Logic and Games

* Professor Paul Campos of the University of Colorado Law School recently discussed my post on Columbia Law School. [Inside the Law School Scam]

* Villanova Law screwed up big time when it came to administering some students' final exams. [Above the Law]

* Jay-Z's 99 Problems, Verse 2: A Close Reading With 4th Amendment Guidance For Cops and Perps [Saint Louis University - PDF]

* Dinosaur burps could've released enough methane to warm the climate millions of years ago. Think we'll ever see this on an LSAT question? [WSJ]

* These lawyers are literally arguing over line spacing. [WSJ Law Blog]

* Making fun of Hitler's always been easy. New details about his medical habits make it even easier. [Discovery]

The 14 Worst Law Schools (Based on Employment Statistics)

The good folks at Constitutional Daily analyzed data from Law School Transparency and compiled a list of law schools with underemployment scores higher than their employment scores. (Visit Constitutional Daily for further details.)

Basically, these schools have more underemployed graduates than employed ones, according to LST's numbers.

That sounds pretty bad to me.

Here are the 14 schools ranked by the difference between their underemployment and employment scores (h/t TaxProf Blog):

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India's Law School Bubble

A few years ago, some Indian law schools began accepting a modified version of the LSAT (as an alternative to the Common Law Admission Test). If you look at the CLAT website, you'll understand why.

In what other respect is India taking a page from the U.S.?

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Logic and Games

* Professor Paul Campos of the University of Colorado Law School gave a shout-out to my post on Cooley Law School. [Lawyers, Guns and Money]

* Law School Transparency has recalculated its figures on law school debt (it's worse than they thought). [TaxProf Blog]

* UMass Law may receive ABA accreditation. [Boston Globe]

* Some bouncers in Britain are checking patrons' smartphones to make sure Facebook profile names match IDs. [Above the Law]

* More college graduates are taking on crappy unpaid internships. [NYTimes]

* George Zimmerman's lawyer explains why he made Facebook and Twitter accounts for his client. [ABA Journal]

* Public support of the Supreme Court has hit a 25-year low. [Chicago Tribune]

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Previously on LSAT Blog:

* All my posts about test accommodations (extra time, etc.)

* Law school admission deans on applicant numbers

* LSAT requirement may be eliminated

25 Things We Wish We'd Known Before Going to Law School | Excerpt

The following excerpt is from What the L? 25 Things We Wish We'd Known Before Going to Law School by Samantha Roberts and Kelsey May.

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Law School Admission Deans on Applicant Numbers

I've written quite a bit about the significant drop in law school applicant numbers and what it means for law school admissions.

A variety of news articles have also covered the decline, often interviewing law school admission deans.

In this blog post, I compile some choice quotes from law school admission deans (and others).

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Logic and Games

* New ABA proposal would require law schools to disclose more about their graduates - including salary info. [ABA Journal]

* Why is UC Hastings College of Law reducing its enrollment by 20% over the next 3 years? [Above the Law]

* A judge awarded Hermès a ton of money in a judgment against alleged counterfeiters. Let's see how much it actually collects. [Ars Technica]

* The best used car ad on craigslist. Ever. [Buzzfeed]

* 11 early scathing reviews of works now considered masterpieces. [mental floss]

Columbia Law School Employment Troubles

This week, the New York Post reported that Columbia Law School had updated its employment website with additional employment information after its previous update raised some questions.

The newest update includes two significant pieces of data:

-a detailed breakdown for Columbia's Class of 2011
-the number of school-funded jobs for the Classes of 2009, 2010, and 2011

The Post writes:

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Law School Diary: Final Exams

In this week's Law School Diaries column, law student "Elle Woods" takes her final exams.

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Logic and Games

* When you're a 1L, don't be like this Duke student, who recently tried to cheat on a take-home exam by posting one of the questions on a message board. [Above the Law]

* New York will soon become the first state to require lawyers to perform pro bono work to be licensed. [NYTimes]

* California Bar considering practical skills mandate for new lawyers. [WSJ Law Blog]

* Woman sentenced to 10 years for taking meth while pregnant attracts 'national army' of supporters. [ABA Journal]

* Stressed? Try pushing this magic button. [Make Everything OK]

Law School Employment Numbers Database

Law School Transparency, a legal education policy organization, has just released an online database containing detailed employment and salary information for the class of 2010 at all ABA-accredited law schools.

It combines information from 4 different sources:

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