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Exploring the Law Field

  • General Books
  • Reference Books
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  • Joint Degree Programs
  • Organizations
  • Web resources
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General Books

  • So You Want to Be a Lawyer by Law School Admission Council (2001)
  • Being a Lawyer: Individual Choice and Responsibility in the Practice of Law (American Casebook Series) by Howard Lesnick
  • Planet Law School: What You Need to Know (Before You Go), But Didn't Know to Ask... and No One Else Will Tell You, Second Edition by Atticus Falcon
  • Lawyer: A Life of Counsel and Controversy by Arthur L. Liman, Peter Israel
  • Leading Lawyers: Legal Visionaries Share Their Knowledge on the Art & Science of Being a Successful Lawyer by Aspatore Books Staff (Editor)
  • Patent Law Essentials: A Concise Guideby Alan L. Durham
  • Patents for Chemicals, Pharmaceuticals and Biotechnology: Fundamentals of Global Law, Practice and Strategy by Philip W. Patents in chemistr Grubb
  • Intellectual Property: Patents, Trademarks, and Copyright by Arthur R. Miller, Michael H. Davis, Micheal H. Davis

Reference Books

  • Barron's Guide to Law Schools (14th Edition) (2000)
  • ABA LSAC Official Guide to ABA-Approved Law Schools, 2003 by Wendy Margolis, Andrew Arnone, and Rick L. Morgan (Editors)
  • The Best Law Schools: 2000, Princeton Review
  • Essays That Will Get You into Law School by Daniel Kaufman, et al. (1998)
  • How to get into the Top Law Schools (The Degree of Difference Series) by Richard Montauk, J.D. (2001)
  • 10 Actual, Official LSAT PrepTests (LSAT Series) by Law School Admission Staff (Editor), Law School Admission Council Inc.
  • Master the LSAT by Jeff Kolby, Scott Thornburg
  • The Official LSAT Prep Test with Explanations by Bonnie Gordon (Editor) (2000)

Informational Interviews

  • Alumni ICAN
    http://alum.mit.edu/cs/ican/
  • Networking 101 On-line Workshop

Joint Degree Programs

MD-JD
http://services.aamc.org/...mdjd

Organizations

American Society of International Law
http://www.asil.org/

American Mock Trial Association
http://www.collegemocktrial.org/

Council on Legal Education Opportunity (CLEO)
http://www.cleoscholars.com

Hispanic National Bar Association
http://www.hnba.com/

National Black Law Student Association
http://www.nblsa.org/

Minority Corporate Counsel Association (MCCA)
http://www.mcca.com/site/data/AboutMCCA/index.htm

National Lesbian and Gay Law Association
http://www.nlgla.org/

National Jewish Law Student Association
http://www.njlsa.org/

ABA Commission on Women in the Profession
http://www.abanet.org/women/home.html

Women's Bar Association of Massachusetts
http://www.womensbar.org/

Web Resources

Law School Admissions Council
http://www.lsac.org

Association of American Law Schools
http://www.aals.org/

Megalaw.com, Lawyers Window to the World
http://www.megalaw.com/lawstudent/studentcenter.php

Find Law for Students
http://stu.findlaw.com/

Law School.com
http://www.lawschool.com/

World Intellectual Property Organization
http://www.wipo.org/

Environmental Law Institute
http://www.eli.org/

U.S. News and World Report Law Rankings
http://www.usnews.com/usnews/edu/grad/rankings/law/lawindex_brief.php

Minority and GLBT Resources

Minority Law Journal
http://www.minoritylawjournal.com/directory/government.html

Minority Corporate Counsel Association (MCCA)
http://www.mcca.com/site/data/Abou

Journal of Blacks in Higher Education: Student Performance at Top Law Schools
http://web.mit.edu/career/www/preprof/lawschoolad.pdf

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