Law School Information:
LPIG's
Guide to Pre-Law Information
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Access
Group - Law Access Loan Program
Learn
more about the Law Access loan program, as well as starting salary
statistics for recent law school graduates, debt management techniques
for law students, and various loan repayment strategies.
eStudentLoan
Enter your personal specifications to search up to 12 loan providers.
Compare and apply online. Free and easy to use.
FinAid
- The Financial Aid Information Page
This site provides a free, comprehensive, independent and objective
guide to student financial aid - including financial aid for law
students.
Free Scholarship Search - Need money for college? Use
FastWeb's free scholarship search to find information on more than
600,000 scholarships. FastWeb is recommended by more than 3,000
colleges and 14,000 high schools.
Law
Student Resources - Scholarships & Loans
Scholarships
and Awards - The
Association of Trial Lawyers of America (ATLA) offers scholarships
for law students interested in trial advocacy. Several scholarship
opportunities are available. Students who wish to apply for these
scholarships must be ATLA members.
Scholarships.com
A college scholarship search & financial aid information resource,
matching students personal profile with their database of college
funding opportunities - and there is no fee. Search results include
scholarship summaries and a custom application request letter. Find
scholarships, grants or even contests that could help you pay for
school.
U.S.
Department of Education - Student Guide
A comprehensive resource on student financial aid. Track your
federal student loan information at NSLDS,
National Student Loan Data System.
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1L
Dictionary - Harvard Law School Library
Basic
Legal Citation - Cornell University
Barger
on Legal Writing
A web site of writing, research, and advocacy resources for
law students.
Finding
Express and Implied Rules
Another unique feature of Law and Policy Institutions
Guide. Authored by Professor Michael Gibson at Oklahoma City University
School of Law, this document examines the basic skill of recognizing
and deriving express and implied rules from a judicial opinion.
To make things easier, several actual judicial opinions are combined
and doctrinal material added to help understand the doctrines the
court discusses. To view the following PDF files you must have the
current FREE Adobe
Reader.
Read
the Case
Answer
Key
How
to Write a Case Brief
Tips on how to brief.
Legal
Research & Writing Exercises: Tutorials & Self-Paced Exercises
Created by the librarians of Chicago-Kent College of Law Library,
the tutorials and self-paced exercises provide law students with
an introduction to using Lexis-Nexis & Westlaw, legislative history,
empirical and non-legal research, as well as international and foreign
law research.
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Law
School Outlines (Findlaw)
A large directory of outlines organized
by subject as well as a page with links to other outline directories.
Law
Outlines - 'Lectric Law Library
Submit
Your Outlines to LPIG
Submit a copy of your outline for inclusion in the Law and Policy
Institutions Law School Outlines Collection currently being developed.
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| Law School Exam Resources |
Exams
Online - by University of Missouri School of Law
Gilbert
Law Summaries The site that helps law students study
smarter with Study Aids, the First Year Survival Guide, Employment
Center, Past Exams, and Links to Law Sites.
Law
School Examinations (JURIST)
Exams posted by law professors for particular courses are listed
alphabetically by course name. Comprehensive exam collections are
listed alphabetically by institutional provider.
Law
School Exams Online - Harvard Law School
Law
School Exams Online - Ohio Northern University Pettit College of
Law
Law
School Learning Aids - Univ. of Denver Law School
Modules in preparing for class, class prep and case reading - faq,
the classroom experience, legal language, legal glossary, taking
notes.
Taking
Law School Exams - Univ. of Michigan
Audio and video
with links to PDF documents to view while listening.
Whittier
Law School - Academic Success Program
Note Taking, Outlining, Time Management and Study Skills -
Whittier Law School
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| Moot Court & Mock Trial Competitions |
ABA
Law Student Division Competition & Awards Section
ATLA's
National Mock Trial Competition
This is an exceptional opportunity for law students
to develop and practice their trial advocacy skills before distinguished
members of the bar and bench.
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bit.listserv.lawsch-l
Discussion group for law students.
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| Law Student Associations & Organizations |
American
Bar Association Law Student Division
European
Law Student Association
Federalist
Society
Phi Alpha Delta
Sigma
Delta Kappa
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| Bar Review Courses and Exams |
The
Bar - Hieros Gamos
Admission, Review Courses and Companies, Bar Exams, Board of Bar
Examiners, Sample Bar Exam Questions and Answers, How to Prepare
your Exams
Barexam.org
- view results of the General Bar Examination
Barexam.org is a collaboration
between The Center for Computer-Assisted Legal Instruction (CALI)
and various boards of bar examiners across the United States. The
purpose of Barexam.org is to ensure that information on the bar
admissions process is easily available to law students. This site
answers questions about the admissions process and provides access
to the Rules of the Supreme Court Relating to Admissions to the
Bar, Table of Rules and links to other agencies with useful information.
National
Conference of Bar Examiners
Bar exam information and statistics.
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Visit
our Legal Career Center
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| Commercial Online Legal Research Services |
lawschool.westlaw.com
Locate information on your law school
and contact your Westlaw Account Manager and Student Representatives,
Learn about Westlaw training opportunities at your school and other
campus events, Take advantage of the Advanced Westlaw Certification
and Seminar Program to earn Westlaw Certification and to improve
your knowledge of topical law, Sign On For Westlaw Training, Help
& Tutorials, Download free copies of Westlaw user manuals and research
guides, Automatically cite check your brief or paper and create
a Table of Authorities by downloading FREE software applications,
View definitions of common legal terms, and View information about
Moot Court Competitions.
lexis.com/lawschool
LEXIS-NEXIS
and Emanuel have joined together to provide law students with access
to the Capsule Summaries from the most popular Emanuel Law Outlines
- Civil Procedure, Contracts, Constitutional Law,Corporations, Criminal
Law, Criminal Procedure, Evidence, Property, and Torts. These Outlines
summarize the topic; include references to major casebooks; and
analyze cases, statutes, Restatements, and other relevant law. They
are designed to provide insights into how everything ties together
in a given area of law. Use the Online Version or download the Print
Version (to which students can add their own class notes using Word
or WordPerfect) or the Adobe Version.
Loislawschool.com
Loislawschool.com provides no-cost access to comprehensive,
affordable, and easy-to-use law and law-related products and services
for students, faculty, computer labs and law libraries at ABA Accredited
Law schools. Legal research is offered free.
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| Publications for Law Students
- Online Version |
ABA
Law Student Division - Publications
National
Jurist Online
News, information and advice for law students and young attorneys.
The National Jurist Online includes study aids and bar exam review
material. Also featured are rankings, such as which schools are
doing the most to promote public interest, and, coming soon, a ranking
of the best law schools based on student response. There is also
an entertainment section filled with legal books, movies and television
shows that either feature lawyers or are written by attorneys.
Student
Lawyer (Law Student Division, ABA)
Full text of selected articles in Student Lawyer, the ABA Law
Student Division's award-winning magazine.
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