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Logical Reasonings / 2.21.12

A) Last week, we gave away the first $50 in our Facebook sweepstakes. There are still two more chances to win (and three ways to enter), so hurry and sign up. Facebook.

B) A man named Stanley Fish has some things to say about the current state of legal education. Listen to Stanley Fish. New York Times.

C) Here are a few legal events to check out this week, including one with Porsche (that doesn’t concern speeding tickets). Wall Street Journal.

D) A new crash test dummy is revealed for larger children weighing up to 80 pounds. The state-of-the-art dummy is the first of its kind to come standard with cheese-powdered fingertips. CNN.

E) It’s Fat Tuesday. Get fat. Serious Eats.

Feb 21, 2012 - 6:01 pm - By Hank
Tags: logical reasonings

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6 Things You Can Do Now if Applying to Law School Next Year

Really? You’re already prepping for your law school applications for the 2013 school year? You realize some of your law school brethren are still getting out applications for 2012, right?

There’s a name for someone like you: Gunner. But you don’t care, because those people are just jealous, right?

Kidding aside, starting your law school application process this early is a great decision. While you won’t have a looming deadline to get you to finish that Personal Statement (which is something that motivates me like no other), you will have plenty of time to finish everything you need.

What are those things? What can you start now?
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Feb 21, 2012 - 11:56 am - By Matt Shinners
Tags: applying to law school, june lsat, law school, law school admissions, lsac, LSAT, personal statement
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Spend the Holiday with Some Presidential LSAT Flaws

It’s Presidents’ Day, which means a day off for the lucky ones among us. Since our business here at Blueprint is the LSAT, it’s also the perfect time to look at some President-related logical fallacies. The official federal holiday is in honor of George Washington’s birthday, but we’ll take a broader look.

Equivocation: Bill Clinton, our 42nd President, famously said, “I did not have sexual relations with that woman.” Now that we know many of the details of his affair with one Monica Lewinsky, it would be easy to call this statement a fantastic lie. We could also say that President Clinton was simply doing what an LSAT flaw question answer choice might call equivocating with respect to a key term.
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Feb 20, 2012 - 5:11 pm - By Aaron Cohn
Tags: law school, logical fallacies, LSAT, lsat flaws, lsat in real life
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Logical Reasonings / 2.17.12

A) Yesterday we gave away the first $50 in our Facebook sweepstakes. Lucky for you, there’s still two more chances to win. (And three ways to enter.) Facebook.

B) Here’s some law school job placement data. Happy Friday. Reuters.

C) LSAT scores are great, but which schools rule the land when it comes to graduates dominating the bar exam? Warning: There are some schools on this list you’ve never heard of. TaxProf Blog.

D) Police found crack in some guy’s crack. They should really crack down on that kind of stuff. Are you cracking up yet? Crack. Huffington Post.

E) These underwater photos of dogs jumping into a pool have gone viral, and deservedly so. Washington Post.

Feb 17, 2012 - 5:41 pm - By Hank
Tags: bar exam, law school, logical reasonings, LSAT, lsat scores

Must be the Season of the Waitlist

It’s still winter, and that means plenty of people have already been admitted to law school. (Jerks). For those of us not touched by angels, this also means that declinations abound. (Please pass the tub of chicken). Then there’s that special third group of people in their own little circle of hell. The waitlisters.

This post, all of you waitlisted and in law school limbo, is for you.

What to do when you’re waitlisted for law school:

1. Read the instructions you’re given.
Some schools explicitly invite waitlisted applicants to send additional materials. If this is the case, you’ll want to submit a letter of continued interest, along with any updates you have.

Some schools may expressly ask you NOT to send additional information.
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Feb 17, 2012 - 10:30 am - By Jodi Triplett
Tags: law school, law school admissions, letters of recommendation, LSAT, LSAT prep
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