The one MUST HAVE for law students!

I just finished reading Law School Confidential, and as someone who already has some law school experience, I felt compelled to write this review for those of you getting ready to go.

Law School Confidential leaves no aspect of law school unexplored, and provides great advice about taking the LSATs and deciding where to apply, to figuring out the best way to study, to getting along with your classmates, to unwritten etiquette, to making Law Review and getting the best job possible. It is written in a serious but witty style that makes it read more like a novel than a how-to, and the comments from the contributing student coaches add a lot to its scope and personality.

I couldn't disagree more with the two-star review someone gave to this book. Reading the reviewer's comments makes me wonder whether he actually READ this book, or is just a lackey for a competing author. See for yourself - the coaches in Law School Confidential are from schools all over the country, not just the top schools, and their advice, and that of the author, is uniformly helpful in every chapter. The sheer scope and content of this book dwarfs anything else out there, and the interview with the Dean of Admissions is instructive.

Just my two cents. I wish I had found this book sooner to help me apply, but at least I won't be without this book when law school starts next month.

Incredibly expansive and helpful.

I purchased this book after reading dozens of reviews on LSC and the other popular law school prep books. I have been completely satisfied with my choice.
This book begins with presenting the common reasons for going to law school and continues through the entire process, including the job interviews. I have found the sections describing what to do the summer before law school begins and what each of the first year classes is basically about very helpful as I prepare to begin law school this fall. While I had already received answers from law schools by the time I began reading this book, I found the interview with a law school dean helpful because it encouraged me to keep in contact with those schools that had placed me on their waiting list.
Overall, this book has covered every aspect of law school I had wanted to know about, and many more that I hadn't even considered. I gave this book to a good friend who's beginning law school with me this fall, and encouraged others to read it as well.

Excellent, but to be more persuasive, see Keith Evans' book

Miller's book is good for describing law school. But if you want to learn how a great trial lawyer thinks, anyone who wants to be an excellent advocate should also read Keith Evan's "Common Sense Rules of Advocacy for Lawyers."

Mr. Evans tried hundreds of jury trials as a trial lawyer in California for many years, after a decade as a barrister in England. He also taught as an adjunct law professor and gave many presentations to American Inns of Court.

More information about Evans' book is available on its web site: RulesOfAdvocacy.com or search Amazon for ISBN 1587330059

If you want to be a excellent advocate, you should buy "Common Sense Rules of Advocacy for Lawyers." If you want to know what law school is about, buy "Law School Confidential". If you know you're going to law school, be prepared and get both.