Law School Discussion

Just keep practicing and learning from your mistakes. If you have been scoring between 168-174 consistently, you should try to figure out what you are consistently missing.  There must be a group or a difficulty level that you are hitting the wall with. Figure that out.

How did this work out for you?

With the way the rankings work, Hofstra might gain back just as much next year...

Living legend makes a a bunch of great points. I would add one more.. If you are likely to live is Charleston after law school, find out what the local market is like for practicing law. Go to the career center at the school and ask about placements in Charleston. Talk to some local law firms and see what they are projecting for 3-4 years down the road.

The reality is that most students do have limitations on where they are going to go to school and where they are going to live and work.  If you want to practice in Charleston, then there might not be any advantage to getting a degree somewhere else.

This is true in most cities and states, i.e. if you want to practice in Indiana then going to school in many other places does not get you a leg up.

You can promote yourself and all the services that you offer. You can share your experience and services by writing blogs and articles about the services that you provide and also get involved in the same type of discussion.
Everything works if you know:
1) Your focused audience
2) How did they think on legal aspect?
3) What type of media they use
If you have a clear understanding on all the three aspects of marketing, you can get relevant and can select the ideal phase of media to reach your client with the appropriate message.

It's very risky going to a new law school.

I would not go to law school if my only choice were Widener.

Hofstra has fallen from 89th to 113th in the 2014 US News & World Report Law School Rankings. Don't be surprised if Hofstra falls further next year as existing students transfer and potential applicants go elsewhere.

Hi guys,

So I have been very consistently scoring around 168-174 for the past few weeks. That is, until yesterday's whopping 161 on PT 54.

The weird thing is that, even though I did my usual warm-up prior to the test, I did far better in the second half than on the first. I got -4 on S3 (LR) and -0 on S4 (LG). Compared to -7 on S1 (LR) and -9 on S2 (RC). I bring it up because this has happened a few times before where I rock the second half and comparatively stink up the first half.

And yes, I used a 5th section that I placed between section 1 and 2 (PT 58 S2 RC) and ended up getting a -3 on it.

Any advice?

Livinglegend, I was able to pay for half of the tuition at my ABA.  I go part-time evening, work full-time and I am finishing up my second year.  Right now my debt is pretty good, but Obama has cut all subsidized loans for graduate students this year.  Also, the tuition goes up every year and I want to quit my job at some point to focus on internships.  I've met with the legal department of my current employer about an intership this summer, and do not want to be working full-time, which is where the expense will add up.  Since I've spent all I had saved for school, I will have to rely mainly on loans over the next two years.

The minimum LSAT score required for the CBE's in my area is 145 for one and 143 for the other.  I believe Cooley is also 143, but it also appears Cooley gets more criticism than online schools.   

If the job that is waiting for me when I graduate doesn't work out, I plan on being a solo practitioner anyway unless I get lucky elsewhere.  I already have a good network of attorneys because of where I work and spoke with a judge who ironically assumed I was at a CBA - maybe because I work fulltime?  The discussion of the high cost of tuition with ABA schools is ongoing in my area.

I am a bit worried that the quality of education may not be as rigorous since bar pass rates don't lie.  And, as maintain said, even my lower tier school criteria for admissions is higher than CBE.  However, it also true that if you don't hunker down and study you won't pass no matter which school you attend.  Anyway, I'm still weighing the pros and cons.  I'm just someone who really hates having debt unless it's a mortgage.  I'm going to ask some of the other attorneys their opinions of CBE's before making my final decision.   Thanks for the input.