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Title: What Law School Doesn't Teach You: But You Really Need to Know by Kimm Alayne Walton ISBN: 0-15-900453-5 Publisher: Barbri Group Pub. Date: 15 January, 2000 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $24.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 4 (9 reviews)
Rating: 3
Summary: Um...yeah
Comment: This book is well written and has a lot of do's and don'ts of the practical legal world. The author speaks a lot about what to do on the job and frequently gives a few good ideas. A huge percentage of those ideas are supported by real-life anecdotes from various legal professionals. The major problem I had with it, is that throughout almost the entire book I kept finding myself saying, "Yeah, duh." As just one of many many potential examples, there is an anecodote about a summer clerk who goes into a firm, whines that he needs his own office and is allowed to use the office of a lawyer who is out sick. The lawyer wants to connect to her computer from home, so the summer clerk is told he absolutely cannot touch the computer. The clerk does so anyway thus preventing the lawyer from being able to connect to the computer and gaining for the clerk the contempt of everyone in the office. There are a lot of little stories like this where somebody does something just blatantly stupid (and a smaller number where somebody does something blatantly correct). Some of the stories are amusing but are almost always connected to advice that seems really obvious. If you think you have really poor judgement then by all means read this book.
I also found the organization a little irritating. There were no distinct chapter breaks. Although it's got a very methodical organization scheme, it READS as though it's one big continuous text. I like to read at night and stop at the end of a chapter. I kept feeling as though if I were to stop reading I would be cutting an idea midstream and that irritated the heck out of me.
In the book's defense, it is well written and the text flows nicely. There's a wonderfully colloquial feel to how it reads.
I've been reading a lot of law school prep-type books of late and this one was not my favorite. It's not terrible, but it doesn't seem entirely useful to me either.
Rating: 3
Summary: Decent book, but mostly common sense.
Comment: This book was very informative as far as a typical 9-5 workday of a lawyer, but most of her strategies are common sense. Seriously, anyone who doesn't know business manners shoudln't be a lawyer anyway. Its common sense to dress appropriately, to never crack raunchy jokes to a partner, or to speak of how hot another attorney's wife is. If you have any common sense, spend your money on a more practical book with better advice or educational value.
Rating: 4
Summary: Read it early in law school.
Comment: Great advice on making the most out of clerkships, classes, professors, law review, and volunteering opportunities that arise in law school. I wish I had read this book before going to law school.
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Title: Guerrilla Tactics for Getting the Legal Job of Your Dreams by Kimm Alayne Walton, Gilbert ISBN: 0159003172 Publisher: Harcourt Brace Legal & Professional Publications Pub. Date: 01 February, 1997 List Price(USD): $24.95 |
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Title: Full Disclosure: The New Lawyer's Must-Read Career Guide by Christen Civiletto Carey Esq. ISBN: 0970597002 Publisher: ALM Publishing Pub. Date: April, 2001 List Price(USD): $19.95 |
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Title: The Official Guide to Legal Specialties by Lisa L. Abrams, National Association for Law Placement, National Association for Law Placement, NALP ISBN: 0159003911 Publisher: Harcourt Brace Legal & Professional Publications Pub. Date: 15 December, 2000 List Price(USD): $19.95 |
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Title: America's Greatest Places to Work with a Law Degree & How to Make the Most of Any Job, No Matter Where It Is by Kimm Alayne Walton ISBN: 0159001803 Publisher: West Information Pub Group Pub. Date: 15 November, 1998 List Price(USD): $24.95 |
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Title: The Young Lawyer's Jungle Book: A Survival Guide by Thane Josef Messinger ISBN: 1888960191 Publisher: The Fine Print Pr Ltd List Price(USD): $18.95 |
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