Law School Admissions
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Law Schools, Screw-Ups, Weirdness
3L Becomes Interim Director of Admissions -- Or Not?
Either this law school went bold or they have a student going rogue, as "bold" is not an adjective usually attached to law schools... -
Harvard, Law Schools, Student Loans
Harvard Law School Agrees To Start Accepting Harvard Students Early IF They Promise To Go Get A Life First
Harvard Law School has a really interesting pilot program -- which will be ruined once other schools start copying it... - Sponsored
Is The Future Of Law Distributed? Lessons From The Tech Adoption Curve
The rise of remote work has dramatically reshaped the relationship between Lawyers and Law Firms, see how Scale LLP has taken the steps to get… -
Law School Deans, Law Schools, LSAT
A Stunning Admissions Admission About LSATs
How much does your LSAT score really matter these days?
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Law Schools, Money, Reader Polls, Student Loans
The Decision: Tempted By The 'T14'
Please advise three more prospective law students on where they should go. They've gotten into some great schools, but greatness isn't cheap. -
Law Schools, Money, Reader Polls, Student Loans, William and Mary School of Law
The Decision: Should I Go To Law School At All? Plus George Washington v. William & Mary
Help advise two prospective law students: one who's choosing between GW and William and Mary, and one who wonders whether she should go to law school at all. -
Law Schools, Money, Reader Polls, Student Loans, UVA Law
The Decision: UVA v. Northwestern v. Minnesota (With Varying Scholarship Amounts)
Time to advise another prospective law student. This applicant is choosing between three great schools that are offering him very different deals. -
Gay, Law Schools, Money, Reader Polls, Student Loans, UVA Law
The Decision: NYU Law v. UVA Law at Half-Price Tuition?
Where would you go to law school if you were in this student's shoes? -
Law Schools, Money, Student Loans
A Trend in the Making: Falling Law School Tuition? Let's Make It Happen, People!
Does the law of gravity apply to law school tuition? Shockingly enough, the answer might be yes. - Sponsored
Generative AI In Legal Work — What’s Fact And What’s Fiction?
Zach Warren from the Thomson Reuters Institute discusses the potential and the pitfalls. -
Career Center, Career Files, Law Schools, Pre-Law
From the Career Files: Eight Tips for Writing a Personal Statement
Got a case of writer's block when it comes to your law school personal statement? These tips may help you out! -
Law Schools, Rankings, U.S. News
Which Law Schools Had the Highest Yield Rate?
Some of the law schools prospective students were most eager to attend might surprise you. -
Law Schools, UVA Law
Does Anybody Ever Turn Down UVA Law? Or Are They Just Gaming Their Yield Rate?
A tipster alleges some shady practices from UVA Law's admissions office... -
Law Schools, LSAT, Rankings, U.S. News
Brain Drain From Top-50 Law Schools
The number of top LSAT scorers who actually apply to law school is declining. What does that mean for the people who are still trying to go to law school? -
Abortion, Bankruptcy, Biglaw, Deaths, Dewey & LeBoeuf, Insider Trading, Law Professors, Law Schools, Money, Morning Docket, Partner Issues, Securities and Exchange Commission, Tax Law
Morning Docket: 03.06.13
* Dewey was quick about getting its Chapter 11 plan confirmed, but all of these unfinished business claims are taking a little longer to resolve than previously hoped. But hey, at least Paul Hastings settled. [Am Law Daily]
* Because sometimes profit sharing isn’t enough: Theodore Freedman, a former Kirkland & Ellis partner, pleaded guilty to tax fraud after underreporting his partnership income by more than $2M. [New York Law Journal]
* Here are some tips if you’re trying to get off a law school’s wait list. Apparently it’s wise to wait patiently instead of being a complete gunner from the get go. [Law Admissions Lowdown / U.S. News & World Report]
* Imagine a land filled with millions of little Honey Boo Boos. That’s what the great state of Arkansas is going to look like if the legislature passes the most restrictive abortion law in the country. [WSJ Law Blog (sub. req.)]
* Not only do the Mavericks suck, but Mark Cuban’s luck in court does, too. His bid to toss an insider trading case was denied. He’d probably jump over the bench and have a fit if he could. [DealBook / New York Times]
* Dawn Clark Netsch, beloved Illinois pol and one of the nation’s first female law profs, RIP. [Chicago Tribune]
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Clarence Thomas, Confirmations, Federal Government, Federal Judges, Harvard Law Review, Job Searches, Law Schools, Morning Docket, Politics, SCOTUS, Sonia Sotomayor, Student Loans, Supreme Court
Morning Docket: 02.19.13
* Save for an unintelligible joke made last month, it’s been seven years since Clarence Thomas has spoken during oral arguments, much less asked a question, but with no offense to his colleagues, he’d rather “allow the advocates to advocate.” [Washington Post]
* Sorry, members of the American public, but something like 95 percent of you are too stupid to understand what’s going on during Supreme Court hearings, so there’s no point in having cameras in the courtroom to film them. (Sotomayor, J.) [New York Times]
* “Having an empty bench means people don’t get their cases heard,” but it seems like Senate Republicans could not care less. Obama’s facelift for the federal judiciary is going to have to wait a little while longer. [San Francisco Chronicle]
* A lawgasm for prestige nerds: the Harvard Law Review received federal trademark protection, and with that, the number three law school in the country gained some bragging rights over Yale. [Daily Report (reg. req.)]
* Oh my God, you guys, law school applications are down, no one can find jobs, and recent graduates are in debt up to their eyeballs. This is totally new information that no one’s heard before. [Pittsburgh Post-Gazette]
* Turning to your parents for law school advice is perhaps the worst idea in the world — after all, they’re the cause of your “special little snowflake” syndrome in the first place. [Law Admissions Lowdown / U.S. News]
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Law Schools, LSAT
Law School Applications Crater
People are starting wise up about going to law school... -
Law Schools, Quote of the Day, Rankings, U.S. News
Quote of the Day: Cooley Law Has Admissions Standards!
Surely you must want to know how one can get admitted to the "second-best" law school in the country. -
Law School Deans, Law Schools, New York Times, Student Loans
Students and Recent Graduates Speak Out About Dean Mitchell's Defense of Law School
Students react to the law dean's op-ed claiming that law school is still a good investment... -
Law School Deans, Law Schools, New York Times, Student Loans
Law Dean Takes to the New York Times Op-Ed Page to Blame Media for Declining Law School Applications
This law dean doesn't just hope New York Times readers are idiots, his school's business model relies on people being idiots... -
Job Searches, Law Schools, LSAT
Law School Class Sizes Continue To Shrink. Are We Close To A Crash?
Fewer applicants, smaller class sizes -- where does this all end? -
1st Circuit, Bankruptcy, Dewey & LeBoeuf, Disasters / Emergencies, Facebook, Law Schools, LSAT, Morning Docket, Sex, Sex Scandals, Texas
Morning Docket: 11.13.12
* Deep in the heart of Texas, plans are in the works for the state’s secession from the nation via online petition. The most likely White House response? Probably something like this: “HAHAHAHAHAHA!” [Hillicon Valley / The Hill]
* Paula Broadwell, better known as ex-CIA director David Petraeus’s side piece, has officially lawyered up. This guy had better watch out, because he kind of looks a little bit like her former flame. [Washington Post]
* And then they came for the Steves, but there was no one left to speak for them. The day of reckoning has finally come for the men who are being blamed for cooking Dewey’s LeBoeuf. [Thomson Reuters News & Insight]
* Law firms in Manhattan are still recovering from Hurricane Sandy. Not for nothing, but all of the staff members at WilmerHale who were tasked with getting rid of all of the rotten food in the firm’s cafeteria should get a double bonus. Just saying. [WSJ Law Blog]
* Good news, underemployed law school graduates baristas! The First Circuit just affirmed your $14.1M tip-sharing judgment. Maybe now they’ll be able to afford the Starbucks diet. [National Law Journal]
* “This lawsuit is a massive fraud on the federal courts and defendants. It has now descended into farce.” Facebook is yet again seeking dismissal of Paul Ceglia’s ownership claims. [Threat Level / Wired]
* There may be five deciding factors when it comes to law school admissions, but serious candidates should focus on the two most important ones: LSAT and GPA. [Law School Admissions Lowdown / U.S. News]