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ScoreItUp’s Early and Mid-Spring Courses
Filed under: LSAT Prep Courses | Tags: | April 1st, 2012
ScoreItUp’s early-spring courses begin tomorrow with a mock exam on Monday, April 2nd at 6 p.m. ! The first course lesson for the early-spring courses is on Wednesday April 4th at 6 p.m. If you can’t make it to this week’s lessons, you can start the mid-Spring course on Saturday, April 14th at 10 a.m. For more details visit www.scoreitup.com “Course Schedules” or email mark@scoreitup.com.
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Now I’ve Really Heard It all: NYC wants to ban the word “birthday”!!
Filed under: LSAT | Tags: | March 28th, 2012
The LSAT, like other standardized tests, undergoes a careful screen for possible cultural bias. New York City Department of Education seems to be taking this a little far, though. It recently stated that they may be seeking to ban 50 words from standardized tests due to possible “cultural bias,” including “dinosaur,” “birthday,” and “Halloween.” Let’s be sure to be culturally fair, but banning the word “birthday”?! Here is the whole list:
Abuse (physical, sexual, emotional, or psychological)
Alcohol (beer and liquor), tobacco, or drugs
Birthday celebrations (and birthdays)
Bodily functions Read the rest of this entry »
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LSAT Administration 101
Filed under: LSAT | Tags: | March 25th, 2012
The LSAT is offered four times a year: February, June, September/October (typically October), and December. The exam begins at 8:30 in the morning for the February, September/October, and December exams. The June exam is at 12:30 p.m. The most highly attended LSAT is the one offered in September/October, and the February exam gets the lowest attendance. The LSAT lasts for close to four hours. However, the administration process can take up to one hour or more before the test gets started. So you should plan on devoting a solid 5+ hours of your day to the LSAT.
One should take the LSAT in the calendar year Read the rest of this entry »
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Now I’ve heard it all!
Filed under: Lawyers' Lives | Tags: | March 20th, 2012
As many of my former UC Irvine students know, I used to begin my Employment Law course with the following statement about “at-will” employment: an employer can fire an employee for completely arbitrary reasons, as long as the firing does not violate a specific law (e.g., race or sex discrimination laws). As an example, I tell students that an employer could fire an employee for wearing yellow socks if the employer felt like it.
But then I add that really isn’t a big concern most of the time. Employers certainly aren’t perfect, but they don’t fire employees for reasons as random as wearing yellow socks (although wearing yellow socks is likely to be evidence of questionable taste).
I am afraid, however, that I have been proven wrong. Read the rest of this entry »
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Law School Employment Prospects Article
Filed under: Law School, Lawyers' Lives | Tags: | March 18th, 2012
This isn’t anything too new or earth-shattering, but please cut and paste the link below for a recent Wall Street Journal article on employment prospects for law school graduates. The real point of the article is that one needs to read law school employment “statistics” with caution.
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052702304692804577283691965596610.html
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Can one succeed as a lawyer if one bombs the LSAT?
Filed under: LSAT, Lawyers' Lives | Tags: | March 18th, 2012
Can a student who does not do well on the LSAT succeed as an attorney? The answer to that question is an unequivocal “yes.” In fact, many (I might even say most) of the truly outstanding lawyers I know were not LSAT supertstars…not even close. Many, many good students who will be spectacular lawyers did not do well on the LSAT – or at least not as well as they hoped. Unfortunately, they may place too much emphasis on their LSAT score. It is worth taking a moment to recognize how the LSAT is relevant to your future life, and how it is not.
An LSAT score is important to law school admission committees for two reasons: Read the rest of this entry »
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Should I “Self-Study” for the LSAT?
Filed under: Admissions Advice, LSAT Prep Courses, ScoreItUp Success | Tags: | March 14th, 2012
Some students contemplate whether to study on their own for the LSAT. While it may work for a few people, I personally think that is a bad idea for the vast majority of students. I would not be in this business if I did not see the tremendous value in a LSAT Prep course taught by a well-qualified instructor. Here are a few reasons why:
- Expert Instruction Is A Proven Success: In theory, one can teach oneself any course. Calculus. U.S. History. Political Science. Shakespeare. The books and material are out there. The reason that Universities have courses taught by expert professors, and have continued to do so throughout the world for centuries, is obvious: Read the rest of this entry »
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ScoreItUp’s Summer Stars!
Filed under: ScoreItUp Success | Tags: | March 13th, 2012
If you have a moment, take a look at some extraordinary results of ScoreItUp students last summer – all coming from one course taught in one location:
- ScoreItUp Summer 2011 Course Highlights
- Multiple 170 LSAT scores – At least four students scored in the 170s on the actual LSAT – much higher than nationwide statistical averages!
- Sherry W. – started with a 157 on her diagnostic exam and got a 174 on her actual LSAT the first time she took it – a 17-point increase.
- Christian S. - started with a 162 on his diagnostic exam, and earned a perfect 180 on his highest mock exam – an 18-point increase. Read the rest of this entry »
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In The Spotlight: Michael R’s Perfect 180 on the February LSAT!
Filed under: LSAT Prep Courses, Most Popular, ScoreItUp Success | Tags: | March 7th, 2012
ScoreItUp LSAT Prep congratulates Michael R. for his perfect 180 score on the February LSAT – 21 points higher than his initial diagnostic exam! Michael took ScoreItUp’s Fall course with me, then followed up by taking the real LSAT for the first time this February. With his spectacular 180 score, Michael is now in a position to choose among the very best law schools in the country.
In case you are curious, Michael’s initial diagnostic exam before his ScoreItUp training was Read the rest of this entry »
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February LSAT Scores Are Out!
Filed under: LSAT | Tags: | March 6th, 2012
The February LSAT scores are being released this week, and many students already received them. If you are interested in seeing an approximate idea of how your score compares with other test takers across the nation, please see my March 5, 2012 blog “The True Meaning of LSAT Scores.” The chart that is referenced in that blog entry comes from the LSAC, and I show you how you can determine the percentage of students who (a) scored below you, (b) scored the same as you, and (c) scored higher than you. Of course, this chart does not specifically apply to the February 2012 LSAT, but it will give you a good idea. A cautionary note, though: don’t despair if your score is lower than you hoped. The LSAT is comparing students to a very talented applicant pool.
If you are planning on retaking the LSAT, or taking it for the first time, ScoreItUp’s Spring courses begin in April. Please see www.scoreitup.com “Course Schedules” for more details, and don’t forget to enroll in time for the early-enrollment discounts!