In this post, I address 3 questions:
1. What is the LSAT requirement?
2. Why would the committee consider dropping it?
3. How would this affect law school admissions?
LSAT Requirement May Be Eliminated
In this post, I address 3 questions:
1. What is the LSAT requirement?
2. Why would the committee consider dropping it?
3. How would this affect law school admissions?
Cooley Law School Founder Still Paid 6-Figure Salary | Why?
According to Cooley's 3 most recent IRS filings available on GuideStar, he received $370,245 (2009-10 - PDF p35), $368,581 (2008-9 - PDF p50), and $365,008 (2007-8 - PDF p6) in total compensation for each of those years.
These IRS documents suggest that his formal titles are "Professor Emeritus" and "Former President" and that he works just 10 hours/week. Taking the average of his total compensation for these 3 years, and assuming he worked 52 weeks/year (no vacations), he earned $707.58/hour during this 3-year period.
But what has he done to earn such a high hourly rate during his retirement? The only current formal responsibility of which I find mention is that of compiling the widely-derided "Cooley Rankings," aka "Judging the Law Schools." (Cooley places #2 nationwide in his latest ranking, while it's in the bottom tier of the U.S. News rankings.)
Logic and Games
* 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?
* Law school applicant numbers continue decline
* How will law schools be affected by the LSAT fee increase?
* LSAC responds to LSAT fee hike criticism
* 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?
* Law school applicant numbers continue decline
* LSAC responds to LSAT fee hike criticism
LSAT Diary: 20-Point Score Improvement
This LSAT Diary is from Jessica, who improved her original LSAT score by 20 points on the February 2012 LSAT.If you want to be in LSAT Diaries, please email me at LSATUnplugged@gmail.com. (You can be in LSAT Diaries whether you've taken the exam already or not.)
Guy Sues LSAC For Refusing Double-Time LSAT Accommodations
Unfortunately, he has learning disabilities that limit his ability to do well on the LSAT. He's also got ADHD, anxiety disorder, OCD, and mild depression. When he applied for LSAT accommodations, he was granted 50% extra time on the LSAT.
However, even with this extra time, he didn't do particularly well on the LSAT the two times he's taken it. Despite lots of studying, he scored only 150 on the December 2010 LSAT and 151 on the February 2012 LSAT.
When LSAT Scores (and Fortune Cookies) Determine Futures
Some people (many of you, I'm sure) have wanted to be lawyers ever since childhood.
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]
* 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
Can Playing This Memory Game Increase Your LSAT Score?
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.
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.
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]
* 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]
