Category Archives: Reference And Education

Law School Admissions – Are You Smart Enough?

Posted by on December 25, 2010 No comments
Derek S. Roberti asked: The law school admission process is involved. Your undergraduate GPA, LSAT score, letters of recommendation and more come into play as part of your application package. One implicit law school requirement is that you be smart and, indeed, law students tend to be among the brightest of the bunch. Of all professions, few outside of academia require so much academic preparation and attract such able minds.So, it's reasonable to ask when you are considering legal study whether or not you can make the grade. In fact, many readers of my blog have asked at exact question: Am I smart enough for law school? So let's spend some time considering the question and asking whether or not it is the right question in the first place.Do law schools care if you are smart? Not really. Read more [...]

Secrets to Getting Into Harvard Law School

Posted by on December 9, 2010 8 comments
Dean Novosat asked: Harvard Law School is one of the most prestigious, if not the most prestigious, law schools in the United States. Thousands upon thousands of people apply to this school every year only to get denied and sent a response to try back next year. Many of the most successful judges, politicians, and many more public figures have graduated from Harvard Law School. While Harvard Law School Admissions seems next to impossible to get into, that is not always the case.Getting into Harvard basically starts with High School. Grades have to be perfect. Other things like extracurricular activities are extremely important. While Harvard appreciates football and basketball, those are not the type of extracurricular activities they are looking for. They are looking for extracurricular Read more [...]

Law School Rankings – Common Methodology and Guidelines

Posted by on November 26, 2010 4 comments
Nickolas Ross asked: In this article we will try to provide you with the basic methodological approaches to drawing up law school rankings, because the comprehension of the methods will help you with correct interpretation of these rankings and their results.According to the method of making up rankings they can be classified by type, structure and data sources.Rankings, which use a classification by type, include rankings with a single final score. They are used to rank law schools in general. As a result each law school has its own final score, which characterizes the quality of education in this law school in general. This is the most common approach.This group also includes rankings in specific disciplines and educational programs. In this case, school rankings examine proposed programs Read more [...]

History Of Business Law Degree

Posted by on November 10, 2010 No comments
Ricky Lim asked: It has been told that Doctor Juries is the first person to be awarded a professional degree and doctorate in the Business law degree professionally.In the United States the degree was for the first time awarded in the Harvard University.This took place in the 19th century, which was found to be similar to the Business law degree of an old European doctor.The scientific study of law which originally originated from the 19th century in Harvard was the only degree of law that had a goal of an elementary preparation for professional business lawyers.It only had a three year program and it was the only program which was professional in law in that particular time, in that jurisdiction.Let's take like for instance in Canada and the United States of America, a professional degrees Read more [...]

Law School Requirements – What You Need to Do to Get Into Law School

Posted by on October 18, 2010 2 comments
Jeffrey Weir asked: Are you planning on heading off to law school in the near future?If you answered yes, there are a few things you should know before you go. The following is a brief list of the typical law school requirements that you will encounter when you begin to apply.First, do you have a degree from an accredited undergraduate institution in the United States? If yes, you are fine - but if you answered no, you have some homework to do. The best use of your time in this situation will be to contact the Law School Admissions council and enlist their assistance in officially recognizing your degree. They in effect will be telling the law schools that you apply to that your undergraduate degree is valid.Second, have you taken the LSAT? or have you registered to take the exam soon? Read more [...]

Part Time Law Degree Programs

Posted by on September 12, 2010 No comments
Ricky Lim asked: In life, you would find that many would want to further their studies, but they is something that lacks. It would either be the resources or the time to do it.This is where you would find people opting to do it as part time. It is quite a hectic for those who lack the time to do it but to those who lack the funds it is not quite a headache.It is even more challenging if you are doing a part time law degree. It requires one to be very hardworking and lose hope along the way. Especially if one is doing it while working it needs one to be strong at heart.Part time law degree programs are offered by various institutions as they have seen that many have the heart to pursue it but is because the are hindered by certain factors.This has answered the prayers of many as there Read more [...]