New Podcast CONQUERING THE LSAT

Is the LSAT in your future? Whether you’re taking the October LSAT or planning to take the test in the year ahead, you’ll want to listen to our latest show, Conquering the LSAT: Tips for Tackling the Test. Law School Podcaster Host, Althea Legaspi, hunts down great LSAT study tips and discovers how much you can improve from your first practice test, strategies for section practice and ways to work on your timing, as well as what to do…

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Win a Free Knewton LSAT Course!

It’s back to school season–which means, yes, it’s time to get serious about those law school applications. But there’s some good news, too! To celebrate fall, and alleviate some of that application stress, Knewton is giving away a FREE full-length LSAT course. For your chance to win, simply enter the Sweepstakes via the Knewton Facebook page. (We know… if only applying to law school could be that easy!) The contest ends September 10, 2010, so enter today! Knewton’s LSAT course…

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If You’re Gunning For a Top Law Firm….

The fall recruiting season is just around the corner and, with on-campus interviewing looming, law students fortunate enough to have choices these days, are trying to compare apples — and assess different legal employment opportunities. If you want more information about the most prestigious law firms, the external perception of law firms from the associate standpoint, and the criteria considered by candidates when evaluating law firms, then this post is for you! Vault.com, the source of ratings,…

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Ready for an LSAT Logic Game Workout? Take the Logic Game Challenge!

Atlas LSAT posted Logic Game Challenge #28 and they invite our listeners to join in the chance to Win $200 off any LSAT Course or any Atlas LSAT Strategy Guide (your choice!): Toss, Toss, Toss Six young children – K, L, M, N, O, P – gather in a circle and play a game in which they toss a ball to one another. One child starts the game by tossing the ball to one of the other five children, who…

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Best Bang for Your Buck…Value Law Schools

What makes a law school a good value? We ran the numbers on all 202 ABA schools and narrowed our list to 64 that meet criteria in bar passage, employment rates and tuition costs. The end result — North Carolina Central University is the best value law school in America. Getting everything you want from a product for a low price isn’t an easy thing to do. People try to do it every day, from women looking for the…

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You Can Really Have Your Own Law School Expert!

Spotlight on Ann Levine’s book, The Law School Admission Game: Play Like an Expert Wouldn’t it be nice to have your very own law school admissions expert hanging out by your computer to answer the many frequently asked questions that arise during the law school admissions process? Well, here’s about the next best thing to guide your every step. Read through Law School Expert, Ann Levine’s handy book, The Law School Admission Game: Play Like an Expert. As anyone…

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What Makes a Good International Law Program?

Experienced faculty, broad curriculum, clinical and research opportunities set the top schools apart Law schools across the nation have beefed up their international law curriculum. Harvard, the University of Michigan and Georgetown and others have even made an introductory course mandatory for all first-year students. International law has transcended the traditional practice specialty, impacting most practice areas. So, what makes a good school for international law? Most law professors and pre-law advisors agree that the best schools are not defined by U.S. News…

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Good Luck to All Studying for the July Bar Exam!

Next week, law school graduates around the country will sit for the bar exam in their state(s). As most know all too well, the test is one of the final challenges in the journey that is law school, and the one that will allow you to practice law in most states. Pretty much everyone agrees — it’s no fun. Neither is the mind-numbing preparation that takes place in the 6 weeks of intensive review and prep that…

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New from Law School Podcaster… Law School Admissions Guides: Authors Who Wrote the Books to Help You Apply and Get In!

Whether you are just beginning to consider applying to law school or if you are just about ready to hit the “send” key to launch your application, you’re probably going to have a lot of questions about the law school admissions process. Where do you begin? How can you present yourself in your personal statement? How do you put everything together? Wouldn’t it help to get some answers from those with years of experience in evaluating and…

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