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Does compassion have a place in the law?
The University of Louisville’s Brandeis School of Law has recently voted to “champion the cause of compassion.” When I heard about this, my initial reaction was positive. I think there already is a...
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Chik-Fil-A School-of-Law
Banker Sandy Weill recently withdrew the generous donation he’d made, out of the goodness of his altruistic little billionaire heart, to Paul Smith College after he learned that the school could not...
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Analyzing ‘Top 10 Law Schools For Career Prospects’
Most people who want to go to law school want to become a lawyer. That’s probably a safe bet. Plus, law school can leave you with a lot of debt to pay off. It’s therefore important to consider...
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Here’s some helpful info from our friends at graduateprograms.com. Here’s the thing about law school. You’re there to learn and build a solid ethical and knowledgeable foundation that will sustain a...
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Your First Set of Law School Finals
January’s rolled around, which means new year (oh yay!) and also new semester (oy vey!). You’ve survived the worst finals ever, buuuut you’re looking down the barrel of more finals in a few months....
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Law School Transfer: Solid Plan or Utter Fantasy?
Much like college applications, there are reach, match, and safety schools when applying for law school, and for a lot of people, there’s that one dream school. Things might not work out as planned,...
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The Different Modes of Law School Learning
Your first law school classroom experience might be strange, especially after 16 years of schooling. There are a number of different modes of learning and methods of teaching. Here’s a look at just a...
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How Law Schools Confront Gender Bias in the Law
This might just be a Florida Man thing, but according to a Florida Bar Association survey of women lawyers under the age of 36 (or in their first five years of practice) almost half could recount some...
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Slavery and Symbolism at Harvard Law School
As you may have seen in coverage from The New York Times or The Wall Street Journal, Harvard Law School is considering changing its seal. In a social climate laden with cheeky editorials about...
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BREAKING NEWS: The American Bar Association adds a fourth year to law school
Responding to growing, twin crises in the legal field, the American Bar Association announced on Friday that all accredited law schools must provide their students four years of instruction, rather...
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Law School: Too Long?
Law school is really expensive. After three years of law school you’ll likely have a mountain of debt—which means about $3,500 in monthly loan payments for 10 years. Take a very popular refrain you’ll...
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Online Law School: Um…
Legal education has been a tempestuous terrain for decades now, and especially so following the 2007 financial crisis. Undeterred, Syracuse Law School has decided to push the pedagogical boundaries —...
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Feeling Minnesota :(
It’s hard to belive, but some law schools are struggling to pay their bills, even though they’re charging about $50,000 in tuition, and increasing tuiton by about 4 to 5 percent per year. Take for...
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Above the Law rankings? Below the bar.
The Above the Law rankings are out. Yawn. Law School Transparency and NALP have made rankings pretty much obsolete these days. Why should you rank your schools by someone else’s formula, someone...
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Law School Clinics: A Great Way to Learn and Serve
Have you ever had the opportunity to peruse a stack of law school applications? Specifically the Personal Statement/”Why Lawschool?” sections? You’ll find a pretty common theme across them: I’m going...
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Spend your summer wisely, soon-to-be-1L’s.
So you’re ready to start law school? You’re eager and willing to get ahead, but you don’t know what to do. You’re also a bit paranoid about what to do with your last few month of freedom. Well, I’m...
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Going to Law School, But Not for a JD
If you’ve read my posts in the past, you probably know that I have a very bleak outlook on law school in general. I think it is a risky, expensive venture that is not right for most people. Even the...
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Happy 5th of July!
I — as well as everyone else who doesn’t work for/with Satan — was reveling in the Independence Day spirit yesterday. Hence, no 4th of July blog post. However, now that it’s 5th of July and we’re back...
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The feds weigh in: ABA needs to get out of the law school business.
The federal Education Department recently opined that it may be wise for the American Bar Association to get out of the law school accreditation business. Now, on the one hand, there is an argument...
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LGBT Issues in Law School
Your first year in law school will be full of standard courses in property, torts, contracts, civil procedure, criminal law, and legal research. These classes involve tons of reading and a single...
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