Law School Grades
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Law Schools
Law Students Don't Think Ethics Professor Did The Right Thing After Bumbling Grading For 80% Of Class
He messed up grading, throw all your hands up! -
Law Schools
Attention First Year Law Students: It's Okay If You're Disappointed In Your Grades
Just because you didn't get straight As doesn't mean you have no future in the legal industry. - Sponsored
Profit Powerhouse: Elevating Law Firm Financial Performance
In this CLE-eligible webinar on April 10th, we’ll explore the most common accounting pitfalls and how to avoid them for your firm. -
Law Schools
Top Law School Sparks Controversy For Maintaining Grading Curve During COVID-19
Chicago Law is bucking the trend.
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Law Schools
Law School Grades Shouldn't Matter Years Into Your Career
One’s performance as an attorney is a far better indicator of success at a firm, and decision-makers shouldn’t really care how well a 20-something did in classes that have little connection to the real world. -
Law Schools
So You Got Your Grades, Now What? (Part II -- The Bad News)
What happens to students who had a weak academic showing? -
Law Schools
So You Got Your Grades, Now What? (Part I: The Good News)
Take advantage of your high GPA while you can and lock in as many employment opportunities as possible. -
Law Schools
Getting Your Grades Back In Law School
Law students, when you see your grade, there are some dos and don’ts. Please take this advice. -
Law Schools
Law School Grades (Like Most Things In Life) Are Pretty Random
Law students learn early that success within the legal profession can be largely based on arbitrary factors. - Sponsored
Document Automation For Law Firms: The Definitive Guide
Legal document automation is no longer only for the exclusive few. -
Law Schools
Law School Grades Suck
Law professors hate grading and grades just as much as law students. -
Law Schools
What To Do If You Are Unhappy With Your 1st Semester Grades
One semester of dissatisfying grades doesn’t mean all hope is lost. Take these three, relatively painless, steps to get back on track this semester. -
Non-Sequiturs
Non-Sequiturs: 01.26.18
* “Impartiality requires fair treatment for both sides, not merely for victims—even victims in a case as horrifying as this one.” Some are calling into question Judge Rosemarie Aquilina’s impartiality during Larry Nassar’s sentencing. [PrawfsBlawg]
* If you’re invited by the Supreme Court to brief and argue a case as an amicus curiae, you better believe that your career in the law is about to take off. [Empirical SCOTUS]
* A few of the New England Patriots visited Harvard Law to learn about inequities in the criminal justice system before securing a spot in the Super Bowl. [Harvard Law Today]
* Maybe your life won’t end if you get bad 1L grades — maybe it’ll be a whole new beginning. [LinkedIn]
* Here are some useful tips on how to avoid getting burned if someone asks you for your salary history when you’re applying for a job. [Corporette]
* Are you a law review nerd, a legal scholar, or professor obsessed with when your latest article will be published? Then you must check out the Law Review RSS Project. [Excess of Democracy]
* Can you get a DUI in a self-driving vehicle? In the future, the answer to this question may depend on how autonomous the vehicle is. [Versus Texas]
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Law Schools
Law Students: Where Are Your Grades?
Law students grow more and more anxious with each day that passes without grades. What's going on? -
Law Schools
You Are Not Your Grades
Law students have the opportunity to take this adversity and improve from it. They can change.
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Law Professors, Law Schools, Law Students
Attention, Law Students: These Are The Reasons Your Professor Won't Change Your Grades
Coming to office hours and demanding that your professor needs to change your grade and suggesting your professor is incompetent is not going to end well. -
Law Professors, Law Schools
1L Advice: What Courses Should I Take Next Year?
Some wise and practical advice on course selection, courtesy of Lawprofblawg. -
Boutique Law Firms, Law Schools, Small Law Firms
Reinventing The Law Business: What Courses To Take In Law School To Get A Job And Build A Career
Your future employer will care about three basic things, and these three things can be seen on your transcript. -
Morning Docket
Morning Docket: 07.14.15
* With sagging enrollment and disappointing job statistics, offering students some tuition reimbursement if they’re still unemployed nine months after graduation is a great way to put asses in seats. We’ll have more to say about this news later today. [New York Times]
* Testimony in the Dewey & LeBoeuf criminal trial got a little more interesting when jurors learned that the plan to cook the firm’s books to the tune of more than $50 million was hatched after a pricey steak dinner at Del Frisco’s. Don’t all evil Biglaw plans come together after an expensive steak dinner? [DealBook / New York Times]
* These people just won the criminal justice reform lottery: In case you missed it, President Barack Obama commuted the sentenced of 46 nonviolent drug offenders in order to shine a light on punishments that didn’t fit the crimes committed. [POLITICO]
* Pay close attention to this information, gunners, because it probably applies to you. Per a new study conducted by two Colorado Law professors, LSAT scores are an “overvalued predictor” of future law school grades and résumé builders don’t matter. [WSJ Law Blog]
* Osvaldo Miranda Diaz, the lawyer who called Cuba’s criminal justice system “disgusting” during a presentation he gave to visiting U.S. lawyers, secured a full ride for Duke Law’s LLM program thanks to one of his audience members. Congrats! [Daily Business Review]
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Law Schools
The Cruel Grading System Of Low-Ranked Law Schools
Employers take law school GPAs very seriously. Shouldn't low-ranked schools adjust their grading policies to match their higher-ranked competitors? -
Law Schools, Partner Issues
Stat Of The Week: Law School Grades Do Not Correlate With Partnership Prospects
A report from Harvard Law School contains some very interesting findings. -
Ask the Experts, Career Center, Career Files, Law Schools, Law Students
From The Career Files: Want Better Law School Grades? Take An Iterative Approach To Learning
Alison Monahan offers some advice for improving your law school performance.