{"product_id":"diy-law-school-micah-clatterbaugh-9798218569747","title":"DIY Law School","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\"What are you talking about?\"\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThat's the most common reaction I get. Most lawyers seem to know it's possible. Some ask, \"People still do that?\" Pretty much everybody else has never heard of it, including a lot of people with graduate degrees. And most of them yell something like, \"What are you talking about?\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePeople call it apprenticing or reading the law-the California State Bar calls it the Law Office Study Program-but my favorite term is DIY Law School. I can't take credit for coining the phrase. Somebody called it that playfully early on in my experience, and I've been smiling about it ever since. Unfortunately I can't credit that person because I don't remember who it was!\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDIY Law School allows you to become a lawyer with almost none of the debt. You can hit the ground running because you'll likely have years of hands-on experience by the time you start practicing. And in many ways it won't be nearly as hard-or time-consuming-as law school. \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis book a guide, a collection of ideas, some advice anyone considering an apprenticeship should at least consider, and personal reflections that might even be insightful. Once I got started with my apprenticeship, \u003cem\u003eso \u003c\/em\u003emany people told me they wanted to do it too. I made my program up as I went, learning from my mistakes, creating my own curricula based on a model I mostly invented myself. Of course I got advice from lawyers, particularly recent law school graduates, and from Gary Blasi, a former apprentice who then worked for decades as a public interest attorney and law professor. One of the things I frequently told people who seemed serious about doing this was that they can use what I created to guide their own program. This book is an outgrowth of that sentiment: you, curious stranger reading my book, can use what I created to make your own apprenticeship work well. Learn from my mistakes! Don't start from scratch! To that end I have included personal reflections on what the entire experience was like, a lot of advice about how to think about what you are doing, a few important warnings, and a fair amount of detailed framework you can use to guide your own apprenticeship.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Micah Clatterbaugh\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9798218569747\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Enigma Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 12\/07\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 248\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.74lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.52d","brand":"Micah Clatterbaugh","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48154249986303,"sku":"9798218569747","price":39.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_f4b98cb1-69f3-4e49-960f-da1b3c26b7bf.jpg?v=1770788901","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/diy-law-school-micah-clatterbaugh-9798218569747","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}