Author: Law School Podcaster

Recently, Stephen, a law school candidate, asked me whether he should include an addendum with his law school application to explain why he had earned a failing grade in a particular graduate course. I told Stephen that this is an excellent idea, especially because the LSAC does not provide any analysis of graduate school transcripts on the Academic Summary Report. I explained to Stephen that the admissions committee does take your graduate work into consideration, and the type of graduate work…

The LSAT is less than a week away and people are often asking for final tips about test day.  Here’s my best of:   ← Early Versions of the Reading Comprehension Section of the LSAT 1.  Easy does it (sort of). Don’t take any full prep tests within the last two days. The brain is a muscle, let it rest.  But, you do need to keep it toned. So take a few timed sections each day and review   a…

Vault’s Legal Diversity Career Fair is in LA and DC this summer. Hollywood, get ready, because Vault is heading your way this July. Vault is also setting up camp in the land of khakis and politics. That’s right, the Vault/MCCA Legal Diversity Career Fair is back for its sixth year.  And this year, Vault is getting the west coast in on the action (allowing them not only to reach attorneys and law students across the country but perhaps also to answer the…

Professors rate 25 legal TV shows - from the oldies to the newbies. Find out how the shows rated and why they were givens a Thumbs Up or a Thumbs Down. The thing-coming-to-peacock to see an example! It is also being used often in education and people can explore media these days too. It can be used as material to study from, such as law! So on that note, I wonder, what do you get when you…

Whether being a lawyer has been a lifelong dream of yours or a newly discovered one, you will need to consider many things as you prepare to apply to JD programs. Which schools are “right” for you? Should you take the LSAT more than once? What should you be doing now to set yourself up to succeed? These are just some of the questions you may be asking yourself, and we at jdMission are here to help you answer these and many more.…

Things don’t always go as planned. Especially when it comes to standardized tests like the LSAT. But if you face serious trouble on or before test-day, or  your score genuinely falls below your expectations, it doesn’t mean you are destined for rejection at your top choice law school.  But there are important things to consider before you decide on next steps. Our new podcast Cancelling or Retaking the LSAT:  What to Do When Test Day Doesn’t Go As…

Part Time vs. Full Time JD  -  Panel Discussion Would you like to get a holistic view of what law school is all about?   One thing you’ll want to consider is whether a part-time or a full-time law school program is right for you. If you are in the NY area, you can attend a panel event on this topic to hear more about each program from the experts—the alumni. The Law School Alumni Panel, including jdMission Co-Founder…

If you’ve been wondering whether you’re ready for the June LSAT (and it’s probably crossed your mind), the Law School Admission Council (LSAC) has just made it easier to decide whether to withdraw from a test administration right up until the day before the test. How is this news?  The blog Most Strongly Supported posted on the significance of the change in policy: “At some point in the last couple of weeks, LSAC changed its withdrawal policy for the LSAT, meaning that you can…

Here is your section-by-section guide to perhaps the most important part of your law school application. This is Part II of preLaw Magazine’s story, Spotlight on the LSAT Logical Reasoning Section I & II Time: 35 minutes each Format: 24-26 questions each Topics tested: The LSAT includes two scored Logical Reasoning sections. These questions are designed to evaluate your ability to understand, criticize, and draw reasonable conclusions from arguments. Each argument is presented in a brief one-paragraph passage. Sample question: The supernova event…

The devil is in the details.  Any lawyer in practice knows that.  Law school applicants and students should too – especially as they consider the merit scholarship packages offered by law schools.  At least that’s one of the take-aways from an article published in the New York Times on Sunday, Law Students Lose the Grant Game as Law Schools Win. The gist of the NYT story is summed up by the WSJ Law Blog: “[S]some schools lure top students with offers of merit scholarships that pay thousands of dollars…