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September 05, 2005
#16: An Interview with Deborah Schneider
This special back-to-school episode of Ambivalent Voices (http://mowabb.com/ai/voices/) features a conversation with Deborah Schneider, co-author of Should You Really Be A Lawyer?
The conversation ranges over such topics as:
- Avoiding the herd mentality.
- Ways to tell the difference between law school being just difficult and when law school is just not for you.
- Using informational interviews to explore different practice areas and figure out where you might fit in the legal profession.
- How law school could be more useful and less stressful. See also Humanizing Law School.
- Why making law school better depends on law students helping each other.
- Different ways to approach the job search—organizing your options into helpful and manageable categories so you can find the best fit for you.
- Helpful job-search reading, including: "The Official Guide to Legal Specialties" (Lisa L. Abrams, National Association for Law Placement), "America's Greatest Places to Work with a Law Degree & How to Make the Most of Any Job, No Matter Where It Is" (Kimm Alayne Walton, Kimm A. Walton), and "What Can You Do With a Law Degree?: A Lawyer's Guide to Career Alternatives Inside, Outside & Around the Law" (Deborah Arron). See also JDBliss.
- The importance of networking to the job search and five ways to make it simple.
- What to do if you finish law school and think you don't want to practice law.
- And more!
Thanks, Deborah, for a great interview!
Posted by mowabb at September 5, 2005 08:16 AM
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