resources for law school applicants
Check out the links below for free or very cheap resources for various stages of your law school journey.
Resources
Ivey Advice
The Ivey Guide to Law School Admissions: Straight Advice on Essays, Resumes, Interviews, and More by Anna Ivey - updated, revised, and expanded for the 2020 e-book. Read this before you invest in admissions consulting. You can read the Kindle version on the free Kindle app for your device.
Resume samples from the Ivey Guide
The Ivey Files - our blog
Law School Info
- US News Rankings
- Above the Law Rankings
- Law School Transparency
- Official Guide to ABA-Approved Law Schools (includes GPA/LSAT odds calculator)
Pre-Law Prep and Reading
Patricia T. O’Connor’s Woe is I: The Grammarphobe’s Guide to Better English in Plain English
Benjamin Dreyer’s Dreyer’s English: An Utterly Correct Guide to Clarity and Style
Constance Hale’s Sin and Syntax: How to Craft Wickedly Good Prose
Alex Schimel’s Law School Exams: A Guide to Better Grades
Ruta K. Stropus & Charlotte D. Taylor’s Bridging the Gap Between College and Law School: Strategies for Success
Ruth Ann McKinney’s Reading Like a Lawyer: Time-Saving Strategies for Reading Law Like an Expert
Herbert N. Ramy’s Succeeding in Law School
Benjamin Cardozo's The Nature of the Judicial Process
Allan Farnsworth's Introduction to the Legal System of the United States
Oliver Wendell Holmes's The Path of the Law
Edward Levi's An Introduction to Legal Reasoning
Roscoe Pound's An Introduction to the Philosophy of Law
PracticING Law
Should You Really Be a Lawyer? The Guide to Smart Career Choices Before, During & After Law School
What Law School Doesn't Teach You, But You Really Need to Know
"The Truth About the Billable Hour" (from Yale Law School's Career Development Office)
Above the Law blog
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