Logic and Games

* 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]

Will Some Law Schools Close? | Video

Former law school dean and current law professor Nancy Rapoport, an expert on bankruptcy and ethics, was recently interviewed by Bloomberg News. She discussed whether Congress will make student debt dischargeable, as well as the impact of debt on law students and schools.

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Can Playing This Memory Game Increase Your LSAT Score?

New research demonstrates that you might be able to increase your intelligence. Scientists had previously considered this to be impossible.

The evidence (a study from 2008) suggests that by playing a game called "Dual N-Back," kids were able to improve their nonverbal IQ scores by an average of 10 points.

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LSAC Responds to LSAT Fee Hike Criticism

I've recently posted about how the LSAT fee increase will affect law schools. You may have also read Professor Brian Tamanaha's criticisms of the Law School Admission Council for raising the fee.

Well, LSAC recently issued a response to his criticisms. I've posted LSAC's response below (via TaxProf Blog).

After reading it, you may also be interested in reading Professor Tamanaha's comments on LSAC's response.

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Logic and Games

* 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]

Law School Diary: Finals Studying

In this week's Law School Diaries column, law student "Elle Woods" studies for finals.

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How Will Law Schools Be Affected By The LSAT Fee Increase?

Last week, I wrote that the Law School Admission Council significantly increased the LSAT registration fee, as well as other application-related fees, in response to the declining number of test-takers and applicants.

I was puzzled by this reaction, given that it will lead to a further decline in demand for LSAC's services.

Of course, LSAC has a monopoly on the processing of law school applications and the administration of the LSAT, so it can raise its fees as it pleases. If you've decided that law school is for you, but don't qualify for a fee waiver, you'll manage to come up with the $160 LSAT registration fee, $155 Credential Assembly Service (CAS) fee, and $21 fee per CAS law school report.

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Law School Applicant Numbers Continue Decline

The Law School Admission Council's latest update indicates that the decline in the number of law school applicants is lessening little, if at all, compared to LSAC's last update.

LSAC's newest data indicates that the number of applicants to ABA law schools has declined 15%, and that the number of ABA applications is down 12.9% from the same time last cycle (through 4/13/12).

(LSAC states, "Last year at this time, we had 93% of the preliminary final applicant count.")

Based on this information, we can project that this cycle will have a total about 67,022 applicants.

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Logic and Games

* 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]

Law School Class of 2010 ABA Employment Data Released

If you've been following the law school news over the past several months, you've likely read that some law schools have attempted to inflate their employment statistics by hiring their own graduates.

In an attempt to cut down on the shenanigans, the ABA has required law schools to report the number of graduates they employ nine months after graduation.

The ABA's 2011 Placement Survey was just released this week in spreadsheet format. It provides some interesting findings, as you can see in the graph to the top-right.

So, which law schools have more than 15% of their graduates in school-funded positions?

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Logic and Games

* 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]

Fun LSAT and Law School Admissions GIFs

Here are some fun LSAT and law school admissions GIFs:

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