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Mega-Guide to Law and Law Schools (2735 words) |
 | Law schools are more impressed by signs of a struggle, overcoming adversity (sometimes even having a criminal background) or difficult, demanding coursework involving critical analysis, problem-solving, and extensive reading and writing requirements. |
 | Law schools will then calculate the profile of that year's crop, and send out a wave of acceptances around April or May. If the number of seat deposits to guarantee a full entering class are not sufficient, the law school will send out a second wave of acceptances in June or July. |
 | Many law school professors don't regard it as a rigorous enough subject, or they have a personal bias of some sort, or they may prefer to teach you everything you need to know about law while you are in their hands. |
| lawjobs.com Career Center - Competition Has Law Firms Digging Deeper on Campus (1113 words) |
 | As law firms sought to bolster and diversify their summer associate programs during the fall recruiting season this year, some of them ventured beyond the list of law schools they usually visit or dug deeper into class ranks to find the help they needed. |
 | Several law schools reported that this year they had visits from firms that had bypassed their campuses in years past. |
 | Whether law firms meet students through job fairs, on-campus recruiting or in-office interviews, they say that in the precious few minutes they have to interact with students the big challenge for firms is to distinguish themselves from the pack, as well as discerning who will fit into the firm. |