Lawyer-filter: Path to becoming a happy, fulfilled, (potentially) well-compensated lawyer? Thoughts and/or to keep in mind for an incoming 1L? [more inside]
posted by leotrotsky on Mar 17, 2009 - 14 answers

FAFSAfilter: Received merit-based scholarship for law school at 1X,000 dollars a year. yey!. I filled out FAFSA, and my EFC is the same dollar amount as the scholarship. Does this mean my actual required contribution will be zero? Or are those FAFSA folks already taking my scholarship into account, so that I'll need to contribute 1Xk above and beyond the scholarship? [more inside]
posted by leotrotsky on Jan 27, 2009 - 6 answers

LawSchoolFilter: Starting law school at Michigan in May. Yey! I have 6 months to get really prepared so that I excel as a 1L. Recommendations? I'm currently reviewing the Nutshells for 1L classes, but I've also been told that this may be of marginal help. Thoughts?
posted by leotrotsky on Dec 14, 2008 - 25 answers