The problem with applying late in the application season is that you will not be among the first applicants to be reviewed by the admissions committee. There will be a number more spots filled in the entering class by March than there would be if you sent your app in September. Unfortunately, many people take the LSAT in February. If you took the LSAT in February, I’m writing this for you.

I know, at least at my law school, students are afraid of trial advocacy.  Maybe they’ve heard that it’s a ton of work, or maybe they’re just reluctant to speak in public in front of …

About a year ago, I made a post listing off 9 Reasons Not to Attend Law School which is still making periodic rounds across the blogosphere.
The thread has brought tons of interesting comments from both …

Josh and Laura discuss law school finals: taking the tests, exam software, the pros and cons of hand-writing essays, and much more. Join us in our temporary formatless format — you know you want a break from studying.

A post in which Chris talks for a long time about Midterms, Study Groups, Outlines, and the large amounts of Drama in law school.

Fair use, smartphones, and whether or not you can break the BigLaw hierarchy.

It’s official: All you budding legal scholars out there have a powerful new research tool, and it comes from Google. In a move that probably takes it off the Christmas card mailing list of Lexis-Nexis …

Introduction
- Outlining course material? Or not. Laura prefers baking.
- The continuing saga of the Shepard Fairey case.
- Celebrate Pro Bono Week, Oct. 25-31
- Josh auditions for trial ad. Sadly, neither singing nor dancing is required.

The wake of my gloomy report on the status of legal e-books seems surprisingly upbeat this week: it seems that West has released nearly 30 of its titles for electronic download on the Amazon Kindle. A press release …

Everyone’s favorite (or at least most quotable) Supreme Court Justice, Antonin Scalia is once again making the headlines with his delightfully grouchy take on the legal profession. When asked by a CSPAN reporter about the …

Introductory Stuff

Laura’s not on a journal and isn’t doing OCI, and that’s why she’s still sane
Federal clerkship interviews are crazy pants

Greetings Legal Geeks, it’s been far too long since I updated so you may have forgotten who I am.  Well here’s a quick reminder, my name is Chris, I’m a 1L, now I must go …

If you’ve taken the LSAT and you have not decided to stop applying to law school, then the next problem facing you is dealing with the LSDAS.

Have you? Sure you have.
Maybe its been rough, maybe its been a breeze.  (I doubt the latter, but in case that is you I recommend being vigilant and don’t think because you’ve “got this” means …

A rising 1L I follow on Twitter recently posted, “Stocking up on packaged, processed food with preservatives galore.” She wasn’t joking, and the impending doom of the law student study-life (im)balance was driving her to …

A few weeks back, I was in a car with some of my fellow CIS interns and we were discussing law school for the alleged benefit of the undergraduate / pre-law / 0L preparing for …