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What Yale Law School Grads Make In Their First Jobs
All the hand-wringing about the value of a law degree tends to overlook the fact that graduates of the very best schools have had no problem landing well-paying jobs.So what can you expect if you were...
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Harvard Law Grads See Rise In Starting Pay
The average starting salary paid to a Harvard Law School graduate last year rose just 2.7% to $116,053. The pay, up from an average of $112,975 for the Class of 2011, is still below the average posted...
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The Life of a Lawyer: In Their Own Words
An excerpt from Jeremy Shinewald’s bookWhat is it really like to be a lawyer? Perhaps the answer to that question will surprise you.For a behind-the-scenes peek at the profession, we spoke primarily...
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My Story: From Trinity University To Starting A Firm
Eventually, Jessica Estorga hopes to open a second office in Austin.Jessica Estorga decided to become a sole practitioner almost overnight. “The job I thought I was going to start out at didn’t work...
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My Story: From The Military To Stanford
Stanford JD/MBA ’14 Tim Hsia knows what it’s like to work in the military and in Microsoft; he just has to choose what’s next.As a Stanford JD/MBA graduating this spring, Tim Hsia is already doing...
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Career Changer’s Guide To Becoming A Lawyer
Ever hear the words “attorney” and “career change” in the same sentence? Chances are, you assumed the law claimed another casualty.Let’s face it: Lawyers have single-handedly built the career coaching...
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BARBRI President On How To Ace The Bar
Law graduates planning to take the July bar exam are currently slogging through the darkest stretch of bar review, says Mike Sims, president and longtime lecturer at BARBRI. The third and fourth weeks...
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JD Intern & Full-Time Hiring Up
The chief recruitment officers for two major law firms—Skadden Arps and Finnegan—say that JD intern and full-time hiring is up this year, but neither firm expects hiring to get back to pre-recession...
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Survey: Law School Grads Prefer UBE
In a survey law grads expressed overwhelming support for the Universal Bar ExamThe vast majority of recent law school graduates support adoption of the Uniform Bar Examination to license new attorneys,...
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What Yale Law School Grads Make In Their First Jobs
Yale graduation What can you expect to make if you were fortunate enough to get into Yale Law School, consistently the top school in U.S. News’ rankings? Not surprisingly, it all depends on what a JD...
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