BARBRI
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Bar Exams, BARBRI, Technology
BAR/BRI Like It Oughta Be
Did you enjoy your BAR/BRI lecture today? Do you wish it could have gone just a little bit faster? You are not alone. A tipster reports that he too is bored to death by the interminable BAR/BRI lectures, and he’s not going to take it anymore: After starting my Barbri Evidence lecture yesterday, I realized […] -
Bar Exams, BARBRI
Which Bar Exam Prep Course is the Best?
Graduation marks the end of grueling law school exams… and the beginning of preparing for the worst exam of your life. Most recent grads are heading straight from law school classes into bar exam prep classes, and so 3Ls have been bombarded for the last nine months with spam informational emails from bar prep companies […] - Sponsored
Generative AI In Legal Work — What’s Fact And What’s Fiction?
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Bar Exams, BARBRI
Bar Exam Open Thread: Reviewing Bar Review
The February bar exam is now over, for everyone, everywhere. Rejoice and enjoy that Inuit prostitute. Some of you have suggested on open threads that things went reasonably well. Others are hot messes, desperately trying to figure out firm policy when it comes to second-time failing of the bar. Many February takers are bar veterans. […]
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BARBRI, Cheapness, Multistate Professional Responsibility Exam (MPRE)
MPRE Review on The Cheap
An ATL reader sent us this photo from the University of Buffalo, writing: What my barbri tuition got me for my mpre review class. This tv is for approximately 60 people. The budgets are tight at law schools these days, but it seems like they could at least spring for a projector or a proper […] -
Bar Exams, BARBRI
At Stanford Law School, It's a Whole New Game of Quarters
Stanford Law School is one of the best law schools in the country. SLS is ranked #3 in the latest U.S. News law school rankings. Stanford graduates are generally intelligent, capable, and employable individuals (with some exceptions). But are they smart enough to miss the first few weeks of Bar/Bri? The law school has changed […] -
Bar Exams, BARBRI, Travel / Vacation, Trendspotting
Open Thread: Is the 'Bar Trip' Barred By the Recession?
Now that aspiring lawyers have taken the bar exam, they can relax and try to forget about it until the fall, when results come in. One way of relieving stress is “the bar trip”: a post-bar exam vacation to an exotic locale, for sun, surf, or snow, depending on one’s travel preferences. The bar trip […] -
Bar Exams, BARBRI
Last Weekend Before the Bar Exam: Open Thread
So. There’s this thing called the bar exam taking place next week. (Exact dates vary by jurisdiction.) As bar exam candidates enter the home stretch, they exhibit a wide range of emotions. Some are cool as cucumbers, so confident of passage that they spend bar review classes making origami creatures. Others are panicky, hot messes […] -
Bar Exams, BARBRI
BarBri Boredom: Is This Cute, or What?
From a bored Bar/Bri student: This is how effective Barbri is this year: this little origami creature (see image below) was created by a student in the NY review course…. during the course. It took her two Corporations lectures and one Conflict of Laws lecture to complete. And she didn’t skip a beat — she […] - Sponsored
The Business Case For AI At Your Law Firm
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Bar Exams, BARBRI
Open Thread: How Does Everyone Like Bar/Bri So Far?Revised and updated; please see after the jump.
It looks like there may have been a mini-riot at the Bar/Bri lecture today. Apparently some students felt that the Con Law lecturer wasn’t entirely on top of all the salient issues. We heard from a few of them; here is one report: I’m one of thousands of BarBri students studying for the New York […] -
BARBRI, Deaths, Law Professors, Law Schools
In Memoriam: Charles Whitebread
We’d like to take a moment and acknowledge the great life and career of Professor Charles H. Whitebread. Professor Whitebread passed away Tuesday, in Santa Monica, California. Professor Whitebread was a legend at the USC Gould School of Law, but most attorneys will remember him for his BAR/BRI Criminal Law lectures. We fondly remember the […] -
Bar Exams, BARBRI, Law Schools, New Jersey
Bar Exam Open Thread: So How Was the MBE?
Here it is, folks — the daily bar exam open thread. You know what to do. To those of you who are done (e.g., people taking New York only): congratulations. To those of you with another day to go: good luck. If you’re one of those people suffering through three days of bar examination hell […] -
Bar Exams, BARBRI, Fabulosity, Travel / Vacation
Post-Bar Travel: Open Thread
With bar exams taking place at the end of this month, a bunch of almost-lawyers are furiously studying away. It’s not the worst way to spend the dog days of summer… but it’s pretty bad. If you’re in that boat, we wish you luck (and encourage you to spend your study breaks here at ATL). […] -
Bar Exams, BARBRI, Biglaw, Bonuses, Job Survey, Perks / Fringe Benefits
Associate Life Survey: Everything (Else) You Always Wanted To Know About Starting Bonuses But Were Afraid To Ask
While responses to last week’s ATL / Lateral Link survey on summer associate programs continue to flow in (add your 2 cents here), let’s pause to consider what last year’s summer associates are going to experience over the next few months: bar exams (sorry), relocations, and sweet, sweet signing bonuses (or not). We’ve received about […]
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Bar Exams, BARBRI, Biglaw, Bonuses, Job Survey, Perks / Fringe Benefits
Featured Job Survey: Everything You Always Wanted To Know About Starting Bonuses But Were Afraid To Ask
Last week, we posted Part Four of the results from our ATL / Lateral Link survey on bar stipends and reimbursements, salary advances, and signing bonuses, covering the range of firms from Akin Gump to Young Conaway. We’ve also posted results from our surveys on relocation benefits and whether you have to pay it all […] -
BARBRI
What's Up With the Bar/Bri Litigation?
Several readers have written in to inquire about the status of the BAR/BRI class action litigation. Here’s the latest update on the lawsuit website: Over 85,000 Claim Forms representing claims for over 120,000 BAR/BRI courses have been received and processed by the Claims Administrator. However, several objectors appealed from the Court’s Order granting final approval […] -
Bar Exams, BARBRI, Weirdness
Good Luck to February Bar Exam Takers!(And an open thread for bar prep stories.)
We didn’t notice this, until a tipster just mentioned it to us: today is the February MBE day. So, to everyone taking the multistate bar examination right now, good luck! From the same source: I thought an open thread about the weirdest bar preparation might be entertaining. I immediately thought of you when I was […] -
Antitrust, Bar Exams, BARBRI, Eliot Disner, Plaintiffs Firms
Meet the Bar/Bri Legal Diva - and Don't Forget, Monday Is the Claims Deadline
We reminded you on Friday, but we fear our post got lost in the shuffle. If you’re part of the plaintiff class in the Bar/Bri class action — and since you’re reading ATL, you probably are — then the deadline for filing your proof of claim is this Monday, September 17. So if you want […] -
Announcements, BARBRI, Money, Plaintiffs Firms
A Friendly Reminder: The BAR/BRI Proof of Claim Deadline Is Monday!
Attention young lawyers. We interrupt your regularly scheduled programming to bring you this important announcement: If you purchased a bar review course from BAR/BRI anywhere in the United States anytime from August, 1997 through July 31, 2006 (the “Class”), you may be affected by a settlement of a class action lawsuit pending in the United […] -
Alston & Bird, Bad Ideas, BARBRI, Biglaw, Cheapness, Money, Skaddenfreude
Nationwide Pay Raise Watch: Alston & Bird, Called Out
We’re delighted to see that ATL has so many readers in ATL. And we apologize for that one time we were mean to you. (We don’t know what got into us; guess it was that time of the month.) This morning’s post about the Alston & Bird raise, which will take effect shortly before your […] -
BARBRI, Crime, Death Penalty, Education / Schools, Football, India, Manuel Real, Michael Vick, Morning Docket, Pets, Violence, White-Collar Crime
Morning Docket: 07.18.07
* Who let the dogs fight? Who? Who? Feds say: football star Michael Vick. [CNN; TSG] * Bar-Bri class reps (no, different class reps): No incentive payments for you. [The Recorder] * Seven-figure legal bills: par for the course for white-collar criminal defendants. [WSJ Law Blog] * India market hot for law firms. [Law.com] * […]