Law School Admissions
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Law Schools
The 10 Law Schools Students REALLY Want To Go To (2017)
Which law schools made the list this year? -
Law Schools, Rankings
An Interesting New Set Of Law School Rankings
How does your law school fare under this metric? - Sponsored
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Non-Sequiturs
Non-Sequiturs: 03.24.17
* For those of you too busy this week to follow Judge Neil Gorsuch’s confirmation hearing, here’s a nice collection of the highlights by Benjamin Wallace-Wells. [New Yorker via How Appealing]
* SCOTUS confirmation hearings are often compared to kabuki theater; law professor cum novelist Jay Wexler reimagines the Gorsuch hearing as, well, actual kabuki theater. [McSweeney’s]
* Insider trading: it’s not entirely about the benjamins, as therapist and executive coach Andrew Snyder explains. [LinkedIn]
* Is the Second Circuit sitting on juicy information about President Trump’s ties to Russia? [WiseLawNY]
* Law school applicants with high LSAT scores: which schools do they favor? [SSRN]
* Speaking of legal education, what are the secrets to law school success? Vanderbilt 3L Niya McCray shares her thoughts. [Amazon (affiliate link)]
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Boutique Law Firms, Law Schools, Small Law Firms
Beyond Biglaw: 3 Different Students... Same Advice?
What would you say to a young person considering law school today? -
Law Schools, LSAT
Harvard Law School Will Cast A Wider Net This Fall; Which T14 Law Schools Will Follow?
How will the acceptance of the GRE affect economic mobility and diversity at our nation's top law schools? -
Law Schools, LSAT
Harvard Will Make It Easier For People Who Won't Get Into Harvard To Be Taken Advantage Of
There's value in making people jump through the LSAT hoop. -
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Law Schools
College Grads Are Considering Law School Again -- God Help Us All
Oh no, are we about to see the return of the law school bubble? - Sponsored
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Law Schools
Are Law School Applications Bottoming Out? One School Sees A Remarkable Rise
How did this law school manage to almost double its number of applications? -
Law Schools, Politics
Follow-Up: Tiffany Trump Tours Another Top-Flight Law School
Tiffany Trump's law school search goes on... -
Law Schools, Technology
Law School Victim Of A Cyber Attack, Applicant Data Compromised
An unexpected downside to applying to this law school. -
Law Schools, Politics
Tiffany Trump Eyeing Harvard Law School Yesterday -- It's The Legally Blonde Sequel We Deserve!
Presidential daughter sizing up top law schools. -
Career Center, Career Files, Law Schools, Law Students
From The Career Files: 4 Lessons From The Fall 2016 Law School Admission Cycle
Another cycle of law school admission is behind us, and people are already being admitted to some schools for Fall 2017.
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Bar Exams, Law Schools
A Terrible Excuse For Terrible Bar Exam Results
It's good to know someone in academia is willing to point out the obvious. -
Hillary Clinton, LSAT, Sexism
'You Don't Need To Be Here': Hillary Clinton's First Experience With Sexism In The Law
She offers a very personal reflection on what it was like to take the LSAT as a woman in the 1960s. -
Law Schools, Screw-Ups
Congrats, You Got Into Yale Law School! Oh Wait....
Sucks to be these people. -
Associate Salaries, Biglaw, Law Schools, Small Law Firms, Solo Practitioners
Back In The Race: Will The $180K Biglaw Starting Salaries Attract A New Group Of Law School Lemmings?
News of the Biglaw salary increases is likely to attract a few people who would not have considered law school in the past. -
Morning Docket
Morning Docket: 06.07.16
* Amber Heard, who is going through a tumultuous divorce with Johnny Depp amid accusations that he abused her throughout the marriage, met with women’s rights attorney Gloria Allred last week. We wonder if the famed feminist lawyer will take the case after a four-hour consultation. [PEOPLE]
* Life just got a little more mellow at this firm: Florida-based Greenspoon Marder opened a cannabis and hemp practice group yesterday, opening offices in San Diego and Denver, and putting lawyers to work in Las Vegas. The firm won’t be puff-puff-passing up business from the marijuana industry anymore. [Big Law Business]
* Doctor-assisted suicide became just legal across the Great White North, but the government took so long to draft a law to go along with the Canadian Supreme Court’s ruling that the decision went into effect without any legislation to back it up. [CBS News]
* If you’re still thinking about applying to law school, here’s a surefire way to brownnose your way into the school of your choice: do yourself a favor and include school-specific details in your personal statement. Good luck! [Law Admissions Lowdown / U.S. News]
* How can you tell if you’re going to make big money after graduating from law school? First, take a look at the ATL Top 50 Law School Rankings to see how your employable graduates from your law school are, and then watch this video. [Business Insider]
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Law Schools, LSAT
Need Some Last-Minute LSAT Tips? Two Experts Discuss
Today two experts give out, free of charge, some last-minute LSAT tips so you can crush the test on Monday. -
Law Schools, LSAT
How To Jedi Mind Trick Yourself Into A Killer LSAT Score
One trick to help you crush the LSAT.