Should graduating from an ABA accredited law school and passing the bar be a requirement for the practice of law in the United States? This issue has come under increased scrutiny. Particularly in the past months as we see the …
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Recent reports from The Law School Admissions Council (LSAC), the organization that administers the LSAT, predicted that law school applications are heading for a 30 year low. Of the 200 law schools in the United States, all but 4 …
Do You Know Where You’re Going To? Pre-LSAT Prep Can Help.
I received a great text message two days ago: one of my tutoring students informed me that he was accepted to a number of law schools, including his number one choice! I immediately phoned him to offer my congratulations and …
The Elephant in the Room – US News & World Report Law School Rankings
This week co-Blogger Stuart Kovinsky and I have been looking at factors in deciding which law school to attend. In his blog, Stuart points out that law school rankings are not in his top 3 factors, and I certainly agree. …
March Madness: Winning the Title of the Best (Law School)
Last night, the NCAA announced the brackets for March Madness, naming the highest ranked college teams in each division. Perhaps more important for prospective law students are the rankings released last week by US News and World Reports on the …
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Life on the Law School Wait List
“We wait. We are bored. (He throws up his hand.) No, don’t protest, we are bored to death, there’s no denying it.”
- Samuel Beckett, Waiting for Godot
There’s no doubt that waiting is one of the toughest things to …
Your February 9th LSAT got snowed out – what comes next?
When you were a little kid, snow days were awesome! Now, not so much, especially if you were all psyched up to write the LSAT on Saturday, but Mother Nature, J.D., had other plans. If you were supposed to write …
Law School – is 2 years better than 3?
Yesterday’s New York Times published an article about a recently proposed change to New York Bar requirements. If adopted, the proposal would allow students who have finished 2 years of law school to write the New York Bar and become …
