{"product_id":"diy-law-school-paperback","title":"DIY Law School - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eMicah Clatterbaugh\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eGary Blasi\u003c\/b\u003e (Foreword by), \u003cb\u003eDignidad Rebelde\u003c\/b\u003e (Cover Design by)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\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\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 248\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.52 x 9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e December 08, 2025\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47566718992605,"sku":"9798218569747","price":46.63,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0811\/9867\/8237\/files\/d7pWUQR41m9798218569747.webp?v=1773315239","url":"https:\/\/handfulofbooks.com\/products\/diy-law-school-paperback","provider":"Handful of Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}