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Starting to feel like the Flex is the new normal.

Congrats!!! That's a big step up from last year, especially in terms of geographic flexibility. Hope the rest of the cycle brings even more good news.

Undecided on whether to post mine, but just to add to the data points: I included a graphic, and the essay was a description based off of that graphic. The essay was about bias in data analysis. I was waitlisted (and withdrew), so I'm not sure what you can get out of that. It wasn't a hard "no," I ...

pancakes3 wrote: ↑

Sat Sep 26, 2020 10:37 am

damn. pandemic bump huh.

Plausibly some political bump too

https://report.lsac.org/VolumeSummary.aspx

Early in the cycle, of course, but this should be mildly scary to anyone applying right now. This cycle is highly unlikely to be easier than the last few.

You seem like a strong candidate for all of those, although any given school could balk at your GPA. You'll have great outcomes somewhere.

OP, I know you probably have legit reasons for wanting to serve, but the idea of targeting the "chillest" corner of the Reserves you can find reminded me of this:

It's not going to either hurt you or help you in a major way. Just put it on your résumé in the most favorable light you honestly can and move on.

ballinoutacontro wrote: ↑

Thu Sep 17, 2020 10:31 am

Also is this website honestly still active or na really?

It's got plenty of users, but much lower volume of insane shitposting than TLS or Reddit. Positive or negative depending on what you're into.

Nobody has any idea. LSAT registrations seem to be up somewhat, but that might just be a consequence of the LSAT Flex and additional testing dates.

If it's a small amount of money, <$100, I wouldn't worry about it. Prof might not even find out depending on their level of involvement, and even if they did it wouldn't present them with some major ethical challenge. Check to see if your law school's parent university has rules about gifts among te...

Props for alluding to BG&E in a way that is not only non-cringey but actually bookends your own story nicely. Until today I would have said it can't be done.

Just watched a live webinar with put on by the folks at Berkeley. Great content, and in particular they did a good job answering people's live questions, but the audio quality left a lot to be desired. I'm pretty sure one representative was using Airpods as her microphone - low volume and low fideli...

It's too early to tell. Nony is right that we might see more applicants this year and next. Law schools might face financial pressure to increase class sizes, but T14 schools in particular have deep pockets. And all law schools have countervailing reasons to shrink class sizes, like US News rankings...

Latest video should be mandatory watching for anyone considering Early Decision:

Not to be outdone, YLS and HLS's deans of admission have announced a collab podcast, although the first episode is not expected for another week or two.

http://yalepodcasts.blubrry.net/tag/law-school/

So do you interpret the new Yale 250 guidance as an invitation to make some type of an argument? That's not how I read it, although an argument of some kind could be a good fulcrum for a 250. Certainly a lot of successful 250's work that way. I think KENYADIGGIT's is up somewhere around this site, ...

cousinvinny13 wrote: ↑

Sun Aug 09, 2020 10:07 am

unorthodox

Back in the days of Dean Asha's blog, she recommended against this, depending on what you mean by "unorthodox". And they've since narrowed the prompt somewhat, suggesting they wanted to weed out some of the more creative-writing-y 250 submissions they'd been getting.

I've seen a lot of people on the interwebs worried that the 2020-21 app cycle is going to be tougher because of deferrals from last cycle filling seats ahead of schedule. Is there any evidence that tons of people actually are deferring, though? Online 1L fall sounds miserable but it's not much worse...

If you don't improve on the 167 (which I'm sure you will!), then Georgetown (or UTexas, if you'd like to live in Texas) ED is an intriguing option thanks to the GI Bill, and their ED apps stay open late enough that you would have that August score to make an informed decision. Both schools would be ...

I'd also go Yale here, and plan on staying inside the LRAP envelope, but RTK is a legit alternative and it might be easier for your partner to target Manhattan/NYC generally than New Haven. It just seems easier to target impact lit from YLS. COVID is kind of a wash since it affects both places and i...

https://www.scotusblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/19-635_o7jq.pdf I think you were right that C.J. had been gunning for unaminity - Roberts opinion, joined by the libs, Kavanaugh/Gorsuch with a literal "both sides" concurrence, only Thomas/Alito dissenting due credit where credit is due, it was...

BlendedUnicorn wrote: ↑

Thu Jul 09, 2020 10:25 am

https://www.scotusblog.com/wp-content/u ... 5_o7jq.pdf

I think you were right that C.J. had been gunning for unaminity - Roberts opinion, joined by the libs, Kavanaugh/Gorsuch with a literal "both sides" concurrence, only Thomas/Alito dissenting

Nony's experience aligns with mine. I was a social-sciences major in college and I've always read a lot of English-language nonfiction in my spare time. I also don't subvocalize when I read (I know this because I have to consciously do it to analyze poetry etc.). Agree that the Economist is an espec...