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Best Gifts by Cost: Counsel ($150 – $500)

Emily R. — Tue, 21 Apr 2009 17:49:47 +0000

Some of the best gift ideas are the classic ones.

The $150 to $500 price range seems to be a sweet spot within the realm of gift giving. At this level, you can give a gift that will be remembered and will make a genuine impact on the recipient’s life, without necessarily breaking the bank.

Ultracompact Digital Camera
The good news about going to Graduate School is that while it’s challenging, it’s also full of many rewarding moments. The friends I made in Law School are now some of my closest friends; we are bound by a shared experience so intense that outsiders just can’t relate. Ahhh, the memories! To make sure that your Law Student has something a bit more tangible than memories alone, consider giving them a cute, small digital camera that they can take with them anywhere. It’s sure to become a prized possession.

A New iPod
I know what you’re thinking: “oh, he already has one of those!” But if your favorite student is still hauling around a clunky old iPod with its plasticky touch wheel and limited storage capacity from the days of yore (ie, anything older than a year or two ago), then prepare to be blown away: the newer iPods hold more music, or more durable, better looking, smaller, faster, and easier to use. One of my lucky friends who has the new iPod Touch even went so far as to proclaim it “the coolest gadget ever“!

Leather Legal Briefcase
There comes a time in every young lawyer’s life when they need to make the switch from the ratty old canvas backpack to a shiny new leather briefcase. For me, this switch finally occurred when it came time to interview for summer internships after 1L year. There’s something about the glint of shiny leather by your side that exudes authority and says, “Now this is someone who has their act together!” — at least more so than that old Jansport backpack with the strap that’s about to fall off.

Amazon Kindle Book Reader
Amazon’s new Kindle is the kind of innovation that makes you wonder how people ever got by without it. Imagine: instead of lugging around 40 pound backpacks with 10 different books, you can carry hundreds of books on the Kindle for the size and weight of a typical magazine. Instead of spending hours flipping through books page by page to find that great quote you remember reading, you can do a keyword search and instantly pull up all of the references. Instead of trudging back to the library or bookstore to buy yet another book you need to reference, you can instantly download it, any time of day or night. And when your eyes are so tired the text begins to blur, you can just sit back and let the Kindle read to you. Wow! Now this is what Law School should be like!

A SUPER Comfortable Reading Chair
Ahh, the classic cozy reading chair! I spent my first year of law school hunched over textbooks at a desk. Then one day I purchased the perfect cozy reading chair, and I’ve never looked back since! Curling up with a textbook and a blanket makes the hours oh so much more comfortable and enjoyable, I can’t even begin to describe it. Best money I’ve ever spent!

Still looking for inspiration? Looking for something a little less expensive? Maybe something that’s going to help them succeed? Use the navigation bar to explore our site and find more great gift ideas for new lawyers and law students!

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Best gifts by cost: Associate $50-$150

Emily R. — Tue, 21 Apr 2009 17:46:32 +0000

Sometimes relaxation is the best gift you can give!

Sorry guys, this is just some random placeholder text right now… Hey, what do you want, I’m a busy girl!
But I am this very moment out scouring the interweb for the absolutely coolest, most unique gift ideas
for all of your law student and lawyer friends.

So check back soon, because in less time than it takes to explain adverse possession, this page will be
transformed into a treasure-trove of tips that will turn you into a genuine gift-giving goddess (or god, as the case may be).

This page is going to be about gifts for law students and law school graduates which cost between $50 and $150.

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Best gifts for law students when money is no object

Emily R. — Tue, 21 Apr 2009 17:36:16 +0000

Within the realm of extravagant gifts, the only limit is your imagination.

What do law students want more than anything in the world?

For starters, how about law school tuition paid in full with no debt, and a passing grade on the Bar Exam

Buying Gifts on a Law Partner’s Budget

But let’s assume you’re looking for a somewhat more tangible gift to win the favor of your favorite law student. You’d like to find the ultimate lawyer gift, and money is no object. For many this might seem like a wonderful problem to have. Yet going with a bigger budget doesn’t necessarily mean making it easier to choose the right gift. For one thing, your options increase dramatically, making selection that more difficult. And the last thing you want to do is spend a lot of money on something that’s not appreciated, or makes it seem like you’re trying to use money to compensate for a lack of creativity.

Here are my suggestions:

Want to show them that you really love them? If there’s one thing law students spend a lot of time doing, it’s working on their computer. This sweet set up is pretty much the law student’s dream (isn’t it everyone’s dream?).

More coming soon!

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Great gifts on a student budget

Emily R. — Mon, 20 Apr 2009 23:53:44 +0000

You can get a great gift on any budget!

Shopping on a tight budget? That’s no excuse to give gifts that come across as, uhh, “underwhelming”. With a little bit of creativity you can still give gifts that thrill even while spending less than $50.

Gift Giving on a Student’s Budget

The secret to great gift giving on a tight budget is to make sure your gift fills a genuine need in the recipient’s life.

Law students need love too!

If you know your recipient well, think about some of the challenges they face, their interests, and their desires. Sometimes from an outside perspective you can identify a particular product that would make their life genuinely better which they may never have discovered by themselves. Giving a gift like that has value which goes way beyond monetary worth, and is sure to be treasured for years to come.

The Best Gifts for Law Students costing under $50

Every law student secretly dreams of one day arguing before the Supreme Court — it just doesn’t get any higher than this in the legal profession. Author Jeffrey Toobin gives a behind closed doors view of the most powerful courtroom in the nation that anyone with even a vague interest in the law will find difficult to put down.
No one should even vaguely consider going to Law School without reading Scott Turow’s epic story of life as a first-year law student (called 1Ls) at Harvard Law School. If you show up to law school without the ability to summon an appropriate Turow witticism at will, it’s a surefire recipe for social failure.
A good legal dictionary is a must, and Black’s is the best of the best. Trust me, buy this for them and they’ll be thinking of you often.
Buying a gift for the pragmatic type? Yeah, pretty much all lawyers tend to be. And if there’s one thing law students all have in common, it’s ambition to succeed — especially when it comes to beating out other law students. If they’re not reading this book, their competitors will be.
Even the best can use a little help from time to time…
Hey, we all like a little bit of quality entertainment from time to time, and to help assuage guilt over using valuable study-time for watching TV, let’s make it something at least relating to our profession, shall we?
You’d be amazed how sore one can get just sitting hunched over a book all day. Law school requires spending more time at a desk than at perhaps any other time in your life, so anything you can do to offer a little bit of relief will be so welcome they will consider you a saint!
OK, so this one probably runs a bit over our budget, but it may also be one of the most essential. In law school we end up hauling around a LOT of books– seriously, I have friends who shouldered 30+ pound packs on a daily basis. So, unless they’re training to be a climbing porter, you might want to give them something to help lighten the load. They’ll not only thank you now, they’ll be grateful most of all years in the future when they’re the only one of their friends not suffering from chronic back pain.

What do you think, readers?

Are you a law student (or former law student)? Tell us below what (budget-minded) gift you most appreciated during law school!