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LEGAL STUDIES
Fairleigh Dickinson 
University
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email:
Prof. Bruce Peabody

call: 973-443-8729

 
Law School
The Department of Social Sciences and History has some resources that may help you apply to law school including catalogues, application materials, and background information.  Contact the Prelaw and Legal Studies Coordinator to find out more information and to be placed on an email list for students interested in law school.

You may find the following resources helpful or amusing in thinking about and preparing for law school:

Websites

Western Maryland College Prelaw Page
Dan Pinello's Law School Advice
Boston College Law School Locator
Internet Legal Resource Guide: Prelaw
U.S. News and World Report Law School Rankings

Books

General Information and the Legal Career

Law School Confidential. Robert Miller.  St. Martin's Press. 2000.

Letters from Law School: The Life of a Second Year Law Student.

Lawrence Dieker Jr. Lincoln, NE: Writers Club Press, 2000

The Paper Chase. John Jay Osborn.  Boston: Houghton Mifflin.  1971.

One L. Scott Turow.  New York: Putnam. 1977.

The Bramblebush. Karl Llewellyn

So You Want to be a Lawyer: A Practical Guide to Law as a Career. Law School Admission Council, Inc. Bantam Doubleday Dell.

On Preparing for the LSAT
Barron's How to Prepare for the LSAT, 9th edition, Bobrow, Jerry Barron's Educational Series, Inc. 1999.

The Best Test Preparation for the LSAT, Burdette, R.K. et. al. 1998.

Everything You Need to Score High on the LSAT 2000. LSAT: Law School Admission Test, 7th edition, Martinson, Thomas H., Arco Publishing 1996.

Law Schools
The Official Guide to U.S. Law School. Law School Admission Council

ABA Approved Law Schools: Statistical Information on American Bar Association Approved Law Schools. Morgan, Rick L. and Kurt Snyder, Esq. ABA.


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