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Jun 22, 2018
Revisiting Elle’s LSAT Journey from Legally Blonde

Just how did Elle Wood get her 179 LSAT score? Read this blog post to see how Elle prepped for the LSAT and whether you should do it too.

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Jun 21, 2018
Are We In for Another Big Increase in LSAT Takers This Year?

LSAC tweeted last Friday that, if you combine the June and July 2018 LSAT sign-ups, there’s a 36% increase in test takers over the June 2017 exam. Which is pretty wild, especially since June 2017 saw a 20% increase over the previous year. These increases could be fairly alarming to current LSAT students, in that

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Jun 14, 2018
A Starting Salary of $190K?!

A short time ago, a so-called “biglaw” firm in New York created a stir in the legal community by announcing starting salaries of $190K. Over the last week, a growing number of firms has matched the new salary scale, which is sure to catch the eye of many prospective law students. This post is going

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Jun 06, 2018
New Law School Rankings Are Out, But Should They Matter to You?

There’s a new law school ranking out this week, and it’s not the dominant and ubiquitous U.S. News & World Report Law School Rankings. Rather, Above the Law has released their own yearly law school rankings: The Above the Law Top 50 Law School Rankings of 2018. ATL uses an outcomes-based methodology — what I

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May 22, 2018
Law Students of the World, Unite and Take Over

Recently, after law professors and law students brought to light that some firms make summer associates sign arbitration agreements for employment-related claims, including sexual harassment claims, law students banded together and got a bunch of law schools (including all of the T14 schools) to ask that firms participating in campus recruiting disclose such policies. Hearing

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May 14, 2018
The LSAT is Dead? Long Live the LSAT?

Panic! The LSAT is going away! Law schools will be able to ask for whatever tests they want to ask for, so maybe you’ll have to take the MCAT. Forget math. The MCAT has science. Science! Don’t worry, the above isn’t happening. Here’s what did happen. The Legal Ed Council of the ABA proposed a

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May 08, 2018
C’Mon LSAC, You Can’t Be Serious With This …

The Law School Admission Council — AKA LSAC, the folks who write and administer the LSAT — just posted the deadlines to register for the September LSAT. Normally, this isn’t newsworthy. Especially when we’re still focusing on all of our students taking the forthcoming June and July LSATs. But we’ve actually been waiting on this

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Apr 13, 2018
Avoiding the Lonely Lawyer Trap Begins in Law School

A recent study from the Harvard Business Review found that lawyers were in the loneliest profession. And while this info might make you think twice about choosing a career in the law, those of us who are determined to stick with a legal career should still be asking, where does this issue of lonely lawyers

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