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18 February
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Trial Lawyers Must Have Exceptional Organizational Skills

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Whether you are thinking about going to law school, are currently enrolled, or are a practicing attorney, you have probably heard that the job of being a lawyer isn’t nearly as glamorous as it is cracked up to be—and that a legal career can be very boring. This can vary depending on the person; for example, you may have a passion for corporate law or intellectual property—or even tax law. No matter what type of practice you choose to specialize in—or if you hang out your shingle and practice a variety of different types of law—your focus in life as...

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15 February
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Worried about Those First Year Law School Grades?

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Students choose to attend law school for a wide range of reasons, but find later that dealing with law school grades can sometimes be harrowing. You may have had a lifelong dream to be a lawyer, to help people, and see justice served—or you may be interested in taking on a fast-paced, challenging career, especially if you are studying to be a trial attorney. Today, many individuals take on a law degree as a second career, often later in life too. You may be studying at a conventional law school or perhaps taking the progressive route of distance learning, but...

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14 February
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The Benefits of Study Groups for Law Students

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Whether you are attending a conventional law school or distance learning through a progressive institution like California Desert Trial Academy College of Law, studying is key, and study groups can be helpful; in fact, there can be so much detail to absorb on a constant basis that if you fall behind in your studying it could be impossible to catch up. The more disciplined you are, the better your outcome will be, and especially if you are participating in distance learning where you are more responsible for scheduling your time independently. This involves reading all your assignments on time, briefing...

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13 February
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Handwriting Classroom Notes Shown to Be More Effective

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Most of us remember taking classroom notes as younger students, writing everything by hand. Slowly though, that has gone by the wayside with the advance of laptops and tablets—not to mention the ability to videotape classes when permitted. Pen and paper have been fast tracked by electronics, and in fact, many younger students may be hard-pressed to find a writing utensil (aside from a stylus) in their backpacks today. You may wonder if proper handwriting is going to become completely obsolete when you consider how rarely you find yourself putting pen to paper; however, in the classroom it may be...

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12 February
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Leave Your Electronic Devices Behind While Attending Class

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The need to pay attention in class is something we are all made aware of from a young age, although electronic devices have changed the scope of what this means now sometimes. This can be especially difficult in the formative years as the hours wear on in the day and all we want to do is go home. Heading into college and graduate school, however, the need to be there is transformed for many into a want, and a burning desire to succeed—especially when students are paying for classes on their own. Getting the most out of class as an...

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11 February
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Bombed a Test? Use Failure to Understand What You Don’t Know

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After bombing a test, you may have heard others say ‘Well, I’m just not good at taking exams.” Or you may have said this yourself throughout the years. Often, this is just anxiety speaking—and to ward that off, it is helpful to understand more about your educational experience and the culture of testing. Understanding what you are learning in class and then demonstrating your mastery of it is of course the crux of testing and passing or failing could ultimately make the difference in getting what you want out of life, at the time, which is probably graduating from a...

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08 February
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Why Internships Are So Important for Law Students

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Law students and internships tend to go hand in hand, and years later there will still always be the question among peers and colleagues asking where you completed yours, or you might find yourself with your own firm offering a similar position to young go-getters. Interning is not just specific or important to law students exclusively, either. An internship of any sort offers students an introduction to what can be a very competitive work force for many potential careers; in many cases, they may be interning in large firms or corporations and have access to mentoring from key players. Interns...

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07 February
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Online Education: The New Path for Many Law Students

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Upon the advent of the internet and an ‘online world’ that has just continued to grow, consumers around the world have embraced the idea of being able to do nearly everything more efficiently—from the paperless to the wireless to the concept of not having to leave their current surroundings to drive anywhere else, to include online education. Schooling has come about more slowly than some of the other popular cyber-activities such as shopping, or even dating, but of course the idea of getting up to the sound of an alarm clock and getting dressed and walking into a physical classroom...

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Consistent with sound educational policy, CDTA College of Law does not discriminate on the basis of sex, race, color, ancestry, religious creed, national origin, disability, medical condition, age, marital status, political affiliation, gender identity, sexual orientation, or veteran status.

California State Bar Standard and Required Disclosure

The method of instruction at this law school for the Juris Doctor (J.D.) degree program is principally in physical classroom facilities.

Students enrolled in the J.D. degree program at this law school who successfully complete the first year of law study must pass the First-Year Law Students Examination required by Business and Professions Code 6060(h) and Rule VIII of the Rules Regulating Admission to Practice Law in California as part of the requirements to qualify to take the California Bar Examination.

A student who passes the First-Year Law Students Examination within three (3) administrations of the examination after first becoming eligible to take it will receive credit for all legal studies completed to the time the examination is passed. A student who does not pass the examination within three (3) administrations of the examination after first becoming eligible to take it must be promptly disqualified from the law school’s J.D. degree program. If the dismissed student subsequently passes the examination, the student is eligible for re-enrollment in this law school’s J.D. degree program, but will receive credit for only one year of legal study.

Study at, or graduation from, this law school may not qualify a student to take the bar examination or to satisfy the requirements for admission to practice in jurisdictions other than California. A student intending to seek admission to practice law in a jurisdiction other than California should contact the admitting authority in that jurisdiction for information regarding the legal education requirements in that jurisdiction for admission to the practice of law.

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