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Some months I use
this newsletter to answer a "question of the month." If you have a
suggestion for a question please email at:
jr@lawschoolbound.com.
Please remember
that my answers to these questions are my opinions. You should pay attention
to my reasoning. If the question pertains to your situation, please discuss
the question with your academic and/or career advisor.
This month partly because current events and partly because of the
number of students I have discussed this with, I am going to make up my own
question.
"How should I select law schools?"
Here is at least one consideration in answering that question.
First, you should apply to as many law schools as you can. If you
don't apply you won't get in.
Second, you should consider what you want to achieve in law school.
The reality is that the main purpose of law school will not take three years
to achieve. That purpose is NOT to learn the law, but rather to learn how to
learn about the law and apply that law once learned. You will learn this
skill in fewer than three years.
Therefore, you might consider getting more than one degree out of your
law school experience. Virtually all law schools have joint degree programs.
These include joint law degrees (Windsor, Ottawa, McGill, Osgoode), law and
MBA (lots of them) and other kinds of joint degrees (law and economics, or
social work, etc).
Again, my suggestion is that when considering law schools you should
research and consider the availability of joint degree opportunities -
whether law or otherwise.
Although I have included the results of the annual Canadian Lawyer law
school rankings, I would suggest that you NOT use them when considering law
schools (but I agree that they are interesting to read).
See the feature article on the joint law degree programs below.
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