The Five-Minute Law School: Everything You Learn In Your First Year, More or Less
By MICHAEL C. DORF
http://writ.news.findlaw.com/dorf/20050803.html
It's August, and for thousands of anxious college graduates - mostly twenty-somethings -- that means the beginning of their careers as law students and, if all goes well, eventually as lawyers.
In recent years, a cottage industry has developed in which faculty at prestigious law schools teach miniature summer versions of their regular courses to entering law students. The promotional literature for one such program is typical in promising to "teach you everything you need to know to succeed in law school before you begin classes."
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This is hyperbole at best. . . .
By MICHAEL C. DORF
http://writ.news.findlaw.com/dorf/20050803.html
It's August, and for thousands of anxious college graduates - mostly twenty-somethings -- that means the beginning of their careers as law students and, if all goes well, eventually as lawyers.
In recent years, a cottage industry has developed in which faculty at prestigious law schools teach miniature summer versions of their regular courses to entering law students. The promotional literature for one such program is typical in promising to "teach you everything you need to know to succeed in law school before you begin classes."
Click here to find out more!
This is hyperbole at best. . . .
