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The Regret From Remote Testing Has Hit LSAT Takers Like A Truck

Man, it sure is burdensome being correct this often.

Forced To Take The LSAT? Might As Well Suffer From The Comfort Of Home…Right?

The food accommodations will likely be better that way.

The Law Schools With The Highest LSAT Scores (2022)

Did your law school make the list?

GRE Building A Better Test… But Is It Still A Good Test For Law Schools?

The GRE may be throwing out the law school baby with the bloated test bathwater... that's a little strained but it makes sense if you read the whole article.

It’s Time To Face The Fact That The LSAT Might Be Immortal

The LSAT keeps bouncing back from certain death.

Morning Docket: 05.15.23

* LSAT lives to fight another day as ABA halts its new rule to make the exam optional in the admissions process. Nothing inspires confidence like an accrediting body that repeatedly changes its mind! [Reuters] * Britney Spears paid Greenberg Traurig over $4 million in the aftermath of her conservatorship. It seems as though people who care about her could've saved her a lot of money by ending the conservatorship without requiring lawyers get involved, huh? [TMZ] * Firms may be trying to push people back to the office, but the hybrid work experience is also fueling creative lateral recruitment because firms care a lot less about office time when lawyers are bringing over fat books of business. [Law.com] * The absurdist YSL case continues with an attorney curing a contempt rap with an order of wings. [WSB] * Prince Harry will be the first royal to testify in court in over a century. I guess congratulations are in order for Prince Andrew somehow failing to break that record first. [Deadline] * Former attorney who fled the country after killing his girlfriend in "self-defense" convicted of murder. [New York Times] * Actress Fran Drescher writes about tax law for Bloomberg. It all makes sense. [Bloomberg Law News]

The LSAT Will Probably Take The L Soon. What Now?

Shout out to all the splitters who had good grades, bombed the LSAT, and still did well in law school!

Morning Docket: 05.10.23

* Donald Trump follows up loss in E. Jean Carroll defamation case by calling her a liar. Crackerjack legal team this guy's got. [NY Times] * Law school deans scrambling to save the LSAT, seeking a rule requiring no more than 25 percent of grads admitted without a test. You know, before y'all blew them off, you could've worked with U.S. News to tank the rankings of schools that overused the non-test option. But you just had to throw your fit, didn't you? [Reuters] * Article poses that legal churn makes law firms inherently unstable. Yeah... that's how free markets work. [American Lawyer] * DOJ racking up wins in crypto cases. [Law360] * Study confirms there's no returning from hybrid work schedules no matter what the firms may want. [Bloomberg Law News] * Client suing Herrick Feinstein for $1.1B over blown deadlines. [Bisnow]

It’s Time To Say Goodbye To The LSAT

It's something that must be done for the sake of diversity.

Why Are Men So Obsessed With Their LSAT Scores?

Sure, let it be your badge of honor, but not everyone needs to know about it.

If At First You Don’t Succeed, Try, Try Again To Eliminate The LSAT

Change in law school admissions happens slowly.

The ABA Has Decided! The LSAT Is Anything But Over With

Logic games. Those damned logic games did nothing to help me in Crim Law.

Law School Deans Say Ending The ABA’s LSAT Requirement Will Hurt Diversity… But Would It?

The deans lay out a lot of claims, but they don't really hold up.

ABA Votes To End Admissions Testing Requirement… Everyone Panic Accordingly!

It seems like there's only upside here.

Fourth Amendment Decision Isn’t Going To Stop LSAT Or Law Schools From Scanning Your Room

But they're absolutely going to be getting your waiver in writing.