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White Collar Crime Prof Blog: When White Collar Crime Trials Turn Into Cures for Insomnia White collar cases are rarely simple affairs, and usually involve a number of documents and a stream of transactions that need to be placed in a larger context. Yet, prosecutors sometimes become enamored with the details of a case, especially when they know the evidence so well that everything seems

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The Volokh Conspiracy - Which Are Better -- Blogs or the Traditional Media? Prof. Volokh elucidates, enlightens and makes all sorts of sense: The question, it seems to me, should be how blogs and newspapers -- or, better yet, particular kinds of blogs and newspapers -- can become more accurate, useful, and readable. A part of the answer, in fact, would be more criticism, criticism that has

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Uzbek Soldiers Kill Dozens of Protesters - Yahoo! News Ugly. Always ugly. The government said 12 died, but witnesses said dozens may have been killed by the troops, who rode into the square in a truck behind an armored personnel carrier as helicopters hovered overhead.

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AntitrustProf Blog: Free Love Interesting story about some dusty old law that hasn't been dealt with yet.

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Overlawyered: Claim: beer label a hate crime The Lost Coast Brewery in Humboldt, Calif. says it will take off the shelves its Indica India Pale Ale, whose label currently depicts the Indian elephant-god Ganesh "holding a beer in one of his four hands, and another in his trunk".

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FBI Nabs Troops, Officers in Drug Sting - Yahoo! News Oops. Boys watching the inmates get caught red handed.

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Overlawyered: Norway: porn-surfing on the job not a firing offense? Food for thought!

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White Collar Crime Prof Blog: Enron Stuff Peter Henning on recent developments in the courts related to Enron and Merrill Lynch. Speaking of Enron, saw Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room this past weekend. Excellent move; its the sort of documentary Michael Moore wants to make, but can't because he lets his emotional streak run red.

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Inside Higher Ed :: 'The Phantom Professor' "Anonymous Law Prof Blogger" gets outed at SMU. Hilarity ensues, firing ensues. The Internet has never been the place to be faceless and nameless.

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The Volokh Conspiracy - Betsy's Charter School Ranks 9th in Newsweek's Ratings of Public High Schools.-- Jim Lindgren is mentioning the new Newsweek highschool rankings for some reason. Will the insanity never end?

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White Collar Crime Prof Blog: 21 Month Sentence for Computer Hacker Feds getting tough on computer criminals. Sounds good - apparently the guilty party here was part of a group that spread spyware around the 'net: TK conspirators created a computer worm to spread across the Internet and install Trojan software, i.e. software that masqueraded as legitimate software, but allowed Steigerwalt and

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HealthLawProf Blog: Less Love for "Ugly" Children News flash: pretty children ... represent the best genetic legacy, and therefore they get more care

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White Collar Crime Prof Blog: Defense Department Analyst Charged DoD being tough on their own when they do something incredibly dumb like share 'Top Secret' info with uncredentialed individuals.

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Lawrence Lessig - advice taken Lessig writes about the recent high drama related to Creative Commons and a grassroots PR firm they tendered.

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Slashdot | U.S. National Identity Cards All But Law Yuck. Double yuck. "Starting three years from now, if you live or work in the United States, you'll need a federally approved ID card to travel on an airplane, open a bank account, collect Social Security payments, or take advantage of nearly any government service. Practically speaking, your driver's license likely will have to be reissued

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Overlawyered: Harvard profs vs. kid art studio Hilarity ensues.

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JURIST - Paper Chase: Poll: 3 of 4 Iraqis want Islam to be primary source for Iraq law A poll of 2700 Iraqis released Friday reports that three out of four citizens believe that Islam should be a primary source of Iraqi law and legislation, with only two percent of respondents believing that religion should have no role in government.

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The Volokh Conspiracy - School District Trying to Spread False Information AboutProf. Volokh dismisses some ass-backwards teachings happening in the class room.

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Slashdot | Kansas Challenges Definition of Science Scopes episode II is on.

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Slashdot | FCC Broadcast Flag Struck Down Good news for those who want open access to broadcast technology.

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The Volokh Conspiracy - Humor and Wit in Supreme Court Opinions: Prof. Volokh gets some audience participation. Hilarity ensues. Here is a taste: ... and it is why a criminal defense lawyer who seeks to destroy an identifying witness by asking "You admit that you saw only the killer's face?" will be laughed out of the courtroom. Such a docile and useful monster is worth keeping around, at

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The Volokh Conspiracy - Change of Heart (re: MGM v. Grokster) David Post with some interesting insight into MGM v. Grokster (he authored an amicus brief for the Ps): I think my initial prediction was wrong. For some pretty gnarly procedural reasons, I don't think the Court will be able to reach the question of whether Grokster can be liable for "inducement" -- actively encouraging, through

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Judge Throws Out England's Guilty Plea - Yahoo! News Stunning. A military judge Wednesday threw out Pfc. Lynndie England's guilty plea to abusing Iraqi detainees at Abu Ghraib prison, saying he was not convinced the Army reservist who appeared in some of the most notorious photos in the scandal knew her actions were wrong at the time.

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Appellate Law & Practice: Let the cats roam free I always thought that some of the more interesting / silly opinions are unpublished. Here is a gem of an opinion I found while doing legal research for one of my civil cases. It is cat-bite case, which generated three (!) separate opinions from a 3-justice panel.

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Overlawyered: Poker club night Playing Hold'um with your friends may be a risky venture.

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law.com - New Survey Tackles Complex Questions About Law Schools Students grade their law schools. From the results: On the positive side: • 82 percent of students rated their schools "good" or "excellent." • 82 percent were encouraged to learn by applying classroom theory to practical problems. • 96 percent posed questions to spark classroom discussion. • 94 percent found campus library

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NPR : When Those Pesky Blogs Undermine NPR News NPR goofs by posting a redacted version of a DoD document which still contains the redacted portions "hidden" away. Savvy bloggers pounce on the doc, post up the edited portions. NPR throws a fit and calls bloggers a whole bunch of names. Hilarity ensues.

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Pa. Eatery Offers New 15-Pound Burger - Yahoo! News This has absolutely nothing to do with the law but being a cheeseburger aficionado I had to link this one up.

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Law - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Be warned: once you embark on a Wikipedia adventure you may find yourself still reading a few hours later with more than a dozen tabs opened. See something that needs clarification? Pitch in; community edited encyclopedia!

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Slashdot | The Register vs Groklaw: Who Gets It Right? Interesting follow-up to the aforementioned GROKLAW coverage. Seems that our friends on the other side of the pond don't agree with the way GROKLAW is doing things.

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The Volokh Conspiracy - Spyware is Already Illegal, But Let's Pass A Law Banning It Anyway: Orin Kerr rocks out: Maybe the folks in Congress just don't understand current law; it's possible, given that the Justice Department has't pursued any spyware cases on the criminal front, the FTC apparently hasn't regulated spyware aggressively, and plaintiff's attorneys don't understand the Wiretap Act

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JURIST - Paper Chase: Jeb Bush signs bill setting harsher penalties for child sex offenders The bill stated that all sex offenders who prey on children aged 12 or under will be sentenced to a mandatory 25 years in prison, and after release, the offenders will be tracked for life.

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Overlawyered: "Butter knife 'an offensive weapon'" Man gets convicted for carrying a "bladed weapon". Apparently the lack of sharp edges did not phase the judge who denied appeal.

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GROKLAW: SCO v. IBM Documents The Intellectual Property debacle that SCO v. IBM embodies, I will admit, is one of the primary reasons I became interested in the law. The case has stretched on for several years now and the ties between technology and law are fascinating to my technically trained mind. GROKLAW has provided tireless coverage of this case, amongst others related to software and IP.

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Overlawyered: Ambulance chasing in St. Cloud, MN How may desperate/enterpising lawyers dredge up buisiness? Put an advertisement in the newspaper when you can't contact the plaintiff directly. As one blogger describes - "To say that this ad was in poor taste would be akin to describing wearing a halter top to a funeral as being a a bit underdressed".

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The Volokh Conspiracy - The Weird Politics Before the Rehnquist Retirement: Orin Kerr weighs in with an interesting theory on recent news threads being woven in the legal system: "The big stories in the past few weeks have been filibusters in the Senate, Justice Sunday, the alleged Constitution-in-Exile movement, and Tom DeLay's criticism of Justice Kennedy. All of these stories have something

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CNN.com - Venezulean leader:U.S. citizens oppressed - Apr 29, 2005As Chavez's and Castro's relationship blooms, hilarity ensues.

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Jury sentences soldier to death for ’03 attack Sgt. Hasan Akbar sent to the injection chamber for killing two American troops and injuring another dozen. Other possible sentences included: life in prision with parole, or life in prison without parole. News flash: the US military remains proficient in the business of death.

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SCOTUSblog: A victory for Andersen? Looks like AA may be faring well in atleast one aspect of the case brought forth by the US.

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JURIST - Paper Chase: Wiretaps in US increase by 19 percent in 2004 Interesting story, originally seen on Slashdot (discussion raises some interesting points as well).

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House Resolution 564, Georgia State LegistlatureGeorgia finally repealed the last vestiges of law related to segregation from their books.Interesting tidbit burried in paragraph 6: "WHEREAS, the laws, hidden deep within the Code, were revealed in a recent study done by the University of Arizona;". A little bit of legwork reveals a study group at the U of A Law School which did the heavy lifting

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The Volokh Conspiracy - Jokes About Killing the President: Prof. Volokh analyzes issues related to the First Amendment and some existing case law surrounding a radio commercial which hints at killing the President.

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I have been on a blogging haitus for some time now. Work has been sucking up a fair portion of my time, but I am going to attempt to pull interesting stories off of my law headline aggregator and post them up on here for further consumption. I have accepted an offer of admission from a great school with an even greater scholarship package. Details available to those who can get ahold of my in

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Leiter Reports: More Evidence Regarding the Coming Military Draft. Leiter pulls a juicy excerpt from an article raising the hairy question of involuntary servitude.

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Law Day, Not Lawyers Day.Interesting history of "Law Day", not to be confused with "take your lawyer out for lunch day".

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The last few days have been an interesting few in the online law space. Two dramas are unfolding which have kept me entertained and interested for the duration:#1 - Harvard Business School "Hackers"Summary: Havard MBA hopefulls discover that there is a security hole in the admissions resource system. Havard MBA administrators get wise to what is going on and say "sayonara" to the 119 possible

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Juris Novus, a law headline aggregator, has been released! Pulling headlines from around the Internet, Juris Novus is a one stop shop for daily law headlines and news. Law professors, practicing lawyers and law student blogs are mixed and matched to create an information rich rally point.I am proud to say that I put Juris Novus together. I look forward to continuing to develop the tool into a

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This is the second book review I have put together. The previous review was One L by Scott Turow. Feedback can be direct to pointdexterish@gmail.com and is appreciated.Book Review: Brush With the Law by Robert Byrnes, Jaime Marquart Shortly after posting the One L review, I received a suggestion for another book. A book, so the suggestor promised, which would act as a counterpoint to the

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It has been a while since I have updated this, but there has been alot going on behind the scenes. A few things to note: Dinged at Notre Dame and University of Illinois. No surprise.Accepted at Loyola-Chicago! No word on scholarship money yet, but it is nice to have my last application decided on. Now it is time for the decision making to begin in earnest.Hired to clerk at a mid-sized Chicago

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This is the first book review I have put together. In the future I will be reviewing books that are related to the law and law school. As always feel free to send feedback to pointdexterish@gmail.com. Book Review: One L by Scott Turow Law school is an emotionally trying time. Most of the advice that I have heard from those who have survived the experience runs along the lines of "it was some

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Law School Research - Help! Finding the right law school is a daunting task. This guide is meant to act as a starting point for a soon-to-be law school student who is looking for a place to begin their research. If you follow this guide you will have a handy list of law schools that will be getting applications from you. There are 187 American Bar Association (ABA) accredited law schools. Each

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Link to the report is at the bottom of this post. I have put together a rough draft of the report I am creating to aid in the decision making process. The report compares the Chicago-Kent, DePaul and Loyola law schools. As it stands the report is split into two sections: Subjective and Objective. The subjective section currently is populated with facts about each school's Intellectual Property

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I promised myself that I would not be thinking about law school today or doing anything related to it.. but I have decided to break my promise and update the journal. I heard back from another school with good news - in at John Marshall with $14,000 a year! Marshall is not a likely candidate at this point due to its reputation and ranking. It is still great to see that I am an attractive

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Last evening I received a call from my father. I have my mail delivered to the parent's house in the suburbs because I will be moving out of this apartment before long. Dad asked "How much does Chicago-Kent cost per year?" I answered "Kent costs $27,450.00 per year for tuition." Dad says "Well, it looks like you are going to be able to attend Kent for about $7,450 a year." I responded "... Kent

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DePaul Law has extended me an offer of acceptance as well! This is shaping up to be one great holiday season. Additionally, DePaul Law has offered a staggering $12,000 tuition grant per year. That amounts to $36,000 over a three year period. There is no way I could have expected this sort of opportunity six months ago when I first had an inclination to pick up a LSAT review guide. Things

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I got my first acceptance today. I can breathe easy now - the hard part is out of the way. Chicago-Kent has extended me an offer of admission! I consider Kent one of my top three (realistic) choices. Why? Because Loyola, Kent and DePaul are the schools in Chicago I have applied to. I want to study and eventually practice in the city. Kent's reputation is starting to rise with each passing

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I have returned home from China. No surprises on the law school front with admissions so far: - Dinged from Georgetown - Deferred at University of Minnesota I was not expecting to hear anything good from either of these schools, along with University of Illinois and Notre Dame. I applied because there is a slim chance something may happen at each of them. Those slim chances are fun to

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This is an addendum too the previous post The Why, thoughts on why I want to attend law school and my motivations for moving from technology to a new space: Law school represents the best opportunity for me to reach the table. I have decided that I want to sit at the decision maker's table. It is where I want to be and it is my goal to get there as soon as possible. When I was studying

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I have been doing some more research lately based on my scores and the schools I have applied to. The data has been taken from the LSAC Official Guide to Law Schools. There are many different statistical reports and charts to consider, and this set of data is interesting if not incomplete as you will see below. With winter break in full effect I have the time to compile statistics such as these.

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I have been using an online law school admissions tracking tool to help sort this chaos. Follow along at home on LawSchoolNumbers.com. I will be updating my profile information throughout the next few months. Lets hope there are lots of "Accepts"!

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I want to attend law school because I am no longer interested in technology as a profession. Technology as a professional career is new. Professionals in this field have been around for 10-15 years at most. Because technology is so immature it is volatile. The growing pains of an immature job market are difficult to manage. The experiences I have had working with technology on the job have not

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All of my applications have been submitted. I feel cool, calm and collected. The only thing I have to do now is wait and open up a few envelopes when they come back in and see how things turned out. For the record, the official lists of schools I applied to are (in order of preference with reaches at the bottom because they are.. well, reaches): Loyola University Chicago DePaul Unviersity

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I got a 161 on my LSAT. I am getting into every Chicago school I applied to. I have submitted applications to: Loyola Uninversity Chicago University of Minnesota DePaul University Chicago-Kent John Marshall Hamline Time to wait out the applications phase. I'm almost done!

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I have spent the past two months of my life preparing for this test. I have eschewed responsibility to friends, family, school and work in pursuit of a decent score. To anyone who has supported me and offered encouraging words: I thank you. You are all close to my heart. There is only way direction to go. Steadfast and stable.

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It is a mere six days until I take the Law School Aptitude Test. Oddly, I am calm and collected. I have dedicated myself towards studying and mastering the material required to excel on the LSAT. At this point I have a few exercises left to complete that will round out my skill set and set me in motion for the exam which takes place at the Chicago Bar Association on Saturday, October 2nd. I

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I have not updated this journal in almost three weeks. I have been immensely busy but I think it is for the best. My last score, from the fourth LSAT diagnostic examination was a 153. I am not sure what the score of my fith diagnostic examination is, but I should be finding out sometime in the next few days. My strategy when taking the LSAT has changed considerably from when I first started.

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The trend is continuing just like I hoped it would, I earned a 152 on my third LSAT diagnostic examination. This is an improvement over the 148 I posted on my second diagnostic examination. The score is also head and tails above the 146 I posted on my first diagnostic examination. I predict that this trend will continue. I have one week of work left and then school begins. When school begins

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I have not been holding myself to the "one update per class sessions/diagnostic examination" standard. I apologize. I have been exceptionally busy tying up ends at work and making some significant headway on my other non-LSAT related admissions materials. To give a quick overview of where I stand: Third draft of personal statement is complete Both letters of recommendation writers have

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Forgive me for this rash of randomness, regularly scheduled updates will be happening in the very near future. It has always been my plan to post after every class/diagnostic examination and I am starting the new schedule which will have four class/diagnostic examinations per week. This post is a bit different in that it is not structured in the same way as previous posts. I feel the need to

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I found out via the Princeton Review Online Student Center that I earned a 148 on my second diagnostic examination. I am more than happy with this score. Why? Because it is an improvement over the 146 I earned on the first diagnostic examination. I seem to have applied some of the techniques I have learned and attempted to digest. If I can post improvements like this consistently (or with

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The second diagnostic examination felt much different from the first. I had many more strategies in mind on how to approach this diagnostic examination. The post that immediately preceeds this one "Piecing Bits Together" details some of the insights I have gained since I began the Princeton Review LSAT review course. I did not finish each section with nearly as much free time as I had done on

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I think I may have had a watershed moment today in my Princeton Review SAT "Hyperlearning" review course. Let me attempt to convey the finding that jumped at me: When considering the "content" and "questions" on the LSAT it is necessary that no knowledge is considered, or even taken into account, other than knowledge which is explicitly stated in the "content" of the question at hand. This is a

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I have officially been a LSAT student for a week. It has been a week full of work, study and more study. The initial LSAT diagnostic examination results were returned to the class during our Tuesday evening section. I received a 146. I am neither happy, content or disappointed with that score. As I previously stated, this first diagnostic examination was to see what my raw aptitude is. The

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I took my first LSAT diagnostic examination this morning at 9AM. The examination was administered at DePaul University and went until approximately 12:15PM. I finished three of the five sections with time to spare. The two games sections, the first being experimental and the second being the real deal, were both very challenging and I did not complete all of the questions in the allotted 35

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The Princeton Review gives its customer's information. They do not teach their students, but rather put everything on the table and leave the dots to be connected by the pupils themselves. With a mere seven weeks until the LSAT there has to be a quick pace in order to cover all of the necessary material. As long as I realize that Princeton Review is not teaching me, then I know I can leverage the

law studenthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03385250759010679282noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7931687.post-1092277563637388232004-08-11T21:03:00.000-05:002004-08-14T16:16:42.063-05:00

I have formally began the process of entering law school. For the sake of my sanity it makes sense to me to try and spend a few minutes a week journaling some of the experiences and thoughts I'm having on this next big step in my life. I have registered for the October 2nd Law School Aptitude Test (LSAT). The LSAT I registered for will be administered at the Chicago Bar Association in the Loop.

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