The LSAT is Hard, Easy, Bullshit, and Unfair

Of course, I don't believe it's bullshit or unfair.

Apparently, you guys do. Google told me so.

According to Google's search suggestions (based on billions of searches), you think it's hard, easy, bullshit, and unfair, among other things:

LSAT is hard? Agreed.

LSAT is easy? Agreed.

LSAT is bullshit and unfair? Nope. LSAC says it has a correlation of .35 with 1L grades, and that's an underestimation because some test-takers never make it to law school (see p16 of PDF).

LSAT is out of...control? It's out of 180.

LSAT is tomorrow? Not usually. See LSAT dates.

How the LSAT is graded? I did a big series on the LSAT "curve" recently.

Which LSAT is the easiest / hardest? No particular LSAT exam is easier or harder than any other at the end of the day. Again, see my series on the LSAT "curve."

Easiest LSAT Exam EVER: LSAT-India

What's the easiest LSAT exam ever? It's not the one you got drunk with last weekend.

It's LSAT-India, the test high school kids in India can now take to get into undergraduate-level law programs. Accordingly, it's not exactly the same as the LSAT we're used to, but it's pretty close.

If you've started prepping for the LSAT, you know every question has 5 answer choices. You also probably know you'll have to take a 5th experimental section that won't count towards your score.

LSAT-India contains exactly the same question-types as the regular LSAT. In fact, the sample PrepTest for LSAT-India (PDF) contains exactly the same questions as the June 2007 LSAT from LSAC (PDF). However, there are some major differences between the exams.

In the LSAT-India version of the June 2007 LSAT, the Logic Games, Reading Comprehension, and one of the two Logical Reasoning sections have been slashed down to only 4 answer choices per question.

For those who are bad at math, this means your odds when guessing randomly have been upped from 20% to 25% on those sections.

If that didn't make things easy enough, there's no experimental section either. Only the 4 scored sections.

Also, there's not even a writing sample.

More on the differences in the LSAT-India FAQ.

Bottom line: If you don't feel like toughing it out with the big dogs and taking the real LSAT, you can always take the easier one and get an undergraduate-level law degree in India.

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Funny LSAT and Law School YouTube Videos

Here are 3 funny LSAT/law school videos on YouTube.

At least, I think they're funny.

Parody of the movie Downfall (best for people waiting to hear back from law schools, but some great Logic Games jokes, too):





Mr. Show Parody of Law School / The Paper Chase:





I Gotta Feeling by Black Eyed Peas (LSAT Remix):



Photo by sheriffof0 / CC BY-NC-ND 2.0

LSAT Blog Bingo Game Board

Like Sarah Palin and Barack Obama, the LSAT repeats certain words and phrases enough to make you sick.

Studying for the LSAT can be boring, so I figured I'd do something to spice it up.

I pulled some words from my Logic Games Vocab, Logical Reasoning Vocab, and 15 Common Logical Reasoning Topics blog posts and mixed them all into a Bingo game.

I've included 1 game board below. I'm linking to boards 2, 3, 4, and 5, so you can play with a few friends.

If you're the drinking type, you can turn your study group into a party and do a shot each time you cross off a square. You might do a lot less studying, but you'll have a lot more fun.

(You might also discover that members of your study group are more attractive than you previously thought.)

What are your suggestions for future versions of LSAT Blog Bingo?

Enjoy!
























Photo by darrienw / CC BY-NC-SA 2.0
Photo by sgtfun / CC BY-NC-ND 2.0

Funny Lawyer Commercials

A recent article in the New York Times (Lawyers Use Humor to Plead Case) covered the recent trend of law firms using (intentionally) funny TV commercials.

I'm including below the commercials the article mentions. Enjoy!

Machete:



Power:






Jim "The Hammer" Shapiro (click to view)