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		Prologue				5
		Introduction				5
	1.	Should I Attend Law School? The Nuts and Bolts of a Big Decision				7
		Overview				7
		Cost in Time and Money				7
			The Money Part			7
			The Time Part			7
		The 14 Point "Law School Quotient" Quiz				11
		The 12 Major Myths about Law School				15
		Job Outlook Information				18
		Talk to Lawyers				18
		Talk to Law Students				19
		Sit in on Some Law School Classes				19
		Conclusion				19
	2.	Preparing to Attend: The Maze Unraveled				21
		Introduction				21
		LSAC and the LSDAS Report				21
		LSAT				22
		Personal Statement and Writing Sample				22
		Recommendations				23
		Pre-Law School Courses				24
		ABA Requirements/Non-ABA Schools				25
		Applications for Admission				25
			3-Tiered Application Process			25
			Financial Aid			26
			Top Law Schools			26
		Timing				27
	3.	The 1L Year (first year of law school): What You're Up Against and How to Succeed				28
		Introduction				28
		Orientation				28
		First Year Curriculum				29
		Support Materials: This is Where the Rubber Meets the Road				30
			Products			31
		Case Briefing: The Four Step Process				34
			Overview			35
			Step 1			35
			Step 2			36
			Step 3			40
			Step 4			40
			Conclusion			41
		The Socratic Method				42
		Study Groups				42
		Treating Law School Like a Job				43
		Social Life				43
		Typical Day During the Week				44
		Typical Weekend				44
		Attendance				45
		Your Health				46
		Your Fellow Students				46
		Weeks Leading Up to the Exams				46
		The Exams				47
		Anonymous Grading				47
		IRAC				47
		Exam Aids				50
		Exam Day				51
			Every Law Students Greatest Fear			51
		Talking About the Exams				52
		Post Exam Drainage				52
		Grades				53
			Grade Unease			53
	4.	Post 1L Considerations: Acutally it's Not All Down Hill from Here				55
		Introduction				55
		Summer Work/Play				55
		Paying Jobs				55
		Externships and Internships				56
		Summer School				56
		Play				56
		Thinking of Quitting?				56
			Secret of the Century Divulged			59
	5.	2nd and 3rd Years: How to Get the Rest of the Way Home				60
		Introduction				60
		Curriculum				60
		MPRE				60
		Final Exam Schedules				61
		Clinical Programs				61
	6.	The Bar Exam: Why it Can't Be Underestimated				62
		Introduction				62
		Bar Preparation Companies				63
		Appendix
		Law School Costs Worksheet (.pdf)				A
		Law School Quotient Quiz (.pdf)				B
		Farwell v. Keaton (.pdf)				C
		CBFS (.pdf)				D
		Filled in CBFS (.pdf)				E
		FAQ's				F