Walton - Guerrilla Tactics for Getting the Legal Job of Your Dreams, 2d

For Getting The

Second Edition

By

Kimm Alayne Walton, J.D.

Mat #40544175

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Life is short. Live it up.

Nikita Khruschev

Never never never give up.

Winston Churchill

Some of the greatest feats were accomplished by people not smart enough to know they were impossible.

Doug Larson

Action will remove the doubt that theory cannot solve.

Tehyi Hsieh

I will find a way or make one.

Seneca

Life is what we make it, always has been, always will be.

Grandma Moses

A person in good health in a Western liberal democracy is, in terms of his objective circumstances, one of the most fortunate human beings ever to have walked the surface of the Earth.

John Lanchester

God gave you lips. God gave you teeth. Smile!

Andre Benjamin of Outkast

When the eel on the reef
takes your heel in its teeth
thats a moray.

For a letter to the editor of Smithsonian Magazzine

You wouldnt know a classy broad if she took a dump on your head.

Alec Baldwin in the film Outside Providence.

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The first edition of this book bore the following dedication:

To my wonderful brother, Keir, who has always given me the greatest gift there is: the belief that anything is possible.

That sentiment is every bit as true as it was ten years ago, when I first wrote it. Keirbo, youre the best.

Since the first Guerrilla Tactics came out, the circumstances of my life have changed rather dramatically, and so an addendum to that dedication is appropriate.

I would also like to dedicate this book to my husband Henry. Of all of the men I datednot that there were manytheres only one I should have married, and I married him. I love you, Lambie.

And finally, to my adorable little son Harry. I ask you: in the absence of visiting law schools with a potty-training three-year-old, when would one ever have the opportunity to say, in the presence of distinguished law school deans, HarryIll bet the dean here wears big boy underpants.

Harry, the worst day with you is a thousand times better than the best day without you ever was. Mommy loves you, Bootsy-Boo.

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Fortunately for you, this book contains not one original thought from me. Instead, it has a cast of thousands. Since the first edition of Guerrilla Tactics came out ten years ago, Ive had the great fortune of visiting almost every law school in America. Career services people, professors and law firm administrators have been incredibly generous in sharing their wisdom (and favorite anecdotes) with me, and this book reflects what I have learned from them. If you attend a law school (or are with a firm) where any of these people work, I hope youll seek them out and thank them for contributing, because this book, quite literally, would not have been possible without them.

Sharon Abrahams, McDermott Will & Emery LLP

Lisa Abrams, The University of Chicago Law School

Chasity Adewopo, Indiana University School of Law/Indianapolis

Betsy Armour, Boston University School of Law emeritus

Abby Armstrong, Vermont Law School

Susanne Aronowitz, Golden Gate University School of Law

Kathleen Austin, Indiana University School of Law/Bloomington emeritus

Mindy Baggish, University of California, Davis School of Law

Jose Bahamonde-Gonzalez, University of Maryland School of Law

Drusilla Bakert, University of Kentucky College of Law

Diane Ballou, Quinnipiac University School of Law emeritus

Bill Barrett, Wake Forest University School of Law

Dana Bartocci, Maslon Edelman Borman & Brand LLP

Pat Bass, Mercer University School of Law emeritus

Anthony Bastone, Roger Williams University School of Law

Rosemarie Benitez, University of California-Davis School of Law emeritus

Margann Bennett, Washburn University School of Law

Susan Benson, University of San Diego School of Law emeritus

Erin Binns, Marquette University School of Law

Mary Birmingham, University of Arizona School of Law

Beverly Boone, University of Richmond School of Law emeritus

Marjorie Boone, Harvard Law School

Elaine Bourne, Washington University School of Law

Kathleen Brady, Brady and Associates Career Planners, LLP

Carolyn Bregman, Emory University School of Law

Mark Brickson, University of Montana School of Law

Amy Thompson Briggs, Catholic University of America School of Law emeritus

Gicine Brignola, Pennsylvania State University The Dickinson School of Law

Vickie Brown, Georgia State University College of Law

Kyle Buchanan, University of Oklahoma College of Law

Alexandria Bullaria, Santa Clara University School of Law emeritus

Phyllis Burkhard, University of South Carolina School of Law

Joshua Burstein, University of Richmond School of Law

Joanne Casey, Albany Law School of Union University

James Castro-Blanco, St. Johns University School of Law emeritus

Rosanna Catalano, Florida State University College of Law

Kim Cauthorn, South Texas College of Law emeritus

William Chamberlain, Northwestern University School of Law

Angela Chapman, Vanderbilt University Law School

Professor Neil Cohen, University of Tennessee College of Law emeritus

Dorothy Commons, Suffolk University Law Scohol

Marcelyn Cox, University of Miami School of Law

Gail Cutter, SLJ Attorney Search

Bernice Davenport, Thomas M. Cooley Law School

Elizabeth Davis, Lewis & Clark College Northwestern Law School

Donna Davis-Gregory, Texas Southern University Thurgood Marshall School of Law

Theresa DeAndrado, Washington University College of Law emeritus

Richard DelliVeneri, University of Denver Sturm College of Law

Lisa Dickinson, University of San Francisco School of Law

Lisa Doster, Vanderbilt University Law School

Sheila Driscoll, George Washington University Law School

Suzanne Endrizzi, Fordham University Law School

Alexandra Epsilanty, Syracuse University College of Law

Tracy Evans, Louisiana State University Law Center

Tasha Everman, University of Nebraska College of Law

Brian Keith Faulkner, Campbell University Norman Adrian Wiggins School of Law

Brian Ferrell, Creighton University emeritus