If you're a law school student, or if you're planning to apply to law school, you'll find the practical guidance you'll need for success--plus tips on pitfalls to avoid--when you open this important new book. Written by a recent Harvard Law School graduate who is currently associated with major Wall Street law firm, this brand-new blueprint for legal accomplishment gets down to specifics with--<BR> <BR> <LI> The law school application process and tips on taking the important Law School Admission Test (LSAT) <LI> Selecting a law school, applying for scholarships, and deciding between top-ranked and lower-ranked schools <LI> Making the grade during that vital first year at law school <LI> The best courses to take in second and third years <LI> The advantages of publishing papers while in law school <LI> Seeking out summer positions at law firms <LI> Taking and passing state bar exams <LI> Finding employment at a law firm after graduation <LI> Other post-law school options, including judicial clerkships <BR> <BR> Valuable appendices give you still more advice, and include a completed model law school application form, effective résumés, a model brief of a case for class, and much more. Written by a successful attorney and based on his own law school experiences, <i> The Law School Lowdown </i>zeroes-in on both the rigors and satisfactions that comprise the law school experience, offering the advice and counsel that will pave your way to a successful career in law.