools.
All of them will look the same to you, and according to the brochures, any law school you'll choose, will be right for you. But in fact, there are significant differences among law schools. Don't be afraid to open the browser and start exploring them: which law school will offer the kind of experience you think you'll enjoy.
Check ABA law school search and check this list of links to law school home pages
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| | | Schools rehiring retirees | | Posted Saturday, January 13, 2007 1:17:52 PM by Blog57 Team | | An audit has slammed the way some state agencies hire retired state workers, and legislation is being prepared to clamp down on the practice. But public schools are expected to be able to continue doing so. School districts often hire retirees from other school districts, mainly to address a daunting teacher shortage. "It's actually deepened the pool of teachers, which is something we desperately need," said Martin Bates, assistant to the superintendent on legal matters in Granite School District. "We have a teacher shortage. We are in crisis." The practice is "fairly permitted within statute" and is "not an area of focus" for legislators wanting to tighten hiring practices, House Speaker Greg Curtis, R-Sandy, said.... | |
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| | | Mansfield schools to fire teacher hit with child porn charge | | Posted Thursday, January 11, 2007 3:12:07 PM by Blog57 Team | | MANSFIELD -- A vocal music teacher at Simpson Middle School arrested on federal child pornography charges will be fired, Mansfield City Schools administrators said Wednesday. Kevin Iannetta, 27, was taken into custody Tuesday at his 201 Lake St., Delaware, Ohio, home, according to Jon Burkhart, the district's chief operating officer. .... | |
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| | | Comment: Change for better is law dean's legacy | | Posted Sunday, November 19, 2006 1:09:38 PM by Blog57 Team | | As a 1955 graduate of the St. Mary's Law School, I have been practicing law in San Antonio since that time. I have always been very proud of my law school and have been a faithful supporter. As the Express-News recently reported, St. Mary's University President Charles Cotrell did not renew the contract of Dean Bill Piatt. This action is unfortunate for the students, the law school, the majority of the faculty and staff, the university, the alumni and the public it serves. Piatt was recruited from the Texas Tech Law School to rescue a law school that had been run amok by the prior dean, many of the faculty members hired during her tenure and some of her extracurricular social programs. By the end of the prior dean's tenure, it was obvious there had been a backslide of academic performance, which had resulted in poor bar passage rates.... | |
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| | | Alaska gets no flexibility on No Child Left Behind law | | Posted Sunday, November 12, 2006 3:08:46 PM by Blog57 Team | | A federal agency has denied Alaska's application to have more flexibility in judging whether schools are making adequate yearly progress under the No Child Left Behind law. Alaska was one of 16 states vying for 10 spots in a pilot program to allow states to judge a school's progress based on the percentage improvement in its students' test scores rather than on whether the scores have hit specific targets. Five states -- Arkansas, Delaware, Florida, North Carolina and Tennessee -- have already been accepted into the pilot program, leaving only five open slots. The federal Department of Education rejected Alaska's application. Les Morse, the director of assessments and accountability with the state Department of Education, said the problem is that the current system doesn't give credit to schools if their students are not proficient but improving.... | |
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| | | Report cards on schools tardy | | Posted Friday, November 10, 2006 11:30:43 AM by Blog57 Team | | The Tennessee Department of Education plans to release report cards on schools and school districts today, more than a week after federal law says it should have. The state is required to publish the cards, which inform district officials, parents and the public how well the schools are doing, no later than Nov. 1 each year. .... | |
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| | | New law on underage drinking needs revisiting | | Posted Wednesday, November 08, 2006 7:16:59 AM by Blog57 Team | | The new law that went into effect at the first of the month could have a positive impact on holding the line on underage drinking. But the law does not go far enough, and the Legislature needs to revisit the issue when lawmakers get back to the state Capitol in February.The new law makes it a felony if a death occurs because an adult "knowingly and willfully" allowed a person younger than 21 to consume or possess hard liquor or drugs in an adult's residence or building owned or occupied by an adult. We'd like to see stiffer fines or penalties for adults who provide alcohol to minors in any case. The original bill would have made it a felony whether someone dies or not.Why does someone have to die for this issue to get any attention? In case you didn't know it, our teens are in big trouble when it comes to underage drinking.Just look at the statistics.... | |
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| | | Preparing for the worst | | Posted Monday, November 06, 2006 7:30:44 AM by Blog57 Team | | Fourteen representatives from Mendocino County schools, law enforcement and local fire departments recently attended training at the Emergency Management Institute in Emmitsburg, Maryland to learn how to more effectively plan for a disaster. "It was one of the best, most useful trainings I've been to in my limited, 14 years in education," said Steve Burrell, assistant principal at Eagle Peak Middle School. Training included simulations of potential disasters, giving everyone a role within the emergency management chain of command. Craig Zachlod, director of school community emergency management for the Mendocino County Office of Education, said the EMI has identified 16 hazards that range from earthquakes and chemical spills, to armed individuals and bombs on school grounds.... | |
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| | | Law Schools, Firms Not Getting Blogged Down By Technology | | Posted Saturday, November 04, 2006 1:40:23 PM by Blog57 Team | | The burst in professional and personal use of alternative media sources, including podcasting and blogging, is changing the way the legal world communicates and receives news. One area law school recently stepped up to join the shift to digital media by taking its legal lessons and expertise from the classroom to the iPod. California Western School of Law in San Diego has launched a weekly law news program, Law in 10, available through podcasting, a method of distributing multimedia files over the Internet using syndicated feeds for playback on mobile devices and personal computers. David Bowers, Cal Westerns assistant dean for external affairs, said although a handful of other law schools use podcasts for lectures and speaking events, it is one of the first law schools to offer a weekly news commentary.... | |
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| | | Campbell considers moving its law school | | Posted Saturday, November 04, 2006 7:39:32 AM by Blog57 Team | | BUIES CREEK, N.C. -- The news that Campbell University could possibly relocate its law school to Raleigh isnt boding well with all of its law students. I have mixed feelings about it, said Ann Ochsner, a first year law student at Campbell. On a personal level, as a commuter from Fayetteville, that would create more of a burden on me to commute to Raleigh everyday." A longer commute time and the fear of more distractions are reasons why some students think the Norman A. Wiggins School of Law should stay put. I think that is good that there are few distractions in a small rural town. Theres nothing to do but study," said Jake Gehron, who generally supports the move. .... | |
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| | | Campbell might move law school to Raleigh | | Posted Thursday, November 02, 2006 11:30:19 AM by Blog57 Team | | Campbell University might move its law school from the bucolic main campus in Buies Creek to downtown Raleigh.For now, school officials stress that the idea is only one possibility under review by a campus study committee. But downtown Raleigh boosters say they have had discussions with Campbell officials about scouting for locations."Right now, I think they're kicking tires," said Nancy Hormann, president and CEO of the Downtown Raleigh Alliance.A Raleigh location would offer obvious advantages, including proximity to state government, state and federal courts, and large law firms, said Campbell's new law dean, Melissa Essary.She called it a natural fit that would "increase the intellectual discourse in what is already an intellectual place.""It's a very dynamic and growing city," she said, but cautioned, "I really can't emphasize enough, this is a look-see."At this point, she said, the campus group is studying whether a move is economically feasible and in the best interests of Campbell.The school, called the Norman A.... | |
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