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The Blog Back From Hiatus...

Posted on April 09, 2008
...to make its second to last post. Let me explain. I think this blog has run its course now that I am no longer in law school and the Illinois bar is successfully behind me. I?m just not sure there is much I can add to a conversation about being pre-law or law student at this point (and I?d rather not share my upcoming job search experiences on the internet for obvious reasons)...

Last Piece of Bar Study Advice + Hiatus

Posted on February 11, 2008
The pre-law blog will be going on hiatus until at least after the 2008 February Bar Exam.The last piece of advice I have is to those thinking about working and studying for the bar (below): It's a grueling process, working a job through the lecture portion of the bar review course (which ends tomorrow)...

Law School Admissions: Willing to Make a Deal?

Posted on February 04, 2008
I've always been an advocate of telling future law students never to assume or count on the ability to transfer up to a higher reputation law school.It takes top grades/high class rank to transfer up to a higher ranked school most of the time, so you never where you'll end up in the class rankings among your peers with basically everyone gunning for the top of the class...

5 Things Law Students Should Know About Prof. Evaluations...

Posted on January 31, 2008
Legal bloggers are talking about a recent state university that punished a student for an extremely inflammatory teacher evaluation. Problem is, of course, most schools promise anonymity with regard to student evaluations of teachers.So what should this tell you, as a student, about student evalutions?See the list below...

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First Semester Grade Disappointment (RQ)

Posted on January 28, 2008
As first semester grades roll in a month after finals, students are FINALLY receiving, for the most part, their first real feedback of law school. Congratulations to those of you who met or exceeded your expectations!But unfortunately for a lot of students, with grades comes a bit of a (or a big) disappointment...

Prof. Bowman's Reflects on Fall Semester Tests

Posted on January 23, 2008
Professor Bowman of Law Career blog has some more good advice for law school exam takers after reflecting on last semester's batch of exams.

Latest Blogger Commentary on Non-Elite Law School Grads Woes

Posted on January 18, 2008
It's been done several times in the past year...a legitimate news source does a write-up on law school, citing the high tuition, high student loan debt, high expectations law students have to make a lot of money (many feeling misled by law school marketing material touting high average salaries), and the disappointment of so many law students in discovering the two-tiered nature of starting salaries...

10 days in: Illinois Bar Review

Posted on January 15, 2008
Well, it's 10 days into Bar/Bri. The strains of working while taking a comprehensive bar review course are about what I expected. At this point I'm making flashcards like crazy and keeping some pretty strange hours. Last time I checked in, I was trying to follow the course exactly as instructed...

Second Semester Tips for 2L's

Posted on January 11, 2008
If you're a 1L you will soon, if you haven't already, get your first semester grades. As the blog Out of the Jungle points out... [M]any got a shock. For the first time in your life, as a 1-L, you are running with a whole pack of the folks who were at the tops of their class...

New Pre-Law Magazine digital available

Posted on January 07, 2008
This winter's Pre-Law Magazine is now available for free online in digital format. Here is a sampling of the content:Most Political Liberal or Conservative All Night Law School: What part-time law students are finding Advocacy & Dispute Resolutions Law School Applications Decline Innovative Bar Exam Prep AutoAdmit...

Law School Survey of Student Engagement (LSSSE) + note on 3L

Posted on January 05, 2008
Law.com points us to the Law School Survey of Student Engagement. Here is the link to a .PDF roundup of the survey findings (which Law.com may have accidentally left out of their post). I think the most interesting to future law students is the comparison of 1L's to 3L's (taken from the ...

First night of Bar/Bri and initial thoughts on the course

Posted on January 03, 2008
Bar/Bri started yesterday for many students (at least students in Illinois). What to expect on the first night of Bar/Bri? See more about the first night of Bar/Bri by clicking below...The first night here was Torts. The format is this: one of the big books they give you contains all of the lecture notes...

AlreadyBored.com

Posted on January 02, 2008
Hope everyone enjoyed their time off from work and/or school! After a brief hiatus, the Pre-Law Blog will resume posting...The Frugal Law Student (last day to vote for FLS at the ABA Blawg 100, so go do that real quick) student points us to a relevant new site...

The "finished law school, starting Bar/Bri post"

Posted on December 21, 2007
Well, the pre-law blog has unofficially graduated from law school, pending passing grades in two courses. Thus, it is on to the Illinois bar exam in February. I try not to make this blog too much about me, I don't think I'm an especially interesting person and don't have a special need for attention like some bloggers...

More on students who sue law schools

Posted on December 20, 2007
Here is WSJ Law Blog post on students suing law schools. As always, it elicits some interesting comments from the WSJ law blog readers.

NLJ.com has some interesting law school related articles

Posted on December 19, 2007
NLJ.com is a great news resource for future and current law students, alike. Here are some recent articles of interest:- Law students suing their schools- Ave Maria Univ. Law School naming rights for sale- UT law students petitioning the Supreme Court- Advice for getting a 1L summer jobSubscribe to NLJ's RSS feed here.

US News: Student Loan Crisis on the Horizon?

Posted on December 14, 2007
US News has this short article, comparing the current mortgage crisis to a potential student loan crisis. Build A Solo Practice Blog adds its two cents here.

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