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7 With Top LSAT Scores Share LSAT Tips
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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?
* 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]
* 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?
Should You Go To Law School? | Book Excerpt
The following excerpt about deciding whether to go to law school is from Law School Undercover: A Veteran Law Professor Tells The Truth About Admissions, Classes, Cases, Exams, Law Review, Jobs, and More.Free LSAT Quiz: LSAT or Kanye West?
Who said it - the LSAT or Kanye West?
1. “Why everything that's supposed to be bad make me feel so good?”
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]
* 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]
* 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]
* 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]
Does BigLaw's Demise Mean You Should Change Your Plans?
This one's from Christine Raniga, a lawyer who works as in-house counsel at a nonprofit educational organization. Please thank her for sharing her story in the comments!
LSAT Studying Makes You Smarter | Proof?
We recently learned that playing a memory game may improve your LSAT score.
Researchers have also found that LSAT studying may also make you "smarter."
The evidence comes from a recent study in which a group of students who studied for the LSAT for 3 months improved their reasoning abilities far more than those in a control group:
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]
* 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]
* 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):
India's Law School Bubble
In what other respect is India taking a page from the U.S.?
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
* 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.
