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

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* 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]

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* 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]

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* Sick of working on that term paper? This website instantly writes one on any subject. Well, not really, but it's fun to pretend. [Essay Typer]

* 53% of recent college grads are jobless or underemployed—how? [The Atlantic]

* ACLU sues over expulsion of 8th-graders for Facebook posts about killing ugly classmates. [ABA Journal]

* Two members of Congress introduced a bill to prevent employers from requiring applicants to turn over Facebook passwords. [Ars Technica]

* 23 successful people who wake up really early. [Business Insider]

* The kids in this tumblr are awesome. [Children With Swag]

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Once a week, I'll use this space to mention LSAT Blog posts you may have missed, as well as highlights from the previous week. (Since I wrote a ton last week, I'm simply including most of those posts.)

* Can playing this memory game increase your LSAT score?

* Guy sues LSAC for refusing double-time LSAT accommodations

* Law school applicant numbers continue decline

* How will law schools be affected by the LSAT fee increase?

* LSAC responds to LSAT fee hike criticism

* Will some law schools close? | video

* When LSAT scores (and fortune cookies) determine futures

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* Analysis of the recently-released ABA data about employment outcomes of the law school class of 2010. [Concurring Opinions]

* The ABA's pick for interim advisor on legal education is the former dean of an unaccredited online law school. Think about that for a minute. [Above the Law]

* Judge awards workers comp to woman injured during sex while on business trip. [ABA Journal]

* The 13 most useless majors, from philosophy to journalism. [The Daily Beast]

* Visualization of Wikipedia's lamest edit wars. [Information is Beautiful]

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* The drop in applicants with high LSAT scores may be due to the fact that an increasing percentage of applicants are older. [Am Law Daily]

* Is a legal profession shakeout long overdue? Ratio of lawyers to Americans is 1 to 257. [ABA Journal]

* Judge sexts nearly-nude photos to bailiff. Interview: “yep that’s me. I’ve got no shame in my game." [Above the Law]

* The US Supreme Court is going to revisit the issue of affirmative action in college admissions. [Boston Globe]

* Op-ed by Yale Law prof and student suggesting there are better ways to police than stop-and-frisk. [NYTimes]

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* Missed one of my posts on recent trends in law school admissions? I'm listing them all here. [LSAT Blog]

* Juries pulled from all-white jury pools convict black defendants more often than whites, according to a new study. [ABA Journal]

* Supreme Court ruled that foreign political organizations and multinational corporations can't be sued for torture or murder of persons abroad. [LA Times]

* On 4/20, police stood back and watched as hundreds lit up at the University of Colorado. [Reuters]

* How to write emails that actually get responses. [Lifehacker]

* Just in case you've ever wondered, "Why are people from the future not time traveling to our period?", someone's actually answered that question. [Quora]

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* On Tuesday, I wrote that various LSAC fees are increasing due to falling applicant numbers (including the LSAT registration fee). The story got picked up elsewhere. [ABA Journal]

* Cooley Law grad sues photo studio for showing his pimply complexion in "before" and "after" pics. [Above the Law]

* Lawyer Bob Loblaw will return for the new season of Arrested Development coming next year. [Vulture]

* Zuckerberg apparently negotiated Facebook's purchase of Instagram without any input from lawyers. [ABA Journal]

* A Justice Department lawyer tells the Supreme Court that unfair crack cocaine sentences may number in the thousands. [LA Times]

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* 2 new reports tell us about law school graduates. Some go to law firms, others pursue more unusual careers like sheep farming and professional poker. [Above the Law; ABA Journal]

* Washington Monthly picked up one of my recent posts on the declining number of law school applicants. [Washington Monthly]

* A physicist uses his skills to beat a traffic ticket. That's pretty badass. [ABA Journal]

* A new law school may open in Daytona Beach. [WSJ Law Blog]

* "Supreme Court to weigh crack cocaine sentences." I question the use of "weigh" in the headline, but the issue itself is still important. [LA Times]

* A student who imported and sold international editions of college textbooks is going to the Supreme Court after being sued by the publisher for copyright infringement. [Above the Law; ABA Journal]

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* An open letter to a 4th-tier law school with the radical suggestion that it teach lawyering. [Lawyerist]

* How to succeed in law school without even trying (too much). [Above the Law]

* The prosecutor in the George Zimmerman case is known for being tough. She won an election even after being fired. [ABA Journal]

* Eyewitness mistakes can lead to tragic errors in court (by Jonah Lehrer). [WSJ]

* Fresh off the campaign trail, Rick Santorum just bought his 3-year-old daughter a lifetime NRA membership. [Jezebel]

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* George Zimmerman is in custody and has been charged with second-degree murder. [CNN]

* A lawyer who's been waiting 30+ years to get off the waitlist from UChicago Law finally withdraws his application. (Don't worry, he ended up going to UMichigan in the meantime.) [Above the Law]

* Please don't practice law without a license. Just don't. [ABA Journal]

* A new ordinance in Seattle defends the right to breast-feed in public. Still no extra time to breast-feed at the LSAT, though. [WSJ Law Blog]

* FBI statistics indicate that 72 police officers were killed in 2011: a 25% rise from previous year and 75% rise from 2008. Determining the reason for the increase is tricky - full of correlation-causation issues. [NYTimes]

* A visual representation of the 15,000 temperature records that were broken in March. [io9]

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* My recent post about the steep decline in law school applicants was picked up by a few legal news sites. Some good discussions about the potential impact on tuition (or lack thereof). [Above the Law; WSJ Law Blog; ABA Journal]

* The ABA Journal picked up my post discussing why pre-law students are losing interest in political careers. [ABA Journal]

* An article in defense of superstition argues that being illogical can actually bring some benefits. Sadly for some, that's not the case when it comes to the LSAT. [NYTimes]

* Apparently, college makes people care less about racism. [Gawker]

* An awesome new machine allows paraplegics to avoid using wheelchairs. [YouTube]

* Bad spring allergies? Consider using a neti pot. I just started, and the verdict so far is "weird, but effective." [The Hairpin; Wikipedia]

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* When asked whether he reads the NYTimes every day, Justice Clarence Thomas says, "Oh, God, no!" [ABA Journal]

* Larry Summers and Bob Kerrey are backing an online "Ivy League" university. [The Atlantic]

* The guys who brought the death penalty back to California now want to ban it - because it's never too late to say "I'm sorry" when it comes to executing people. [NYTimes]

* Florida prosecutors say 'Stand Your Ground' should be repealed. It's about time. [WSJ Law Blog]

* Whatever your politics, you may find this tumblr amusing. [Texts from Hillary Clinton]

* A look at what the Occupy Wall Street movement was up to over the winter. [YouTube]

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* Baylor Law's Director of Admissions accidentally emailed individual LSAT scores and GPAs to 400+ admitted students. Whoops. [Above The Law, Baylor Lariat]

* An undocumented immigrant (who discloses his status) is allowed to take the bar exam and passes. Now he might be denied admission to the bar. [Miami Herald]

* Unpaid interns are suing their employers over lack of educational benefits (a violation of labor laws). It's about time. [Atlantic Wire]

* Teacher fired for refusing to hand over Facebook password to administrators. [The Consumerist]

* High school student sues for right to wear T-shirt saying, "Jesus Is Not a Homophobe." [ABA Journal]

* Aaron Sorkin's upcoming show on HBO, The Newsroom, looks promising. [YouTube]

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* Write about why you want to go to law school for a chance to win 16 hours of free tutoring for the June LSAT. [180 Degrees LSAT]

* A proposal that the LSAT actually test knowledge of the law (shudder). [Constitutional Daily]

* Yale Law School's assistant dean of admissions says to let her know if another law school acts shady towards you. [Above the Law, 203 Admissions Blog]

* Supreme Court approves strip-searches for people arrested for any offense. Solution: wear classy underwear 24/7. [NYTimes]

* Who wants to become a sketchy lawyer like Saul Goodman from Breaking Bad? Anyone? [YouTube]

* One high school's Black Student Union has a white president. Some people are confused. [Washington Post]

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* A satirical take on the incoming UVA Law Class of 2015. [Virginia Law Weekly]

* Did you know that alien abduction insurance is a thing? [Wikipedia]

* St. Thomas School of Law loses its U.S. News ranking over "error." (It reported its graduates' employment rate to be 80.6% when it's actually 32.9%.) [Star Tribune]

* The Supreme Court issues a 5-4 decision on where to order lunch. [McSweeney's]

* A high school kid was expelled for tweeting the F-word. [Above The Law]

* This webcomic features someone drawing an unexpected conclusion based upon evidence about Cadbury eggs. [xkcd]

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* In fake news, Scalia is unable to name all 9 Supreme Court justices. [The Onion]

* In real news, he compared reading the entire Affordable Care Act to cruel and unusual punishment. [Huffington Post]

* Heart-warming story: a 56-year-old mom goes to law school while fighting breast cancer and attends same university as her son. [Daily Tar Heel]

* Northwestern Law is limiting its tuition to the rate of inflation for next year. The bad news: it's going to be $53,168.

* Law schools with the biggest enrollment increases (despite the decrease in LSATs administered). [US News]

* After recent cheating scandals, new rules will make it harder to cheat on the SAT and ACT. (The LSAT already requires you to submit a photo.) [NYTimes]

* You know the case of the woman who sued McDonald's for giving her hot coffee, but have you heard  about the woman who sued McDonald's for turning her into a hooker? [Above The Law]

* A great critique of the Daily Show's reporting as compared to that of the mainstream media. [The Atlantic]

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* These aren't really LSAT-style questions, but multiple choice questions about law school and lawyers can still be funny. [Boston Globe]

* Law deans and a law professor discuss the ‘Law School Bubble'. [ABA Journal]

* An argument for letting cameras into the Supreme Court. [The Atlantic]

* Prostitution in brothels has been legalized in Ontario, Canada. [National Post]

* Good op-ed on technological innovation and press censorship. [Jurist]

* Apparently, helping online bank thieves find accomplices isn't legal. [Ars Technica]

* Racists may not enjoy the Hunger Games movie. [Jezebel]

* A look at those who *still* refuse to cave in and get smartphones. [NYTimes]

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* College senior Jesse has one law school acceptance (and a string of rejections), but still has some solid reflections in this week's column on getting into law school. [Inside Vandy]

* What happens when a 35-year-old man retakes the SAT? (or, what happens when a grown man/woman has to take a standardized test to enter law school?) [Deadspin]

* Law schools that lead to the most and least debt. [U.S News]

* A judge dismissed a lawsuit by law students against New York Law School over employment stats. [ABA Journal; Above The Law]

* The Supreme Court lays out new standards for plea bargains. [Associated Press]

* Is there a constitutionally-protected right to record the police? Or does doing so violate wiretapping laws? [ABA Journal]

* Private businesses compete with federal prisons for contracts. [NYTimes]

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* How the screenwriter behind My Cousin Vinny got the idea for the movie. [ABA Journal

* One law school reported their graduates' employment rate to be 80.6% when it's actually 32.9%. Surely a typo. Funny how mistakes like this always tend to be in one's favor.

* Jurors in the Tyler Clementi/Dharun Ravi case say that digital evidence convinced them of Ravi's guilt. [NYTimes]

* Gawker headline commits a correlation-causation fallacy in assuming that because poor reading skills and poor health are correlated, that poor reading skills cause poor health. Perhaps a 3rd variable (low income?) is responsible for both. [Gawker]

* Human fossils hint at a new species. [BBC]