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Should You Really Be a Lawyer? includes these helpful
features:
In addition to nuts-and-bolts advice on law school and the legal
profession, the book provides an introduction to the new science of
decision-making ... a guide to the 12 most common decision-making traps
... a series of decision-assessment exercises, a unique Self-Assessment
Grid that synthesizes skills, interests and priorities ... and dozens
of first-person interviews with prospective law students, current law
students, and lawyers, about the decisions they made and why.
- If you're a prospective law student, this book will test
your assumptions about law school – and the law – and help
you assess whether the legal profession is right for you.
- If you're a current law student, this book will clarify
your uncertainty about what to do with your law degree (even about law
school itself), and help you make smarter choices about finding jobs
you enjoy.
- If you're a practicing lawyer, this book can jump-start
you out of an unsatisfying job, and help you decide whether a legal,
law-related, or non-legal career is the best fit for you.
Here’s what the critics say ...
"Many students are intrigued by the law, but there are
many serious questions before deciding to become lawyers. This book, with
its exercises and common sense advice, is an excellent resource to help answer
those questions, and to challenge one's assumptions about the law. I think
every pre-law library would be enhanced by having a copy." – Elaine
Crane, pre-law advisor, BYU's J. Reuben Clark Law School
"
Should You Really Be a Lawyer will help aspiring law students decide whether
it makes sense for them to apply to law school. The book discusses how students
should examine their decision to apply to law school, whether they should
stay once they arrive, and, after having passed the bar, whether they should
continue to practice law. I would be happy to lend this book to the large
number of my students who seem to be proceeding lemming-like toward graduation." – Prof.
Frank Homer, director The Pre-Law Program, University of Scranton
"This should be required reading for every law school applicant and pre-law
advisor, and the self-assessment exercises should be added to the LSATs." – Elaine
Petrossian, assistant dean, Villanova University School of Law
"Should You Really Be a Lawyer is inventive and informative, a book for
readers across the spectrum from pre-law to law students to lawyers. Read this
book only if you care about your career." – Kathy Morris, JD, career
counselor, author of Objection Overruled...Overcoming Barriers in the Lawyer
Job Search
About the authors
Deborah Schneider, JD, is the former Associate Director for
Career Development at the University of California/Hastings Law School in
San Francisco. Author/journalist Gary Belsky, is executive editor of ESPN,
and co-author Why Smart People Make Big Money Mistakes and How To Correct
Them: Lessons from the New Science of Behavioral Economics.
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