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Monthly Archives: July 2012
Why Some Top Law Schools are Still Accepting Applications
It’s no secret that law school applications are down.
It’s no secret that law schools don’t like their GPA/LSAT medians to drop.
And it’s no secret that these factors have come together for an…interesting application cycle.
What is a secret, however, is some of the lengths law schools are going to in order to address the problems they face.
Law schools are digging deeper into their waitlists than ever before (just the fact that top schools are having to pull from their waitlists is huge). Rutgers is admitting students who haven’t even applied (if they have good enough numbers).
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Jul 31, 2012 - 6:24 pm - By Matt Shinners
Tags: june lsat, law school admissions, law school applications, law schools, LSAT, lsat test
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Logical Reasonings / 7.31.12
A) Law schools are getting desperate for applicants. Washington Monthly. B) Looks like someone found a fix for the ailing legal job market: a website. Sacramento Bee. C) The ABA doesn’t offer accreditation to law schools overseas. For now. National … Read Entire Article…
Jul 31, 2012 - 2:59 pm - By Hank
Tags: aba, law schools, legal job market, Legal Jobs, logical reasonings
Tags: aba, law schools, legal job market, Legal Jobs, logical reasonings
5 Olympic Events that are Perfect for LSAT Prep
The Olympics are now in full swing, but you’d be forgiven for not realizing this if you’re currently studying for the LSAT. The LSAT has a tendency to take up all of your waking hours, filling your days with logic games, reading comp passages, and countless logical reasoning problems. We feel your pain. While it’s important to do plenty of LSAT studying, it’s also important to take breaks to prevent your brain from slowly turning to mush. And what better way to take a break than by watching a quick Olympic event? Now that you can watch all the different sports streaming online, you pick and choose among your favorites. Below I’ve put together a list of Olympic events, and when’s a good time to watch them during your LSAT study.
Olympic Event #1 Perfect for LSAT Prep: 50km Racewalking
Purpose: Meaningless Background Noise
How is this even a sport?
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Jul 30, 2012 - 6:48 pm - By Colin Elzie
Tags: LSAT, LSAT prep, LSAT Study, studying for the lsat
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Logical Reasonings / 7.30.12
A) Plummeting application numbers means law schools aren’t afraid to give out scholarships. Wall Street Journal. B) If you’re still waitlisted at a law school, here are a few answers to questions you may have. Law Admissions Lowdown. C) One … Read Entire Article…
5 Easy Tips to Instantly Improve Your LSAT Prep
The October LSAT is on its way. Though you still have two months to go, it’s important that you get your LSAT studies off on the right foot; it’s hard to play catch-up with the LSAT. With that in mind, here are 5 easy tips that will immediately improve your LSAT prep:
Easy LSAT Prep Tip #1: When you’re studying for the LSAT, study for the LSAT
This means don’t watch TV. Keep the music off. Save the texting, sexting, and making your next move in Draw Something for when you take a break. To succeed at the LSAT, you have to train yourself to think in new and different ways. Multitasking as you study for the LSAT only hurts you in this endeavor. In fact, researchers have found that the more you multitask, the worse at it you are. You don’t have to study for the LSAT in an anechoic chamber — it’s worth it to be able to cope with some distractions since there are likely to be a few on LSAT test day.
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Jul 27, 2012 - 6:17 pm - By Aaron Cohn
Tags: lsat logic game, LSAT prep, LSAT preparation, October LSAT
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Logical Reasonings / 7.27.12
A) Tough cookies, says judge overseeing the lawsuit against Cooley Law School. ABA Journal. B) The photo accompanying this story may be NSFW, but that’s because it’s a story about a law professor exchanging sex for good grades. Above the … Read Entire Article…
4 Outside-the-Box Reasons Law School is Still a Good Idea
If you’re heading to law school this fall or plan to do so in the near future, you’ve no doubt heard misgivings from those around you. Your parents are mortified at the cost and wonder if it’ll be worth it. Your friends think you’ll be buried under a mountain of textbooks, never to emerge again. Is law school worth it for everybody? Probably not. But here are a few reasons why it could be worth it for you.
Reason #1 Law School is Still a Good Idea: It’s the way to become a lawyer
It seems obvious, sure, but if you want to become a lawyer, you have to go to law school. So, assuming you’ve done your research, taken a good long look in the mirror, and chosen the profession of law, then law school couldn’t be more “worth it” to you.
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Jul 26, 2012 - 6:04 pm - By Alex Davis
Tags: law school, law school advice
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Logical Reasonings / 7.26.12
A) Huh? Some top 50 law schools are allegedly still accepting applications for this fall. ABA Journal. B) A new book criticizing law school also throws US News & World Report under the bus. Here’s the USNWR “review” of the … Read Entire Article…
LSAT Fallacy Watch: Mitt Romney and His Taxes
As we’ve discussed before, fallacies aren’t just related to the LSAT. They’re all around us. Every day you can see bad reasoning, whether it be in advertising, in politics, or on the news. Many of these arguments look like they could be right at home in an LSAT Logical Reasoning section. So today we’ll be looking at some of the attacks on Mitt Romney relating to his tax returns, and examining them to determine whether or not they hold any water. Arguments such as…
Romney won’t disclose all of his tax information. He must therefore have something to hide.
INVALID. This is something of an absence-of-evidence fallacy. We know that Romney won’t release his full tax information. Could it be because he has some nefarious tax secrets that he’s hiding? Definitely. He may have used numerous loopholes that would make him look bad, and he doesn’t want the American voters to know about this.
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Jul 25, 2012 - 6:37 pm - By Colin Elzie
Tags: fallacies, fallacy watch, Flaw, logical reasoning, LSAT, lsat in real life
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Logical Reasonings / 7.25.12
A) Remember when Baylor Law accidentally emailed LSAT scores to its student body? One guy took a closer look. Now he’s suing for discrimination. ABA Journal. B) Stanford Law, meet your new dean. San Jose Mercury News. C) A 75-year-old … Read Entire Article…