1000 days to the bar, but the practice of law begins now / Dennis J. Tonsing.

Getzville, New York : William S. Hein & Co., Inc., 2022.

KF272 .T66 2022

3rd edition.

9780837742625
0837742625

xv, 280 pages : illustrations ; 28 cm

(OCoLC)1313530998

This book has but one objective: empowerment. Most law students have been anticipating the start of law school for weeks, months or years-- some for a lifetime. They approach the start of school with a mix of excitement and apprehension, often with a sense of awe at the majesty of the enterprise they are about to begin. This hopeful group includes a mightily gifted, dynamic, achievement-oriented variety of individuals. They are determined to do well-- and they should be. They have been chosen by admissions committees across the country adept at selecting only those students with the capability to succeed in law school, pass the bar examination, and enter into the professional practice of law. Why, then, do so many first-year law students express high levels of anxiety, depression, isolation, "drowning," a sense of imminent and inevitable failure, intense frustration, lack of control, depression, and ominous foreboding within 90 days of beginning school? There are reasons. Most have recently exited successful positions of academic, social, or executive leadership. They believe the institution they are entering-- a "school"-- is merely an advanced version of what they were so good at before-- "school." Law school is not like college. Law school is your opportunity to begin the practice of law. If you are just beginning law school in a full-time program, you have about 1000 days until you sit for the bar examination-- but you have only 90 days until you sit for your first semester final examinations. Consider following all the suggestions in this book for 90 days. Ninety days. That's all. I suggest you take to heart the lessons presented here and accept my challenge to commit to the practice of law in law school with the same rigor, detail, planning and strategizing you intend to employ in the professional practice of law. Take your finals with confidence and self-assurance. Note your grade point average. Then determine whether it was worth it.--Preface.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 261-272) and index.

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One thousand days to the bar, but the practice of law begins now