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Next Steps in My Life

Next Steps in My Life. By Natalie Cook CIS 1020. My Motto:. “Keep your dreams alive. Understand to achieve anything requires faith and belief in yourself , hard work , determination , and dedication . Remember all things are possible for those who believe.” – Gail Devers.

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Next Steps in My Life

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  1. Next Steps in My Life By Natalie Cook CIS 1020

  2. My Motto: “Keep your dreams alive. Understand to achieve anything requires faith and belief in yourself, hard work, determination, and dedication. Remember all things are possible for those who believe.” – Gail Devers

  3. Western Michigan University • At Western I am in the Lee Honors College • Have to maintain a GPA of 3.50 or higher • Community service • Honors classes • Complete a thesis • Double Majoring in Business Management and Psychology • Deans List • Trying to improve chances of getting into a good law school

  4. Next Step: LSAT Next step to becoming a Corporate Lawyer is taking the LSAT during the summer before my senior year at WMU Going to enroll in an LSAT prep class offered by Kaplan- likely to increase LSAT score Take LSAT Goal: 170-180(180 being perfect, 120 being the worst)

  5. Choosing the Right Law School

  6. Top Choices of Law Schools Stanford University Location: California Median LSAT: 170 Tuition per year: $49,179 Acceptance Rate: 9.8% Law School Rating: 3rd Job Placement Rating: 95% University of Michigan • Location: Michigan • Median LSAT: 169 • Tuition per year: $46,830 • Acceptance Rate: 21.4% • Law School Rating: 11th • Job Placement Rating: 96.8%

  7. Bar Exam After law school, I must choose where I want to practice law at, such as Michigan, California, etc. Then in that state I have to take the Bar Exam for that state. The Bar Exam is a test to determine if a certain candidate is able to practice law in that state Must pass in order to practice law

  8. Jobs • After I pass the Bar Exam I will be able to start looking for jobs • What I would do: • provide legal assistance involve new business laws and regulations, labor relations, employee contracts, tax issues, civil suits, employee injury, patents, contracts, etc. • Possible Jobs: • Partners in a firm • In-house counsel at a corporation

  9. Salaries • Starting salaries depend on where you practice • Location • Big City or Smaller Town • In-house counsel or firm • Firm • Big firm with over 700 lawyers- starting salaries $165,000 • Small firm with only 200 lawyers- starting salaries $105,000

  10. Next Steps Reviewed

  11. Thank you The End

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