We wrote at the beginning of the year about how, due to a ruling by California courts, LSAC could no longer disclose which scores were taken under accommodated testing conditions. The catch was that the ruling only applied to LSAT…
We here at Blueprint LSAT Prep like to keep you informed. And not just about law school admissions and LSAT stuff, but also the goings on in the world of law. Legal cases sometimes make their way into the news,…
A recent ruling by a California court could have wide-ranging implications for how LSAC reports the LSAT scores of people who receive testing accommodations. Since time immemorial, LSAC has offered accommodated LSAT testing for people with disabilities, but with a…
With 2013 almost behind us, we bring you some of the more interesting Supreme Court decisions of the year. United States v. Windsor In a 5-to-4 decision, the Supreme Court held that same-sex spouses are entitled to the same federal…
It starts innocently enough. Business makes product. Customer uses product. Product does what it’s supposed to. Everybody’s happy. But then, the law of averages kicks in and the customer gets injured using the product. In fact, the customer gets injured…
It seems that the U.S. Department of Justice is none too pleased with LSAC these days. Porque, you ask? For one, LSAC has been flagging the LSAT scores of those test takers who received special accommodations due to disabilities. Apparently,…
Lately there have been a number of unsuccessful lawsuits involving law students suing their alma maters (such as Cooley Law School and New York Law School). The story goes something like this: Law Student A looks at Law School Z’s…
Almost 75 years ago, another Justice Roberts supposedly switched his vote on minimum wage laws in Parrish, overturning a previous SCOTUS decision and rendering them constitutional. Not only did this signal a shift that would continue in future New Deal…
PROGRAMMING NOTE – US News & World Report rankings are out. We’ll have an article about it up either tonight or tomorrow morning. It all started when Anna Alaburda filed a complaint against Thomas Jefferson School of Law for publishing…
Enough with the all too serious LSAT and law school advice of the past month. It’s time to strap in for some funny. And nothing says “holiday cheer” like a good ol’ frivolous lawsuit . . . or three. The…