Law School Applications
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Law Schools, Rankings
The Law Schools With The Most Part-Time Applicants
Which of these law schools with part-time programs are the most popular? -
Law Schools, Screw-Ups
Congrats, You Got Into Yale Law School! Oh Wait....
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Morning Docket
Morning Docket: 07.06.16
* In case you haven’t been keeping score like we have, these are the firms that recently raised salaries: Jackson Walker. Where are the rest? If you’re worried you’ve missed any of our coverage on pay raises, check out our omnibus 2016 salary chart where we collect these stories. [2016 Salary Increase / Above the Law]
* “[I]t’s stunning that it takes a court decision for federal employees to be held accountable to the law.” Perhaps someone should tell Hillary Clinton about this, but according to the D.C. Circuit, federal officials may not use private email accounts to avoid having their documents and messages fall under public records laws. [The Hill]
* Steven Davis, the former chairman of Dewey & LeBoeuf, owes quite the pretty penny to Citibank in the form of an unpaid loan. Davis was ordered by Judge Nancy Bannon to pay nearly $400K to the bank to cover what was once his capital contribution to the firm before it flopped under his leadership. [New York Law Journal via ABA Journal]
* Thanks to a string of victories in fending off complaints about its controversial practices, it’s highly unlikely that the Securities and Exchange Commission will stop using its system of in-house administrative law judges any time soon. The SEC is very reluctant to give up its perceived “home court” advantage. [DealBook / New York Times]
* If you’re thinking of applying to law school with a criminal record, you probably don’t need to worry too much about whether you’ll be accepted. From murderers to bank robbers, plenty of ex-cons have gone to law school before you, and many of them are successful in their non-criminal careers. [Law Admissions Lowdown / U.S. News]
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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. -
Career Center, Career Files, Law Students
From The Career Files: Personal Statement Dos And Dont's
A bad essay can drag an otherwise strong application into the rejection pile; a good essay can save a borderline application. -
Career Center, Career Files, Law Schools, Law Students
Busting Open 7 Law School Admission Myths
Law schools may tell you that they are accepting applications in June, but that doesn’t mean applying that late in the cycle is in your best interest. -
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
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Legal AI: 3 Steps Law Firms Should Take Now
If 2023 introduced legal professionals to generative AI, then 2024 will be when law firms start adapting to utilize it. Things are moving fast, so… -
Law Schools, Rankings
The 10 Law Schools Students REALLY Want To Go To (2016)
Did your law school make the cut? -
Non-Sequiturs
Non-Sequiturs: 05.24.16
* So, you’ve found a new job. Yay! You give your boss your two-week notice and your current job comes back with a counter offer. Should you take it? [Manila Recruitment]
* Evaluating the impact of the ghosts of decisions past on this term’s Supreme Court. [Empirical SCOTUS]
* Law school applications are down, but medical school applications are up. A look at the trends that have created this phenomenon. [Law School Cafe]
* Are Justices Alito and Thomas in denial? [Slate]
* If a student commits suicide after being bullied, is the school liable? [Litigation Daily]
* Interesting podcast about what it is really like to be a criminal defense attorney. [LST Radio]
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Law Schools, LSAT
How To Jedi Mind Trick Yourself Into A Killer LSAT Score
One trick to help you crush the LSAT. -
Career Center, Career Files, LSAT
What I Did During Summer Vacation: A Saga Of The Law School Applicant
Pre-empting any possible criticism for not using time wisely, future law students stress about how to spend the summer before applying to law school. -
Law Schools, LSAT
Law School Deans Fight Back Against The Tyranny Of The LSAT
Opening up law school to students who are not motivated to take the LSAT opens up the number of students who may unwittingly sign up for three years of staggering debt against the backdrop of a wilting job market.
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Legal AI: 3 Steps Law Firms Should Take Now
Generative AI In Legal Work — What’s Fact And What’s Fiction?
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Is The Future Of Law Distributed? Lessons From The Tech Adoption Curve
The Business Case For AI At Your Law Firm
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Morning Docket
Morning Docket: 04.26.16
* John LaTorre, the former chief financial officer of Barry Law School, recently pleaded guilty to second-degree grand theft after spending tens of thousands of dollars on school corporate card to finance his Hooters outings and pay his utilities bills. LaTorre faces up to 10 years of probation and will have to pay the school $24,838 in restitution in monthly payments of at least $175. [Orlando Sentinel]
* Professor Sujit Choudhry may have resigned from his position as dean of Berkeley Law School after being accused in a sexual harassment scandal, but now he says the school is trying to strip him of his tenure, and he’s not going to go down without a fight. In a grievance letter, Choudhry claims school officials smeared him in the press and violated his due process rights. We’ll have more on this development later today. [WSJ Law Blog]
* This “sets back every blind person who wants to be a lawyer out there”: Three blind law students have filed a proposed class-action lawsuit against BARBRI, alleging that the bar exam test preparation company violated the Americans with Disabilities Act by failing to properly accommodate them with usable study materials, thereby “preventing them from fully, equally, and adequately preparing for the bar exam.” [Dallas Morning News]
* Just when you thought this ugly legal dispute couldn’t get any messier, one of Dennis Hastert’s sexual assault accusers decided to sue the former Speaker of the House for breach of contract. Identified as James Doe in his pleadings, he alleges that Hastert agreed to pay him $3.5M in hush money for keeping quiet about the abuse he endured when he was a teen, but thus far, he’s only seen $1.7M of those funds. [CBS Chicago]
* It’s late April, and if you’re still looking for advice on your personal statement for your law school applications, then you’re probably already in trouble. However, if you’re desperate for a helpful hint even this late in the game and your law school of choice has a late submission deadline, you may want to try including a thesis — it’ll keep your essay from becoming a regurgitation of your résumé. [Law Admissions Lowdown / U.S. News]
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Law Schools, Reader Polls
The Decision: SEC/ACC Law Signing Day
Oh wait, we’re not talking about football? We’re talking about a person who wants to go to law school at one of these NFL factories? -
Law Schools, Reader Polls
The Decision: Big Love Law
Elie here. For today’s installment of The Decision, in which we advise prospective law students about where to enroll, we head out west. We talk about the military. We talk about the LDS community. Put another way, I’m about to talk completely out of my ass about things I don’t know a whole lot about. […] -
Law Schools, Reader Polls
The Decision: In Search Of An Upturned Collar
If you love UVA Law "culture," and you get into UVA Law, do you really have a choice? -
Law Schools, Rankings
Which Law Schools Received The Most Applications For Fall 2015?
Which schools are on the dueling lists of the cream of the crop versus the cream of the crap? -
Law Schools, Reader Polls
The Decision: Plunging Back In
After sitting out the worst of the recession, our guy is ready to go to law school. -
Law Schools
4 More Types of People Who Should Not Go To Law School
In the wake of the latest U.S. News rankings, columnist Shannon Achimalbe lists four (more) types of people who should not go to law school in this day and age.