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How do race, class, gender, and law school status condition the career trajectories of lawyers? And how do professionals then navigate these parameters? The Making of Lawyers' Careers provides an unprecedented account of the last two decades of the legal profession in the US, offering a data-backed look at the structure of the profession and the inequalities that early-career lawyers face across race, gender, and class distinctions. Starting in 2000, the authors collected over 10,000 survey responses from more than 5,000 lawyers, following these lawyers through the first twenty years of their careers. They also interviewed more than two hundred lawyers and drew insights from their individual stories, contextualizing data with theory and close attention to the features of a market-driven legal profession.  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As a sensitive and knowledgeable storyteller, the Secret Barrister does for lawyers what James Herriot did for vets -- \u003cb\u003eJames O'Brien\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTerrifying and occasionally hilarious... this is an eye-opening, if depressing, account of the practice of law today. Perhaps there is hope, but the author leaves us in no doubt that urgent reform is needed * The Observer *\u003cbr\u003eThis excellent book will hopefully raise awareness of what has been, until now, a silent crisis. It is at once a vicious polemic, a helpful primer and a cringe-inducing account of one barrister's travails * Daily Telegraph *\u003cbr\u003eFunny, angry, mordant, social satire, reform manifesto – The Secret Barrister offers them all in this legal tour de force. Told through often heart-rending stories of victims and victors in a game of legal roulette, a quest for decency and proper standards of legal service shines through the bleakness. If the Secret Barrister has her or his way, it might happen a bit more often. Read this book, hope and pray -- \u003cb\u003eAndrew Adonis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIts stories of how the law often fails those whom it is meant to protect – how do barristers feel when someone they believe to be innocent gets banged up for five years? – make for gripping reading. -- \u003cb\u003eJohn Crace\u003c\/b\u003e * The Guardian *\u003cbr\u003eFluently and engagingly written...a copy of this book should be placed on the desk of every judge, every trainee lawyer, every would-be lawyer, every politician, and every minister responsible for the legal system * The Literary Review *\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eStories of The Law and How It's Broken\u003c\/i\u003e is mordantly clear, chillingly well-observed and terrifyingly funny. I have rarely read a book that filled me with greater fury. 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Kathryne Young's insights—many borne out of her own experience, alongside the experience of many attorneys—offer an honest and rare glimpse into the challenges of law school. Young provides readers with a useful and hopeful path to more fully experience the excitement and realize the opportunities found in law school and the practice of law.\" -- Scott L. Rogers * University of Miami *\u003cbr\u003e\"As the saying goes, happiness is a function of expectations. If that's the case, \u003ci\u003eHow To Be Sort of Happy in Law School\u003c\/i\u003e is an important correction to many harmful myths concerning law school success, opening up new ways for students to think about their legal educations and careers. With wit that is only outdone by its wisdom, this book should be included in every law student's admission packet for years to come.\" -- Osagie K. Obasogie, University of California, Berkeley * Joint Medical Program and School of Public Health *\u003cbr\u003e\"\u003ci\u003eHow to Be Sort of Happy in Law School\u003c\/i\u003e is a remarkably wise book. A lawyer-turned-sociologist, Katie Young combines a critical perspective on the law school experience with concrete steps law students can take to survive, and even thrive. Her readers will come away from the book reassured that they are not alone, and inspired to tackle the challenges in front of them with courage, common sense, and even a good laugh every now and then.\" -- Pamela S. Karlan * Stanford Law School *\u003cbr\u003e\"Where was Kathryne Young when I was trying to decide whether to go to law school? When I was trying to decide whether to drop out? When I was outlining torts, sobbing, in the library? And when I was freaking out about jobs? Never mind. She's here now. I'm so glad that generations of law students, lawyers, and legal academics, and the folks who love them will have her patient, generous, and deeply wise voice in their heads as they launch into a life in the law. Or decide not to, which is also allowed. A big-hearted look at what can be a cold-hearted time. A must-read for the young lawyers in your orbit.\" -- Dahlia Lithwick * \u003ci\u003eSlate\u003c\/i\u003e *\u003cbr\u003e\"Young's book is a great resource for law students that I plan on recommending to current or potential law students. I also found the book to contain some excellent practical advice that can help us be happier judges, lawyers, and law professors.\" -- Tessa L. Dysart * \u003ci\u003eJournal of the Association of Legal Writing Directors\u003c\/i\u003e *\u003cbr\u003e\"[Young's] fundamentally humanistic view should also inspire law teachers to make student empowerment and personal development to a central aspect of their work.\" -- Bernhard Bergmans * \u003ci\u003eYearbook of Legal Education 2018\/19\u003c\/i\u003e *\u003cbr\u003e\"Young does an excellent job preparing the reader to navigate the unique emotional challenges law school presents. The coverage of this topic is unmatched in any other law school advice book.\" -- Paul Caron * \u003ci\u003eTaxProf Blog\u003c\/i\u003e *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eContents and AbstractsIntroduction: Why I Wrote This Book chapter abstract\u003cp\u003eWhy would someone who didn't always like being a law student write How to Be Sort of Happy in Law School? In the introduction, Young explains her motivations for writing the book, describing how working toward her JD and PhD concurrently gave her a new perspective on law school and detailing the design and data sources underpinning the book's mixed-methods study.\u003c\/p\u003e 1You Are Not Alone chapter abstract\u003cp\u003eLaw students find themselves dissatisfied for a whole host of reasons, including debt, occupational uncertainty, a high-pressure workload, mental health challenges, difficult peers, or a sense that the student's former self is slipping away. This chapter details the myriad reasons students tend to feel unhappy or out of place in law school, using data from dozens of law students to illustrate the breadth of forms the sense of nonbelonging takes. At the same time, law students are good at pretending that everything is fine, which makes people feel even more individually isolated. But although law school is supposed to be hard, and although some angst doubtlessly comes with the territory, law school need not wreak havoc on students' well-being.\u003c\/p\u003e 2You Are Good Enough to Be Here chapter abstract\u003cp\u003eThe first section of this chapter addresses how impostor syndrome—the persistent sense that you are not really good enough to be where you are—constantly plagues law students. This chapter describes the social and psychological dynamics of impostor syndrome, detailing the thought patterns that characterize it and ten practical strategies for combating it. Using data from current law students, Young explains why law school is often so difficult for people who come in with a track record of academic excellence and how law students can shift their outlook away from thinking in terms of what they \"should\" do. Lastly, this chapter argues that law students take a needlessly Sisyphean approach, overvaluing self-reliance in realms where it would be to their advantage to enlist others' help. While many alumni Young surveyed wished they had asked for more help in law school, no alumni wished they had sought less help.\u003c\/p\u003e 3Why Are You Here? chapter abstract\u003cp\u003eThis chapter first asks law students to perform a critical, honest assessment of their own reasons for going to law school. It lists many common reasons people choose law school and provides an exercise to help readers identify their own. The chapter then asks students to perform a similar assessment of the passions that brought them to law school. Young argues that law students need to understand the bulk of their training as that of technicians, not inventors, and to reconcile this training with the goals they hope to achieve. Finally, this chapter connects the research literature on subjective well-being (SWB) to the social psychological notion of flow and explains why law school is not a flow-optimizing social setting. It explains that flow and SWB will be critical concepts in the remainder of the book and offers ways that law students might begin engaging with both concepts.\u003c\/p\u003e 4Understanding the Storm chapter abstract\u003cp\u003eLife course research suggests that people's 20s can be a particularly challenging time, and Young uses data from current law students to describe the ways in which law school amplifies and exacerbates life challenges in a way that increases anxiety and depression. Courses' emphasis on detailed interpretations, precedent, and incremental change can frustrate students who hoped that law school would equip them to effect sweeping reform. Young urges law students to use this frustration to stay in touch with their own sensibilities rather than interpret it as a sign that they do not belong in law school. This chapter then details the differences between law school and other postgraduate education, offering several strategies for law students who crave more intellectual engagement. Finally, this chapter reminds the reader that a JD can be a means to many different ends—only one of which is legal practice.\u003c\/p\u003e 5Should You Drop Out? chapter abstract\u003cp\u003eYoung's research suggests that one in three law school alumni considered dropping out at some point during law school. Even though it's not widely discussed, the possibility is on many law students' minds. This chapter offers good and bad reasons both for staying in law school and for dropping out, emphasizing that staying and leaving are both choices. It leads wavering students through the decision process and uses data from law school alums to advise current students. Next, the chapter addresses the financial aspects of dropping out, including the sunk-cost problem and debt-repayment timelines. Young then shares stories from law school dropouts she interviewed, pointing out that as long as they stay true to their passions and interests, both dropouts and non-dropouts report being happy many years later. The chapter ends with nuts-and-bolts advice for law students who are seriously considering dropping out.\u003c\/p\u003e 6Don't Just Follow the Crowd chapter abstract\u003cp\u003eCreating a life you truly love is harder than simply striving for the most prestigious accomplishments, because it requires introspection and self-knowledge. This chapter helps students recognize when their choices are motivated primarily by risk aversion and suggests that students should think carefully about taking advantage of opportunities such as law review membership or on-campus interviews simply because they confer prestige. The chapter's final section, \"Take a Stand,\" argues that although law students are willing to argue hypothetical positions, they are often reluctant to take actual positions on important issues. Young argues against this capitulation to risk aversion, quoting Professor Pamela S. Karlan that \"Sitting on the fence is not practice for standing up.\"\u003c\/p\u003e 7Identity Matters chapter abstract\u003cp\u003eDrawing on data from current law students, Young details the social processes and patterns within law school, as described by law students who embody minority and intersectional identities of many different types. Specific sections of this chapter are devoted to the identities law students described as most relevant to their law school experiences, including gender and sex(ism); race, racism, and racial identity; social class and cultural capital; sexual orientation and gender nonconformity; political beliefs. The chapter emphasizes the importance of understanding the challenges and strengths presented by one's own identity, as well as the importance of receptivity to other people's identities in law school and the open discussion of all identities in law school more generally.\u003c\/p\u003e 8A Law School State of Mind chapter abstract\u003cp\u003eLaw school is an extremely difficult setting in which to keep one's perspective. Finals, interviews, and other rites of passage are subjectively experienced as make-or-break moments, which raise student stress and lower tolerance for ambiguity. This chapter draws on several different literatures to help law students develop a more balanced outlook. Young teaches law students how to capitalize on psychological research about fixed and growth mindsets, explaining how cultivating a growth mindset will help them not just in law school, but in legal practice as well. Additionally, the chapter describes the key principles of mindfulness: the practice of systematically paying attention to what's going on in one's own mind. It explains that there are many methods of practicing mindfulness, ranging from meditation to cognitive behavioral therapy. Young shares six mindfulness exercises that she developed for law students with the help of a Buddhist priest.\u003c\/p\u003e 9The Art of Alleviating Stress chapter abstract\u003cp\u003eOne of the survey questions Young asked current law students was, \"Describe the time in the past week you've felt the happiest.\" This chapter shares some of their answers, drawing both on these students' experience and sociological and psychological research to detail several strategies for time management and stress alleviation. These include \"wasting\" part of your summer, exposing yourself to poetry or art, and avoiding \"stealth time vacuums.\" The chapter ends with special advice for creative law students who have lost touch with their creative selves in law school—a pattern documented in the literature and one Young finds can be particularly harmful to law students' well-being.\u003c\/p\u003e 10Finances and Physicalities chapter abstract\u003cp\u003eThis chapter is an extremely nuts-and-bolts guide to some of the most practical parts of law school life. It begins with finances, outlining fundamental guidelines for spending and saving money while accumulating debt, living on law school loans, and trying to cobble together a reasonably comfortable life. The chapter then turns to various physicalities. Using data from her study of current law students, as well as previous research from multiple disciplines, Young identifies common obstacles to law student happiness and suggests ways—often counterintuitive ones—that law students might adjust their lives and schedules to improve their well-being. The key areas discussed are physical exercise, sleep, eating habits, living arrangements, and choosing the most effective study spaces.\u003c\/p\u003e 11Mental Well-Being chapter abstract\u003cp\u003eThis chapter, co-authored by law school mental health expert Dr. Katherine M. Bender, sets out a compelling case that law student mental health is in serious crisis. Depression, anxiety, alcohol abuse, self-harm, and prescription drug use are all serious problems among law students and among practicing lawyers. Young and Bender draw on recent psychological and sociological research to discuss symptoms and causes of these and other common mental health challenges for law students, destigmatizing and demystifying the challenges as well as the process of getting help. How does a law student know if his or her symptoms rise to the level of a problem? How can he or she recognize symptoms in other people? Where can law students seek help?\u003c\/p\u003e 12Peers chapter abstract\u003cp\u003eThis first chapter of \"Part IV: Managing Relationships\" discusses the reasons that many students find law school to be a site of extreme social stress. In an atmosphere pervaded by insecurity and uncertainty, law students can whip one another into a frenzy over almost anything. Peer-induced stress is hard to avoid, and this chapter equips law students to minimize it. Young offers strategies for finding people with whom you truly connect in law school, even if the social scene is snobby, cliquish, or overwhelming. Additionally, the chapter explains several important ways that law students can avoid contributing to the pressure-cooker atmosphere themselves: disengaging from the law school scene when necessary, being a good citizen, and most importantly, committing microinclusions—the opposite of microaggressions—to increase others' sense of belonging.\u003c\/p\u003e 13Professors and Law School Administrators chapter abstract\u003cp\u003eThe days of Professor Kingsfield are over—sort of—but law professors continue to play an outsized role in law student life. This chapter relates some bests and worsts of professorial behavior and provides strategic advice for dealing with the latter. It explains how and why to cultivate a good working relationship with at least a few favorite professors (without being a suck-up), and gives advice for getting the most out of office hours, even in classes with intimidating professors. Finally, the chapter demystifies the often-opaque role of law school administrators, explaining what kinds of help they can offer to students.\u003c\/p\u003e 14Relationships (Mostly) Outside of Law School chapter abstract\u003cp\u003eLaw school can be an extremely insular experience, which can complicate law students' relationships with people outside of law school. But while no one who hasn't been through law school can fully \"get\" it, there are some best practices for maintaining relationships with friends and loved ones from within the law school bubble. This chapter draws on data from current law students' experiences to suggest best practices. How do you manage family drama while you're trying to prepare for finals? How do you break it to your best college buddy that you're missing his Vegas birthday blowout for a Moot Court competition? And how can you maintain a successful romantic relationship with a partner who doesn't understand why you're so stressed out all the time?\u003c\/p\u003e 15Choosing Courses chapter abstract\u003cp\u003eLaw students are told a great many things about what courses they should take during law school—but how much of this is true? Should all law students take a clinic? Are bar courses really that important? Do employers care what classes are on a student's transcript? This chapter helps students think carefully about their curricular choices, offering reasons to take (or avoid) particular classes. Additionally, Young uses data from surveys of law school alumni to pinpoint the skills they use most frequently in practice and which they wish they had developed in law school. The chapter advises law students how to tailor their course schedule to develop a skill set that will serve them well in the future, including specific courses outside the law school.\u003c\/p\u003e 16Surviving (Thriving?) in Class chapter abstract\u003cp\u003eThis chapter describes how to get the most out of the classroom experience in law school. Young argues that cold calling is usually poor pedagogy, but it is something law students must learn to navigate. Law students' anxiety about cold calling can generally be managed with a few small changes and reframing exercises, freeing students to spend their psychological energy in class actually learning the material. The chapter also draws on educational and psychological research about specific in-class strategies for focusing, paying attention, and remembering information. Is it better to handwrite or take notes on a laptop? What do you do if your attention constantly wanders? Is it okay to give up on a course you dislike? This chapter tackles these questions and others that are crucial to law student learning.\u003c\/p\u003e 17Reading and Outlining chapter abstract\u003cp\u003eWhen it comes to law school performance, reading and outlining is a law student's bread and butter—yet these skills are decidedly not part of the law school curriculum. This chapter helps law students figure out how to go about their daily work in a way that maximizes their retention of information while making efficient use of their time. Topics include how to cope when you haven't finished the reading, why outlining is usually beneficial, how to do it efficiently, and the oft-debated role of commercial outlines and hornbooks in law student learning. This chapter ends with a thorough treatment of study groups: why they are not always necessary, why they can be a good idea, the breadth of ways study groups can be used, and how to assemble an effective study group, plan meetings, and maximize each member's contributions.\u003c\/p\u003e 18Exams and Grades chapter abstract\u003cp\u003eYoung's data show that, of all of law school's conventions, many law students find the grading structure the most taxing: a long semester of work, followed by a single test at the end that determines a student's entire grade. While this may be poor pedagogy—Young argues that it exacerbates the structural advantages and disadvantages students bring to law school—it is a structure with which modern law students are, for now, stuck. This chapter helps them learn to excel within an imperfect system. Drawing on an extended example from Professor Orin Kerr, this chapter walks students through the practicalities of drafting a thorough, responsive, and high-scoring exam answer and explains how students can craft their study time and exam time to maximize their chances of an impressive performance. Finally, this chapter puts grades into a larger perspective: What do they really mean for students' lives and careers?\u003c\/p\u003e 19Designing Your Post–Law School Life chapter abstract\u003cp\u003eThe final chapter of this book will help law students think more broadly about their careers and lives after law school. In an unconventional discussion of the everyday realities of life and legal practice, Young challenges law students to think flexibly, creatively, mindfully, and introspectively in figuring out what they want their lives to look like after law school. The chapter draws heavily on the sociological literature about lawyers' subjective well-being and points out surprising patterns—for example, the counterintuitive trajectory through which a high law school GPA can lead to a dissatisfying legal career and the factors that are (and are not) reliable empirical predictors of lawyers' happiness. Young acknowledges that every path involves sacrifice but urges law students to reflect carefully on what makes them happy; she stresses that students need to begin carving a path that prioritizes these aspects of life over prestige and conventionality.\u003c\/p\u003e Conclusion: Becoming Yourself chapter abstract\u003cp\u003eIn the throes of law school, students forget that they have agency in creating their experiences and that there is no ideal way to \"do\" law school. Young concludes by reminding readers to use law school to shape them into the lawyers and people they want to be.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Stanford University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48865945780567,"sku":"9780804799768","price":16.14,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780804799768.jpg?v=1722276317"},{"product_id":"legal-education-and-the-reproduction-of-hierarchy-9780814748053","title":"Legal Education and the Reproduction of Hierarchy","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn 1983 Harvard law professor Duncan Kennedy self-published a biting critique of the law school system called \u003cb\u003eLegal Education and the Reproduction of Hierarchy\u003c\/b\u003e. This controversial booklet was reviewed in several major law journalsunprecedented for a self-published workand influenced a generation of law students and teachers.\u003cbr\u003e In this well-known critique, Duncan Kennedy argues that legal education reinforces class, race, and gender inequality in our society. However, Kennedy proposes a radical egalitarian alternative vision of what legal education should become, and a strategy, starting from the anarchist idea of workplace organizing, for struggle in that direction. \u003cb\u003eLegal Education and the Reproduction of Hierarchy\u003c\/b\u003e is comprehensive, covering everything about law school from the first day to moot court to job placement to life after law school. Kennedy''s book remains one of the most cited works on American legal education.\u003cbr\u003eThe visually striking original text i\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDuncan Kennedys little red book has become a classic. But now with its republication twenty years later, Kennedy's \u0026amp; polemic against the systemtakes us beyond its origins as a field guide to legal education. Amplified by the voices of other distinguished scholars, this stunning collection of essays forces us to consider the ways in which hierarchies and their resulting social alienation disfigure contemporary society, not just our law schools. -- Lani Guinier,Harvard University\u003cbr\u003eDuncan Kennedy's critique of legal education now gets the wide distribution it deserves. Kennedy's insightful skewering of legal education, supplemented by his own reflections on the work and views of other legal educators, will provide prospective law students with a flavor of what they are in for and will remind lawyers of what they went through. Kennedy's message is as important today as it was two decades ago when he first penned this work. -- Mark Tushnet,Georgetown University\u003cbr\u003eKennedys book remains one of the defining blows of critical legal studies and an enduring challenge to the entire structure of legal education. It remains as vital, incisive and daring as when it first appeared. -- Scott Turow,author of One L: The Turbulent True Story of a First Year at Harvard Law School.\u003cbr\u003eAn important founding text in the history of critical approaches to law taken by scholars located in law schools. * The Law and Politics Book Review *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIntroduction Duncan KennedyLegal Education and the Reproduction of Hierarchy: A Polemic against the System Duncan KennedyReproducing the Right Sort of Hierarchy Paul CarringtonThe Spiritual Foundation of Attachment to Hierarchy Peter GabelPower and Resistance in Contemporary Legal Education Angela Harris and Donna MaedaOf Time and the Pedagogy of Critical Legal Studies Janet HalleyAfterword Duncan KennedyAbout the Contributors\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"New York University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48865991459159,"sku":"9780814748053","price":22.79,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780814748053.jpg?v=1722276538"},{"product_id":"letters-to-a-law-student-9781292375304","title":"Letters to a Law Student","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eNicholas J. 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STUDYING LAW  \u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eLetter 15 General tips\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eLetter 16 Avoiding problems\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eLetter 17 Making the most of your time\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eLetter 18 Using a textbook\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eLetter 19 Reading cases\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eLetter 20 A brief history of law reporting\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eLetter 21 Making sense of statutes\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eLetter 22 Getting through articles\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eLetter 23 Making the most out of where you are\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e  PART FOUR. WRITING LIKE A LAWYER  \u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eLetter 24 How to write an essay\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eLetter 25 How to write a problem answer\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eLetter 26 Writing a dissertation\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eLetter 27 Revising for and doing exams\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e  PART FIVE. 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