Law School Exams
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Law Professors, Law School Deans, Law Schools, listserv, Screw-Ups
More Finals Week Ridiculousness: Law Prof Rips Final Exam Straight from Commercial Outline
What should happen when a professor doesn't even write her own exam -- and just takes it straight from a widely available outline? -
Law Schools
Exam Screw-up Follow-up: The New And Improved Plan For Administering A Simple Contracts Exam
Will Nova's third attempt to administer a 1L contracts exam be a charm? - Sponsored
Navigating Financial Success by Avoiding Common Pitfalls and Maximizing Firm Performance
In this CLE-eligible webinar, we’ll explore the most common accounting pitfalls and how to avoid them for your firm. -
Law Professors, Law Schools, Screw-Ups
Huge Exam Screw-Up Requires Class to Retake Portions Of Test
An amazing exam administration screw-up defies explanation...
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Harvard, Jury Duty, Law Professors, Law Schools, Movies
The Harvard Law Exam That Requires You To Apply Lessons From ‘12 Angry Men’
The HLS exam that a film critic could pass... -
Bad Ideas, Constitutional Law, Law Schools, Rank Stupidity
Kid Posts Take Home Exam Question On Message Board Looking For Answers, Finds Only Ridicule
Today, we've got a story that is both stupid and unethical. A student at a top 14 law school reportedly posted a question from his Constitutional Law exam on a message board -- during the exam.... -
Advertising, Career Center, Law Schools, Shameless Plugs, This Is an Ad
Career Center: How to Succeed in Law School Without Even Trying (Too Much)
Looking for some tips on how to succeed in law school? Try these on for size. -
Grade Reform, Law Schools
University of Chicago Reminds Students Not To Be Tools About Grades
Continuing our discussion of "elite law school problems," let's talk about grades. If your law school is ranked poorly, waiting for your grades has made you stressed all January. But if you go to a top-ranked law school, it really shouldn't be that stressful, right? Sadly, there are a lot of people at top law schools who are doing it wrong.... -
Law Professors, Law Schools
The Evidence Exam at Harvard Law That Requires No Evidence to Pass
Professor Nesson at Harvard Law is all about the existential experience of thinking deeply (or casually) about law -- and he's doing it at a school that confers the very tangible benefit of high-paying, prestigious jobs to all who want them. So, strap yourselves in: two questions, 500-word limit per answer. Have fun, kids.... - Sponsored
Early Adopters Of Legal AI Gaining Competitive Edge In Marketplace
How to best leverage generative AI as an early adopter with ethical use. -
Disability Law, Drugs, Education / Schools, Health Care / Medicine, Law Schools, Reader Polls
Is Using Adderall to Get Through Exams the Worst Thing in the World?
A little while back, we asked how many of you had tried Adderall, the ADHD drug that some students use to get a boost around study time. A whopping 30% of you said you had tried the drug and 70% of you are lying. But now let's ask the fun question. Is using Adderall that big of a deal? -
Law Professors, Law Schools, Screw-Ups
Stop Reusing Your Old Exams, You LAZY Law School Professors!
How hard is it to write an exam for a course you've taught all semester? On a scale of one to ten -- ten involving programing a rocket ship, one somewhere around putting on pants in the morning -- where does formulating a law school exam rate? A two? During this finals period alone, we've got students from three law schools, including two law schools in the top ten, alleging that their professors couldn't be bothered to come up with fresh exams for this year's students.... -
Hotties, Law Professors, Law Schools, Non-Sequiturs, Rape, Video games, Women's Issues
Non-Sequiturs: 12.14.11
* Now that Chicago has bared it all, isn’t it time for other law schools to fall in line? Show us the stats for the class of 2010 already. [Law School Transparency] * And this is why your mother told you not to talk to strangers. [Legal Juice] * If you’re going to send out […] -
Copyright, Defamation, Education / Schools, Exercise, Free Speech, Mergers and Acquisitions, Morning Docket, Sex, Sex Scandals, Texas
Morning Docket: 12.12.11
* Protip for Mark Hansen, AT&T’s lawyer: when you want a judge to save your merger plans, it’s probably not a good idea to demand that she make a ruling by a certain date. [Businessweek] * What’s going on in Cooley Law’s defamation suit against Rockstar05 (other than discussion of whether the school’s attorney understands […]
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Food, Law Schools
Finals Give Students the Chance to Occupy Their Law Schools
Law students, we know that finals time is rough, because we've all been there. Sometimes getting together with a study group is a great way to take the edge off. And like good little scouts, these law students are prepared. Okay, maybe some of them are a little bit too prepared. When your classmates email us to let us know that they hate studying at the law school because of you, maybe you need to give it a rest....
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Legal AI: 3 Steps Law Firms Should Take Now
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Is The Future Of Law Distributed? Lessons From The Tech Adoption Curve
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Navigating Financial Success by Avoiding Common Pitfalls and Maximizing Firm Performance
In this CLE-eligible webinar, we’ll explore the most common accounting pitfalls and how to avoid them for your firm.
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Early Adopters Of Legal AI Gaining Competitive Edge In Marketplace
How to best leverage generative AI as an early adopter with ethical use.
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The Business Case For AI At Your Law Firm
ChatGPT ushers in the age of generative AI – even for law firms.
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Breasts, Defamation, Law Professors, Pictures
Nude Pictures: The Best Way to Help Students Study for Finals
Our law student readers are well aware that finals season is underway. And for the average law student, poring over pages and pages of text can get mind-numbingly boring very quickly. Apparently one controversial professor at a D.C. law school figured that out, and decided to add a bit of excitement to his lecture slides. Because nude pictures are great study aids.... -
Law Schools, New Jersey
Let's Get Ready For Finals
For most law students, finals start this week. For the class of 2014 1Ls, it’s their first finals period. Good luck to all. I had a very strict, almost superstitious, regimen to get myself in the mood to take a series of eight hour exams for 100% of my grade. Before finals period, I would […] -
Enron, Law Professors, Music, Rap, Sarbanes-Oxley / Sarbox / SOX
Because Sometimes You Just Need to Rap About the Law
It’s the end of October, and you know what that means: law school finals are lurking. As law students begin to hunker down and make sweet, sweet love to their outlines and flashcards, others are busy thinking up more clever ways to study the same materials. Visual learners think that drawing pictures will help them […] -
Bad Ideas, Law Schools, Ridiculousness, Rudeness
Georgia State Law Students Poke a Little Fun at Their Classmates
Last week, we told you about some law students who were holding tryouts -- and charging a $20 application fee -- to fill the final two spots in their study group. The students in the group were roundly mocked. But students at the Georgia State University College of Law didn't feel the need to defend their school or the silly students in the study group. Instead, they chose to have a bit of fun with it. Confidence and a sense of humor are beautiful things.... -
Bad Ideas, Law Schools, Ridiculousness, Rudeness
1Ls Hold Tryouts For Study Group Slots, Charge Application Fee
Thanks to what is happening at one state school, the whole sad experience of getting a legal education in America suddenly has a new mascot. Today, we have a flyer from a group of three 1Ls who want to hold "tryouts" for the other two members of their study group. What's worse, they want to charge people $20 for the opportunity to try out.... -
Books, Law Professors, Law Schools, Shameless Plugs
A Helpful New Resource for Law Students
We’re already into the middle of October. In the law firm world, associates are starting to think about bonuses. Meanwhile, at law schools, exams will be here before you know it. If you’re a law student looking for guidance about preparing for and taking exams, you might want to check out Open Book: Succeeding on […] -
Grade Reform, Law Professors, Law Schools, Screw-Ups
Professor Discovers 2010 Grading Errors; Mistake Is Fixed in April 2011
You know, given the fact that most law school professors act like they are doing you a favor by grading your exams, it’s a wonder this kind of thing doesn’t happen more often. Of course, since it doesn’t happen more often, this is a noteworthy occurrence. A criminal law professor out in California figured out […]