U.S. News Ultimate Guide to Law Schools, 2E (U.S. News Ultimate Guide to Law Schools)

By Anne McGrath

Book Overview

The #1 law school book! "If you are looking for an all-encompassing guide to United States law schools, I would whole-heartedly recommend this book. I reference it continually and am amazed at just how much information is concisely packaged into it." - Amazon.com user This all-encompassing guide to U.S. law schools is packed with useful and concise information to help those considering a career in law decide if the field is right for them-and if so, how they should go about applying, getting in, and getting a job. An in-depth look inside the country's top five law schools shows potential law school students what their academic life would be like. Real-life profiles of professionals in law-related careers-such as a politician, lobbyist, corporate lawyer, child advocate, judge's clerk, and prosecutor-describes these career options in detail. Along with complete profiles of all ABA-accredited law schools, this step-by-step guide shows students how to: - Understand who law schools admit - Choose the right program - Put together winning applications, test scores, essays, and recommendations - Pay the bill and understand debt burden - Write a personal statement and get glowing recommendations - Get a great first job

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1402202601
• ISBN13: 9781402202605
• Release Date: April 2004
• Publisher: Sourcebooks
• Length: 486 Pages
• Weight: 1.76 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.9" x 9.2"

Customer Reviews

Lots of good information.

U.S. News and World Report ranks schools yearly and they give a lot of extra valuable information as well.

Use it Wisely

This book should only be used as a guide and the ranking system is very biased. Each person is different and will want to use their own ranking system of importance, but this book does give a concise detail of every school. It sets a good foundation for knowledge about law schools.

Good Resource

This is a great reference to anyone applying or thinking of applying to law school. Whether or not you agree with the influence US News has in law school admissions it remains a fact of life. It is a system that is inherently flawed, but along with the rankings, this book gives detail on each school which you can and should use to further investigate the schools to which you apply. Don't let the US News rankings dictate where you apply and don't let this book replace a campus visit and talking with the dean of admissions with a prospective school. Use it to supplement those things.

Really good resource to have on hand

This is an excellent resource guide with useful information and summaries of all the ABA-approved law schools. The book provides detailed descriptions of the top 4 law schools- Yale, Harvard, Stanford, and NYU- as well. The book provides applicable and objective information, as opposed to other books which just spout off the obvious facts.