Putting the cool back into law school
From the monthly archives:
It isn’t as big of news as Belmont University trying to launch a brand new law school. But it is significant that Southern New England School of Law is trying to offer itself up to the University of Massachusetts to become Massachusetts first public law school.
Sounds great right? Massachusetts would get a law school that [...]
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(In)Sanity Souffle:
As miserable as I can get about law school, the truth is that what I do or don’t do is the result of my own choices. I choose to cook, and the result is that sometimes I don’t do other things. Those other things may be homework; they may be hanging out with friends; [...]
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If you get at least one professor who is a student/fan of law and economics during your legal education, you’ll hear about how regulation has costs. Accreditation is one type of regulation, and with it comes costs.
Back in 2007, a bill was introduced by Senators John Kyl and Orrin Hatch that would have required the [...]
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Supply and demand is a simple enough concept that even lawyers and law professors—sometimes not well-versed in economics—can figure it out. If people want less of something, then the amount that should be supplied and the price should go down.
But it seems that hasn’t happened with law school. Rick Bales, a professor at Northern Kentucky [...]
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My philosophy on class skipping was drilled into me during orientation before my freshman year of college. Sitting in the auditorium, a professor addressed the subject to a few hundred incoming students who were already dreaming of sleeping until noon every day.
The professor said he didn’t take attendance, because he didn’t think it was necessary. [...]
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“Procrastination is like masturbation. In the end, you’re just screwing yourself.”
I think as law students sit here and read this blog, may putting off some work as they do so, they get this. You understand that you’re already overwhelmed by school work alone, not to mention the other million things you need to do. It [...]
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The Illinois law school admissions scandal has claimed what should be its last victim. Richard Herman, the chancellor at the University of Illinois resigned. While Dean Heidi Hurd was the mastermind, it sounds like Herman put the plan into practice:
Herman, 67, was the principal enforcer of a shadow admissions system that allowed subpar but well-connected [...]
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Most law students-to-be haven’t moved to the “planning for law school stage” yet. Most are now in the “I just got my LSAT score back, this is serious” stage.
But it’s never too early to look ahead. Laura at Really? Law? gives a run down of the books she used to prep for law school. You [...]
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