Friday Links: Regional Law Schools, The Future of Legal Education, & More!
Happy Friday! Time to catch up on some useful law school tips and news from the week:
Are Lawyers Destined to Either be Miserable or Broke? (The Girl’s Guide To Law School)
This week The Girl’s Guide to Law School encourages you to share your thoughts about how to create a new vision for the legal profession.
Who’s Smarter? Law or Biz Students? (Poets & Quants)
Poets & Quants explores the provocative and tongue-in-check question of whether law students are smarter than business students or vice versa.
Question Authority: Law Students Have An Important Role to Play in the Future of Legal Education (The Legal Whiteboard)
Law professor at Indiana Law urges law students to ask law professors tougher questions about the current state of legal education, albeit with respect.
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Friday Roundup: Prepping for Class, Catching some Z’s, and Learning About the Law
The October LSAT is just over two weeks away! Keep up your motivation with a few of this week’s top stories about life as a law student.
How Much Time Should You Spend Preparing for Class as a 1L? (The Girl’s Guide To Law School)
Doing the readings and prepping for class is only one piece of the puzzle. Here is some great advice for planning your daily schedule and handling your 1L workload.
Sleep and Grad School: How Important Is It For Students? (Psychology Today)
According to Psychology Today, sleep is the single most important health behavior we can engage in. Find out just how many hours you need per night and why your weekend sleep patterns may be hurting your cognitive performance.
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Friday Links: International Law School Applicants, Yale’s New Law Program, Pros and Cons of Law School and More
Get your weekly fix of law school and other legal-related news from some of this week’s top articles:
2 Unique Challenges of Applying to Law School as an International Student (U.S. News Education)
For international law school applicants, the application process can be very complex. U.S. News Education shares two challenges international applicants may face and some helpful solutions to get you through the process.
Study Names Top 10 Law Schools by Impact of Faculty (JD Journal)
According to a study of all the American Bar Association accredited law schools, researchers ranked the schools based on their scholarly impacts of law faculty. The researchers looked at citations for the faculty that were given in legal literature over the past five years.
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