Logic and Games

* Which Logic Game is referenced in Legally Blonde? Don't peek at the comments. [LSAT Blog]

* Prospective students tell law schools: 'Show Me The Money' [Tax Prof Blog]

* UMass Law is freezing tuition and fees for 3 years. [Boston Globe]

* Paul Krugman doesn't like private prisons. [NYTimes]

* Economists demonstrate why bank robbery is a bad idea. [Ars Technica]

* Eight ways goofing off can make you more productive. [Forbes]

Logic and Games

* The best law schools for BigLaw. [Above the Law]

* Ex-law prof concludes women can’t have it all, hits ‘time macho’ culture at law firms. [ABA Journal; The Atlantic]

* Some background on the lawyer taking legal action against The Oatmeal cartoonist and a bunch of other websites. [Ars Technica]

* Have your A/C cranked up during the heat wave? Folks in India are buying 'em like crazy. None of this bodes well for climate change. [NYTimes]

* Remember Calvin and Hobbes? Calvinball applied to Egyptian politics. [Foreign Policy]

* 21 pictures that will restore your faith in humanity. [Buzzfeed]

Logic and Games

* How one guy scored 179 on the LSAT. [LSAT Blog]

* Justice Scalia just released a 567-page book on textualism. [ABA Journal]

* Google threatens one of those sites that lets you turn YouTube videos into mp3s. [Ars Technica]

* The mirror test is interesting, but the pictures make this article awesome. [Wikipedia]

* 25 foods you'll never be able to eat again. [Buzzfeed]

Logic and Games

* Shooting for the October or December LSAT? Use my day-by-day study plan. [LSAT Blog]

* Some great advice on law school conditional merit aid offers. [Anna Ivey]

* Lawyer sentenced to work in sewage treatment plant; prosecutors cited ‘sex god’ text to babysitter. [ABA Journal]

* From gigabytes to petadollars: copyright math begets copyright currency. [Ars Technica]

* "Fluid physicists" have determined that you're not responsible for spilling your coffee.  [Discovery]

Logic and Games

* Still deciding whether to cancel your LSAT score? Some tips. [LSAT Blog]

* The Oatmeal responds to a threatening legal letter. [Above the Law; The Oatmeal]

* UMass Law School gets provisional accreditation from the ABA. [WSJ Law Blog]

* Should law grads be billed as associates before passing the bar? [ABA Journal]

* Why smart people are stupid. [The New Yorker]

* This guy really likes the TV show Suits. [Grantland]

Logic and Games

* Wondering when you'll get your June 2012 LSAT score back? I've got a prediction. [LSAT Blog]

* At least 10 law schools are planning to reduce incoming class sizes for this fall. [ABA Journal]

* Unsurprisingly, Cooley Law is not one of them. Instead, it's opening another campus. [Above the Law]

* Cornell Law just got a $25 million anonymous donation. [Reuters]

* Fun with correlation/causation: why are city kids more likely than rural kids to have food allergies? [Jezebel]

Logic and Games

* What should you eat for breakfast on LSAT Test Day? [LSAT Blog]

* The Dean of Massachusetts School of Law says that law school should be accessible to all. [Huffington Post]

* Cardozo Law student gets unexpected lesson from federal judge at Gupta insider-trading case hearing. [ABA Journal]

* A former dean recommends some ways low-tier law schools can make education more student-centric. [Baltimore Sun]

* A debate on when to punish young offenders, and when to rehabilitate them. [NYTimes]

Logic and Games

* Don't forget to bring a photo on Test Day. [LSAT Blog]

* Some law school success stories. [Above the Law]

* Think the LSAT's bad? Taking college entrance exams in China is even worse. [Yahoo News]

* Which law schools have the highest and lowest yields? And which might lower their admission standards? Here's some great analysis. [TaxProf Blog]

* 76 degrees (Fahrenheit) is the temperature at which workers are most productive. [ABA Journal]

Logic and Games

* How long will you be at your test center on LSAT Test Day? [LSAT Blog]

* Meet LSAC's new chair-elect. [Nova Southeastern University]

* College graduates prefer some cities more than others. [NYTimes]

* When defendants refuse to stand in court. [WSJ Law Blog]

* Can you sue someone for giving you genital herpes? Of course. [Above the Law]

Logic and Games

* Are cigarettes, coffee, and gum allowed on Test Day? [LSAT Blog]

* Professor Brian Tamanaha has some thoughts on how to make law school affordable. [NYTimes]

* Burglars busted after accepting cop's friend request. [Above the Law]

* Falsely calling someone gay is no longer considered defamation, according to one New York court. [ABA Journal]

* 5th-grader gets presidential pardon for absence. [Gawker]

Logic and Games

* 5 signs of LSAT burnout, and how to recover from it. [LSAT Blog]

* Judge tosses lawyer’s suit against health club for changing its breakfast menu. [ABA Journal]

* ATL's Bar Review Diaries describe the process of prepping for the Bar Exam. [Above the Law]

* Ex-Justice Stevens says the Supreme Court has probably already had second thoughts about its ruling on Citizens United. [Washington Post]

* Things worse than LSAT studying. [Buzzfeed]

Logic and Games

* Taking the June LSAT? See these Test Day tips. [LSAT Blog]

* Ex-Hooters girl says ‘I don’t,’ so her jilted bridegroom sues. [Above the Law]

* Former Chief Justice William Rehnquist apparently tried to write a novel (and got some discouraging rejection letters). [noncuratlex]

* How Louisiana built the world's prison capital. [NYTimes; NOLA]

* Stressed? This will calm you down. [Calming Manatee]

Logic and Games

* People who went to law school without acquiring too much debt (or for free). [Above the Law]

* A Canadian law school graduate paid off his $114,000 student loan in cold hard cash. [Daily Mail]

* Cops and courts re-evaluate their use of eyewitnesses. [ABA Journal]

* Coffee drinkers may live longer, according to a study that avoided many typical Logical Reasoning flaws. [NYTimes]

* This guy flew over the Canadian oil sands at 1000 feet and took a bunch of photos. [Business Insider]

* Oklahoma State University tries to patent a steak. [Ars Technica]

Logic and Games

* Looks like I'm not the only one into LSAT GIFs. [YOlsatO]

* Rutgers at Camden Law dean defends marketing pitch touting salaries of $130K for ‘many top students.' [ABA Journal]

* Largest compilation of exonerations ever finds over 2,000 falsely convicted over past 23 years. [Washington Post]

* Supreme Court to decide if journalists can sue over warrantless wiretaps. [Ars Technica]

* Yet-another reason why you shouldn't lie on your résumé. [NYTimes]

* A lot of law school gunners have answer syndrome. Do you? [io9]

Logic and Games

* Columbia Law students worked with their professor to demonstrate that Texas executed an innocent man. [Above the Law]

* I know the suburbs are boring, but playing "Urban Skittles" will do more harm than good when it comes to law school admissions. [ABA Journal]

* The 7 funniest lawyer ads. [Martindale]

* The harmful side effects of drug prohibition. [The Volokh Conspiracy]

* A Russian Facebook knockoff got in big trouble for promoting file-sharing. [Ars Technica]


Previously on LSAT Blog:

* I've reorganized the blog's Logic Games section.

* 7 with top scores share LSAT tips

* Law schools stalk you on Facebook, Google to find dirt

* More LSAT GIFs

Logic and Games

* Columbia Law will publicly shame professors who don't submit final exam grades on time. [Above the Law]

* But your professors are off the hook for putting book chapters on e-reserves. [Ars Technica]

* 6 ridiculous lies you believe about the founding of America. [Cracked]

* How your professors feel about grading papers. [McSweeney's]

* It turns out that Skechers' Shape-ups won't actually give you curves like Kim's. [NYTimes]

* Some communities are fining people for texting while walking. [USA Today]

Logic and Games

* Anna Ivey shares her thoughts on the study suggesting that LSAT studying makes you smarter. [The Ivey Files]

* Why you don't ever want to end up in central booking (via ATL). [The Crown]

* A Columbia Law professor says that Texas executed an innocent man. [Houston Chronicle]

* How a Kennedy concurrence turned into a majority opinion in Citizens United. [ABA Journal]

* Schools are obsessed with what their students are doing on Facebook. [Ars Technica]

* I say King Joffrey from Game of Thrones fits the bill. [NYTimes]

Logic and Games

* Law firm demand rose modestly in first quarter of 2012. [TaxProf Blog]

* Two cases on gay marriage may reach the Supreme Court this year. [Reuters]

* You may go to law school with Shaquille O'Neal. [Above the Law]

* A new bill would prevent employers from asking for employees' Facebook passwords. [Ars Technica]

* Weight-loss blogger sues Southwest Airlines over ‘customers of size’ policy. [ABA Journal]

* Critics of the NYPD's stop-and-frisk tactics interpret the data one way, but the NYPD draws a different conclusion. [NYTimes; Gothamist]


Previously on LSAT Blog:

* I've finally organized all the LSAT Diaries.

* LSAT studying makes you smarter | proof?

* The 15 worst law schools (based on employment statistics)

* What one law school grad wishes she'd known before going

* Does BigLaw's demise mean you should change your plans? 

* Quiz: who said it - the LSAT or Kanye West?

Logic and Games

* Villanova Law changes course on handling an exam screw-up. [Above the Law]

* Washington University in St. Louis will soon offer an online-only LL.M. for lawyers practicing overseas. [NYTimes]

* Juror writes book saying he drank before DUI death case verdict to examine mindset of accused. The defense is now trying to use this to get the guilty verdict overturned. [ABA Journal]

* Iran's Web censorship filters supreme leader's own statement. [Ars Technica]

* One tutor for the Common Law Admission Test (CLAT - India's LSAT alternative) argues that it's fundamentally flawed. See how lucky we are to have the LSAT? [Legally India]

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]