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Law school can be a joyous, soul-transforming challenge that leads to a rewarding career. It can also be an exhausting, self-limiting trap. It all depends on making smart decisions. When every advantage counts, A Student’s Guide to Law School is like having a personal mentor available at every turn.As a recent graduate and an appellate lawyer, Andrew Ayers knows how high the stakes are—he’s been there, and not only did he survive the experience, he graduated first in his class. In A Student’s Guide to Law School he shares invaluable insight on what it takes to make a successful law school journey. Originating in notes Ayers jotted down while commuting to his first clerkship with then-Judge Sonia Sotomayor, and refined throughout his first years as a lawyer, A Student’s Guide to Law School offers a unique balance of insider’s knowledge and professional advice.
About the Author
Andrew Ayers graduated first in his law school class at Georgetown in 2005. He then clerked for the Honorable Sonia Sotomayor on the US Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit, and for the Honorable Gerard E. Lynch on the US District Court for the Southern District of New York. During the second clerkship, he and his wife Emily Ayers discovered that they were having twins, so they moved back to their hometown of Albany, New York. He works there as an appellate lawyer.
