Inside the Law Schools: A Guide by Students for Students (Goldfarb, Sally F//Inside the Law Schools) [Paperback]

Carol-June Cassidy (Author), Sally F. Goldfarb (Author)

Book Description

Series: Goldfarb, Sally F//Inside the Law Schools | Publication Date: April 1, 1998

For the more than 100,000 people who apply to law schools each year, choosing the right school can seem overwhelming. Inside Law Schools, newly revised and updated, provides the kind of information that can help students decide which school is right for them. Offering the lowdown on over 100 schools from the points of view of current students and graduates, the reader is privy to:
• Firsthand accounts of the social life, academic activity, and job placement on campus
• Resources on how to select a school
• Important admissions, enrollment, and financial aid statistics
• Deciding if law is the right career
• Ways to maximize chances for admission
• How to finance a legal education For useful information on schools ranging from the most prestigious to the most accessible, Inside Law Schools is a must read for anyone considering a legal career.
• This is the only guide written from the students' perspective.
• New statistics and comments reflecting the tone and concerns of students in 1990s.
• Inside Law Schools has more comprehensive information than any other guide regarding success rate of grads finding employment.

Product Details

• Paperback: 384 pages
• Publisher: Plume; 7 edition (April 1, 1998)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0452279461
• ISBN-13: 978-0452279469
• Product Dimensions: 8.1 x 5.4 x 1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 11 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 2.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (9 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,148,619 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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10 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Waste of money, November 30, 1999

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Matt (St. Louis) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Inside the Law Schools: A Guide by Students for Students (Goldfarb, Sally F//Inside the Law Schools) (Paperback)

I have read the previous comments on the 5th edition. It gets worse, I went to the library found edition of this book from early 1980's. It has the same notes, comments, and phrases about each school as the current edition! I think alot has changed in 20 years, but the authors are apparently too lazy to research.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Helpful, but with some drawbacks, December 7, 2000

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Aaron Jordan (Salt Lake City, Utah) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Inside the Law Schools: A Guide by Students for Students (Goldfarb, Sally F//Inside the Law Schools) (Paperback)

Despite the previous reviews, I actually found this book to be very helpful. It gave me a much better feel for the schools that I was looking at applying to, which is more than I can say for the endless dry statistics found in other books.

Two drawbacks, though. 1)Many schools were not covered in this book. 2)In some of the articles, the information seemed outdated.

Other than that, a pretty good guide to law schools.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Great law school guide, March 19, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: Inside the Law Schools: A Guide by Students for Students (Goldfarb, Sally F//Inside the Law Schools) (Paperback)

Not having read the earlier edition I can't speak to what the other reviewers said about the 7th edition not containing any fresh material...but I can say, that I found the reviews to be well written, and more importantly on just what I wanted to know about the law schools reviewed.

I'd been looking around for a guide that would give insight into the atmosphere, types of students and focus of various law schools and hadn't been able to find much beyond books filled with lists of statistics.

Although, I wouldn't use this book as 'the definitive guide' - especially now that I know it hasn't really been updated - I think its reviews are well-written and give good overviews of the kinds of human aspects of a school that really interest prospective law school students when selecting a school.