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SUGGESTED READING FOR PRELAW
STUDENTS
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From Law School Admissions Council/Law School
Admission Services (LSAC/LSAS):
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LSAT/LSDAS Registration and Information
Book.
Annual LSAT and Law School Data Assembly
Service application forms. Registration forms
for LSAT, law school application service,
instructions on applying, a sample LSAT, order
forms for LSAT workbooks and for other
LSAC/LSAS publications. Available from advisors
or from Testing Center, 498 SSB.
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*The Official Guide to U.S. Law Schools,
published annually. Information on law school
admission and profiles of every ABA-approved
law school in the U.S. Contains extensive
prelaw reading list. Also available on a
CD-Rom.
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So You Want to be a Lawyer: A Practical
Guide.
Selecting schools, application strategies, and
career information.
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Financial Aid for Law Schools.
Brochure describing loans, grants, and
scholarships for law students and an
explanation of how financial aid works.
Free--available from advisor.
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*Thinking About Law School: A Minority
Guide.
Information for minority applicants.
Other publications:
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ABA Approved Law Schools,
ABA Section of Legal Education and Admissions to the BAR, 1998 (statistical information)
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Bramble Bush, The.
Llewellyn, Karl, New York, Oceana Publications,
1951.
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*Full Disclosure: Do You Really Want to Be a
Lawyer?
Young Lawyers Division of the ABA. Peterson's, Princeton, N.J. 1989. Collection of articles written by attorneys.
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Lawyers in Transition: Planning a Life in the
Law.
Byers, Samuelson, Williamson. Barkley Co.,
Inc., 1988. Trends and career opportunities;
self-assessment.
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*Looking at Law School.
Stephen Gillers, Penguin Books, 1990.
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*Nonlegal Careers for Lawyers: In the Private
Sector.
American Bar Association, 1984.
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One L: An Inside Account of Life in the First
Year at Harvard Law School.
Scott Turow, Penguin Books, 1978.
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*The Lure of the Law.
Richard M. Moll, Penguin Books, 1990.
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Inside the Law Schools.
Edited by S.F. Goldfarb, Plume Books, 1991.
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The Best Law Schools.
Ian VanTuyl, The Princeton Review, Villard Books.
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Law School without Fear: Strategies for Success.
Helene and Marshall Shapo, Foundation Press, 1996
*Available in Career Library, 390 SSB
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