From the monthly archives:

February 2010

February Bar Exam Starts

by John on February 23, 2010

in Bar Exam

Good luck to everyone taking the bar exam over the next few days. Hopefully it will be a happy conclusion to a lot of hard work over the last 3+ years.

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While I will be standing right next to Above the Law when it comes time for the revolution that will start cutting down the number of law schools, I try to stay away from banging on individual schools. In a competitive, free market economy, new schools must come and innovate to push the industry forward. [...]

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Live-Fire

by John on February 20, 2010

in Law School

One thing that throws just how contrived law school can be into sharp relief is when a law student sees real lawyering in action. That’s what happened to Jansen: Unlike the raging husband, the Moot Court clients aren’t standing next to me. There’s no sobbing wife, angry mother, or threat of jail time. The lack [...]

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Conversion Doesn’t Always Mean Stealing

by John on February 17, 2010

in Law School

Adam Vella over at Legal Geekery has two informative posts about taking your textbooks from 1000-page back breaking behemoths to weightless, useful digital copies, then to books that read themselves. Digitizing your textbooks is a process of cutting off the bindings and scanning the pages in. Adam’s tips are all dead on and highlight the [...]

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Walk Away With Your Head Held High

by John on February 11, 2010

in Law School

I would really like to see the rates of voluntary attrition at law schools. It’s hard to get a gauge based on anecdotal evidence. On the one hand, reading law student blogs and listening to law students, you would think everyone was one bad day away from quitting. On the other hand, law students don’t [...]

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Jumping Higher or a Lower Bar?

by John on February 7, 2010

in Law School

The lack of consistency in law school grading is one of the top reasons law school is so stressful. The law student whose grades correlate perfectly with the time spent and his or her understanding of the class simply hasn’t been delighted or screwed by a grade they feel they didn’t deserve. Unless you are [...]

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