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Article: Law School Without Fear: Strategies for Success.

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February 1, 1997
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Helene Shapo and Marshall Shapo 
The Foundation Press 
615 Merrick Ave. 
Westbury, NY 11590 
224 pp., $14.95

Reviewed by Robin E. Brewer

This is the book we should have had when we were beginning law school, or even just considering whether to give ourselves the benefit of the wonderful experience of law school.

Northwestern University law professors Helene and Marshall Shapo impart their collective wisdom from a generation of studying and teaching law in this informative manual originally written for their son, who decided to go to law school.

Simply put, this is an advice manual about the law school experience. What distinguishes this ...

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