Finals coming up? Take a break with some light(er) reading

Happy Friday everyone! Here’s our roundup of news articles and helpful law school tips from the week:

Can’t Keep Up? 10 Easy Life Hacks That Will Save You Time During Finals Season (Ms. JD)

Here are 10 simple life hacks that will save you time during finals season and give you more freedom to focus on studying during the final stretch.

5 Ways New Attorneys Can Add Value (Lawyerist)

Working in a legal setting this coming summer? Here are five great ways to add value as a new lawyer and get the most out of your job.

Top 3 High Paying Legal Careers (The Law Street Journal)

From lowest to highest, this list takes a look at some of the highest paying legal professions and outlines what they entail.
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Happy Friday! Set your LSAT prep work aside for a moment and catch up on some of this week’s top law school tips and legal news:

5 Top Tips for Networking in Large Groups (Ms. JD)

Networking is an extremely important part of your law school career. In part one of this two part series, Ms. JD shares five top tips for how to successfully network in a group.

The Most Influential Lawyers in the World: Meet the Attorneys on the Time 100 (Above The Law)

Last week, Time Magazine released its annual list of the 100 most influential people in the world. Above The Law has the details on the top lawyers who made the list.

Take 2? Answering Your Top LSAT Retake Questions (Law School Podcaster)

Wondering if you should cancel your LSAT score or retake it? Or how law schools will view multiple test scores? Take a minute to listen to this week’s podcast featuring Manhattan LSAT’s Norah Teitelbaum.
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Here’s our roundup of news articles and helpful law school tips from the week. Happy reading!

A Life Outside Law School—A Day in the Life (Ms. JD)

Interested in attending law school while still being able to balance everything else? Here is a day —well, actually two days– in the life of an evening law student during fall semester.

Comparing the Law Schools of the South (Above the Law)

This week Above the Law ranks southern law schools on the basis of faculty and instruction, practical and clinical training, financial aid advising, career counseling, and social life.

10 Law Schools That Garner the Most Full-Time Applications (U.S. News Education)

U.S. News reports that the fall 2013 applicant pool is on track to be the smallest in decades. Continue reading to find out which schools received the most full-time applications in 2012.
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Catch up on some law school and other legal news and tips from the week with our weekly links roundup:

For Midlands Law School Grads, Job Picture Still Healthy (Omaha.com)

Job prospects look promising for grads from Midland’s four law schools—Creighton, Nebraska, Drake, and Iowa—as area experts say demand for lawyers is high if graduates look in the right places and specialties.

Survey: Law Firms Must Change, But Don’t Know How (Bloomberg Law)

Lee Pacchia from Bloomberg Law sits down with Bruce MacEwen, consultant and publisher at Adam Smith, Esq., to discuss the widespread agreement that law firms need to change their fundamental business models.

Law Schools with the Highest Placement Rate in Full-Time, Long-Term Legal Jobs (The National Law Journal)

Check out the list of the top 20 law schools that placed the highest percentage of their 2012 graduates in full-time, long-term positions that require bar passage.
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Here are the free LSAT events we’re holding this week. All times local unless otherwise specified.

4/10/13 – Online – Free Trial Class: Games Intensive– 8:00PM- 10:00PM

4/14/13 -Online- Zen and the Art of LSAT with Brian Birdwell– 8:00PM- 10:00PM (EST)

Looking for more free events? Check out our Free Events Listings Page

Happy Friday! Time to catch up on some useful law school tips and news from the week:

Are Lawyers Destined to Either be Miserable or Broke? (The Girl’s Guide To Law School)

This week The Girl’s Guide to Law School encourages you to share your thoughts about how to create a new vision for the legal profession.

Who’s Smarter? Law or Biz Students? (Poets & Quants)

Poets & Quants explores the provocative and tongue-in-check question of whether law students are smarter than business students or vice versa.

Question Authority: Law Students Have An Important Role to Play in the Future of Legal Education (The Legal Whiteboard)

Law professor at Indiana Law urges law students to ask law professors tougher questions about the current state of legal education, albeit with respect.
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Here are the free LSAT events we’re holding this week. All times local unless otherwise specified.

4/7/13 -Online- Free Trial Class– 12:00PM- 3:00PM (EST)

4/7/13 – New York, NY – Free Trial Class- 5:30PM- 8:30PM

Looking for more free events? Check out our Free Events Listings Page

Happy Friday! Here’s a roundup of some of our favorite law school tips and news articles from the week:

What Would a More Relevant Law School Ranking Look Like? You Told Us (Above the Law)

In light of U.S. News’s revisions to its rankings methodology, Above the Law asked their readers what a more improved and relevant approach to law school rankings would look like.

Who Should be the “Core” Faculty in the 21^st Century Law School? (Legal Skills Prof Blog)

Professor Deborah J. Merrit provides her reasons for why the current writing and clinical professors should form the core of a law school faculty.

Law School Tips for Success (U.S. News Education)

Thinking of attending law school in the future? U.S. News has some advice and suggestions to help you decide if law school is the right path for you.
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This Applies to You: Life of the Law

This week, I’m shamelessly plugging the blog I run when I’m not pondering logic games, The Life of the Law, because we’ve published some great articles recently that I think might interest you:

 1. In Reflections of a Law School Beauty Queen, Yale Law 1L Sopen Shah, talks about how being in pageants prepared her for law school. Don’t worry–I’m not suggesting you all become beauty queens, too (though you’re all beautiful to me). But the essay covers some of the challenges of being a first-year law student and offers an interesting perspective on how it’s is similar to America’s oldest reality series, pageantry.

2. You know those US News & World Report rankings that we’re all obsessed with? Law School Transparency is changing all that. I talked with one of the founders, Kyle McEntee, about how legal education is likely to change in the near (and far) future.

3. My good friend and Manhattan LSAT teacher Gilad Edelman, also a first-year law student, writes about states’ rights and everyone’s favorite, er, topic, marijuana. Gilad makes the fascinating point that when we talk about states’ rights, we tend to really talk about whatever it is we’re talking about. Make sense? He puts it better.

Life of the Law is always looking for new contributors and guest authors, so if you have a story to share about living under the law, get in touch!

Here are the free LSAT events we’re holding this week. All times local unless otherwise specified.

03/27/13 -Online- Zen and the Art of LSAT with Brian Birdwell– 8:00PM- 10:00PM (EST)

03/27/13 – New Haven, CT- Free Trial Class– 6:00PM- 9:00PM

Looking for more free events? Check out our Free Events Listings Page