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Aug 14, 2009
LSAT Writing Sample Driving You Crazy?

LSAT Writing Sample Driving You Crazy? A lot of people tend to forget, but the LSAT actually has six sections, not five. Everyone knows about the reading comp, double logical reasoning and the experimental (which can be any of the three), but like a short guy at a bar, the writing sample tends to go […]

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Aug 11, 2009
I’m Not Ready Yet: More Information about the Law School Deferral

Last week I outlined some of the nuts and bolts of the deferral process, before ending my post with a cliffhanger that would make Mary Higgins Clark jealous. Yet the issue still remains; what are the reasons for which law schools will allow you to defer? In order to answer this question, I contacted five […]

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Aug 07, 2009
Sharp Increase in Public Law School Tuition

Sharp Increase in Public Law School Tuition It shouldn’t come as a surprise, but it still sucks. While the definitive numbers aren’t yet in from the American Bar Association, many public schools are reporting substantial increases in law school tuition, according to The National Law Journal. For instance, in-state law students at Indiana University will […]

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Jun 19, 2009
The Gao Kao: China’s Version of the SAT

The Gao Kao: China’s Version of the SAT If you think the LSAT is stressful, try being one of the 10 million Chinese students every year who take the gao kao (pronounced gow kow). The New York Times reports on the standardized test that is given once a year, lasts nine hours, and almost single-handedly […]

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Jun 15, 2009
The "New" Law School Rankings

I was just about to write about something that would be very helpful to all those LSAT students preparing for the big test, but someone at the BP office just dumped the new U.S. News & World Report law school ranking on my desk. And, thus, I have fallen prey to the same mistake that […]

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