Pre-laws

Taking the LSAT has apparently gone out of style. Use that to your advantage.

If you are dead set on going to law school, how can you make sure you're attending the right school at the right price?

Law schools have only themselves to blame for declining applications.

Ann Levine explores the concerns that face nontraditional law students.

David Mainiero, Admissions Expert at InGenius Prep, examines major factors pre-law students should consider before re-taking the LSAT in October.

Lee Burgess offers advice for pre-law students on how to spend the summer before law school.

Dave Hall and David Mainiero examine major factors pre-law students should consider before picking a law school to attend in the fall.

Ann K. Levine of LawSchoolExpert.com gives some guidelines to pre-law students on how to most effectively use their summer to prepare for law school.

* Maybe things are getting better. Per the latest Law Watch Managing Partner Confidence Index, Biglaw partners have shown an uptick in confidence in the first quarter of 2014. [Am Law Daily]

* Thanks to this ruling, Chevron can sue Patton Boggs over claims it engaged in fraud during the Ecuador case. Don’t worry, we’re sure the merger with Squire Sanders will be just fine. [Reuters]

* Dewey know how much the latest clawback suit seeks from this failed firm’s ex-COO? About $9.3 million, for his “astronomically generous” employment contract. [WSJ Law Blog (sub. req.)]

* No more “unfounded” filings for this unfound plane: A firm’s attempts to get documents from Malaysian Air to file a possible lawsuit have been thwarted by a judge, with the possibility of sanctions. [Bloomberg]

* When your “concerned uncle” is writing to a pre-law adviser about your future when you haven’t even gone to college yet, you know you’re probably destined to be a gunner. [Law Admissions Lowdown / U.S. News]

Joel Butterly of inGenius prep offers practical advice for pre-law students who have been put on the waiting list by their dream schools.

Ann K. Levine offers advice to pre-law students about getting better law school scholarships.

Ann K. Levine, a law school admission consultant and owner of LawSchoolExpert.com, offers helpful tips for law school applicants.

Blueprint Test Preparation offers pre-law students some insight on how LSAC recalculates GPAs for admission to law school.

The admissions deans at Harvard and Michigan share their insights and advice on the law school application and admissions process.