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Title: Law School Insider: The Comprehensive 21st Century Guide to Success in Admissions, Classes, Law Review, Bar Exams and Job Searches, for Prospective Students and Their Loved Ones by Jeremy B. Horwitz ISBN: 0-9723766-0-7 Publisher: The Lion Group LLC Pub. Date: 07 November, 2002 Format: Paperback List Price(USD): $19.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.33 (21 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: An Excellent Read
Comment: I liked this book more than I thought I would. Initially I worried that I wouldn't find the author's insights useful, since my situation is somewhat different from his: I'll be attending a law school at which non-core classes are graded honors/pass/low pass/fail and core classes are graded pass/fail. Further its students probably have a somewhat easier time getting hired than do students at Mr. Horowitz's alma mater.
Be that as it may, Mr. Horowitz has written a book that should appeal to most law students and incoming students. I say this for a few reasons:
Mr. Horowitz's writing is excellent.
The book is briskly paced and touches on topics likely to interest a broad range of law students, topics such as romance, first year anxiety, work load, the interview process, and studying for the bar.
He deftly blends personal experience with more or less factual overviews.
He has a humility that is refreshing and one feels that his perspective is a fair one.
This book is both informative and a good read; it is worth buying.
Rating: 5
Summary: The Best Book About Law School!!!
Comment: As a prospective law school applicant, who will be applying to a Juris Doctor program this year, I read a lot of books about law schools. Law School Insider by Jeremy Horwitz, Esq. (a cum laude graduate of Cornell Law School, who is currently working as an attorney) is by far the best book about a student's life before, during, and after law school. Unlike other books, this book is organized in a straight-forward manner and is well-written. It starts from the Introduction and Preparing for Law School Chapters that guide you through the entire admission process, from selecting a good law school to making educated choices after receiving acceptance letters. Thereafter, the author writes about the first year, memorable first-year summers, two-L, journal elections and intrigue, second-year summers, the third and final year, and the Bar exam. In addition, the book is supplemented by useful Tables on the first-year course schedules across the nation; modern law-related career options and elective specializations; state Bar exam subject matter coverage and MPRE requirements, to name a few. Various Appendixes include the sample writing completion submission and sample class outline excerpts.
Throughout the book, Jeremy offers a lot of valuable details about his personal experience as a law student in Cornell Law School. For example, he writes that his "...own first day of classes was only modestly intimidating. The readings had taken a long time, but were short enough that I though that I generally understood where they were going. Most of my professors initially came across as nice enough people, and the first class discussions about the readings were relatively gentle..." I found this to be similar to my own law school classes. In other chapters, he describes his experience of hunting for a job and compares different areas of practice and cities. No doubt, such details are extremely important. A few persons who posted their negative reviews about this book should have known that God is in details.
It is no secret that, due to the economic and other related factors, admission to any law school in the country (not to mention top law schools) has become extremely competitive during the recent years. LSAC offers the following nationwide statistics:
Law School Applications (Entering Class of Fall 2002)
89,000 applicants submitted over 440,000 applications. Average of approximately 5.3 applications per person; 17.4% increase in applications.
LSAT Test Takers (Entering class for Fall 2003)
June 2002 LSAT: Largest June exam in history. 27,808 prospective applicants took the exam; 16.3% increase from June 2001 exam.
October 2002: 52,604 persons took this exam; 12.5% increase over October 2001.
The bad news is, of course, that the competition to get into the law school of your choice is going to get even much tougher. But the good news is that after reading Law School Insider your chances of admission to your dream school will increase significantly. I strongly believe that this book is a must for any prospective law student. It is worth every penny, and I highly recommend it to anyone considering going to law school. Also, the Internet website created by Jeremy Horwitz, www.lawschoolinsider.com, is an excellent source for obtaining additional information about the complicated law school admission process, as well as for finding answers to your questions.
A short note about myself: I hold my first law degree from one of the best law schools in Europe, and an advanced Master of Laws degree from American law school (I wish I had read this book before I was applying to the LL.M. program!)
Rating: 5
Summary: My favorite assigned pre-law book
Comment: I can see why this book was assigned reading for one of my college classes, it has been very helpful (and easy to read) in explaining what law school is really about, the careers I can pursue, and telling me what I need to do to prepare. Most of my books get sold at the end of the semester, but because this has so much information on how the first, second and third years of law school work (still 2 years away for me), I will keep this when I dump my other books. I have also found the web site (with free updates and discussion forums) for this book to be major bonuses.
BTW, it's funny to see how the "critics" behind the 1-star reviews here disagree about such ridiculous things. Is this book "mature"? "Humble?" Everyone who loves the book knows that it is both of these things, but even the "critics" can't seem to agree, probably because the "critics" are really jealous competing authors trying to take whatever shots they can to make people doubt a great book. Look past the 1-star smears and get this 5-star book!!
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Title: Law School Confidential : A Complete Guide to the Law School Experience by Robert H. Miller ISBN: 031224309X Publisher: St. Martin's Griffin Pub. Date: 14 July, 2000 List Price(USD): $17.95 |
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Title: Getting to Maybe: How to Excel on Law School Exams by Richard Michael Fischl, Jeremy R. Paul ISBN: 0890897603 Publisher: Carolina Academic Press Pub. Date: June, 1999 List Price(USD): $22.00 |
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Title: Acing Your First Year of Law School: The Ten Steps to Success You Won't Learn in Class by Shana Connell Noyes, Henry S. Noyes ISBN: 0837709121 Publisher: William s Hein & Co Pub. Date: November, 1999 List Price(USD): $17.95 |
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Title: How to Get into the Top Law Schools (The Degree of Difference Series) by Richard Montauk ISBN: 0735201013 Publisher: Prentice Hall Press Pub. Date: 31 July, 2001 List Price(USD): $22.00 |
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Title: 10 More Actual, Official LSAT Preptests (LSAT Series) by Law School Admission Council ISBN: 0942639804 Publisher: Law School Admission Council Pub. Date: 01 April, 2002 List Price(USD): $30.00 |
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