So You Want To Be A Lawyer (So You Want to Be...(Frederick Fell)) [Paperback]

Marianne Calabrese (Author), Susanne Calabrese (Author)

Book Description

Series: So You Want to Be...(Frederick Fell) | Publication Date: August 28, 2005

This title conveys a realistic way of looking at a lawyer's role. It provides a unique insight into the Legal profession. The title shows how to avoid the traps that new lawyers frequently fall into, from getting into law school without getting into debt to finding a suitable position as a graduate. Entertaining narrative stories are incorporated into the text to provide readers with examples of real-life situations. These authentic tales display how lawyers behave and react to colleagues, partners, clients and how one can best handle each situation. Anyone interested in a career in the law profession and how to survive in it will find this book both worthwhile and entertaining reading.

Product Details

• Paperback: 224 pages
• Publisher: Frederick Fell (August 28, 2005)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0883911361
• ISBN-13: 978-0883911365
• Product Dimensions: 8.9 x 6.2 x 0.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 11.2 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 1.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)

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1.0 out of 5 stars Absolutely the worst book ever., July 13, 2006

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V. Taylor - See all my reviews
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I don't even know what to say. This should never have been published. The content is not outstanding, but the writing and particularly editing, or lack thereof, is appalling. One example: chapters 3 and 4 are the same. I don't mean they cover the same content, I mean they are exactly the same--verbatim. The sentences that begin and end chapter 3 also begin and end chapter 4. And EVERY sentence in between is the same, as well. Also, the Calabreses seem to be afraid of commas and other punctuation. When things like quotation marks are (infrequently) used, they are usually used incorrectly or inconsistently. In short, the only readers who WON'T be offended or even physically sickened by the writing in this book are those who probably couldn't pass high school english class, much less be accepted into law school.

1.0 out of 5 stars Proofreading? What's Proofreading?, May 18, 2010

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Graham Phillips (Westford, MA) - See all my reviews
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When a book begins with a "Table of Content [sic]" you know you're in for a treat. This is one of the worst-written and -edited books I've ever seen. Typos and improper formatting abound on almost every page. As another reviewer has noted, Chapter 3 ("Law Practice Environment") and Chapter 4 ("Types of Law") are verbatim repetitions of each other! This book would have been vastly improved simply by paying a 7th grader $20 to proofread it.

The content is not terrible, but it's very general, non-specific, and could easily be found on the internet. There's nothing particularly insightful or interesting -- certainly nothing that warrants enduring the awful writing and editing.

I hope Susanne Calabrese already had a secure job at the time this was published. I can't imagine any self-respecting law firm would hire anyone involved with the production of this embarrassment of a book.

1.0 out of 5 stars Editors Anywhere?, December 11, 2006

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NICHOLAS MERRIWEATHER - See all my reviews
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Unfortunately, I must agree with all of the aforementioned comments. As a recent college graduate, I was actually suggested to read this book by one of my co-workers. I pray it was meant to be a joke.

As previously stated, repitition runs rampant in the book. Sentences are the same, paragraphs are the same, and even chapters are the same. It seems as if there were not any editors to revise the book, and was thus published.

Overgeneralization is another problem. Though I understand that you cannot make the legal profession too specific, I also understand that you cannot categorize them into seven small titles.

It may seem that I am being rather harsh, but this book is not at all a good read. I couldn't even find myself reading past chapter two before I realized this. Hopefully, you won't make the same mistake I did.