Jason Mendelson - How to Be a Lawyer

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4 Dedication Jason would like to dedicate this book to his wife and best friend, Jenn. Her love, support, and encouragement are the best gifts a guy could get. Alex would like to dedicate this book to his wife, Carolyn, who supported him in law school and has been by his side through good times and bad, always a loving partner and best friend.

5 About the Authors

6 Acknowledgments

7 Table of Contents

8 Begin Reading

9 Index

10 Wiley End User License Agreement

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THE PATH FROM LAW SCHOOL TO SUCCESS

Jason MendelsonAlex Paul

Copyright © 2022 by Jason Mendelson and Alex Paul. All rights reserved.

Published by John Wiley & Sons, Inc., Hoboken, New Jersey.

Published simultaneously in Canada.

No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, scanning, or otherwise, except as permitted under Section 107 or 108 of the 1976 United States Copyright Act, without either the prior written permission of the Publisher, or authorization through payment of the appropriate per-copy fee to the Copyright Clearance Center, Inc., 222 Rosewood Drive, Danvers, MA 01923, (978) 750-8400, fax (978) 750-4470, or on the web at www.copyright.com. Requests to the Publisher for permission should be addressed to the Permissions Department, John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 111 River Street, Hoboken, NJ 07030, (201) 748-6011, fax (201) 748-6008, or online at http://www.wiley.com/go/permission.