Don't worry, eyedea is a huge *******. He's very helpful though, so listen to his advice and forget the rest.

I got a 174 on my first practice,did the whole Princeton Review Book, took 8 practice exams in 1 month, and got a 175 on the actual exam, which was my average on all the practices. I dont think you can change your score much in 1 month unless you did really poorly on logic games and focus a lot of energy on getting better at those.

Yeah, all kidding aside I've been a pretty big underachiever my whole life and totally intend to work hard at this, even if it seems easy. Lofty goals.

Classwise, are all 1L Legal Writing classes ridiculously stupid? I feel like the texts I was given were written for 10th grade remedial english students.

format-wise, the tests are almost exactly the same, there's only one small difference. more recent tests, starting i think like 5 years ago, changed the reading comp section. now one of the four passages is always a "comparative reading" passage which is actually two smaller passages. the two passages are about the same (or a similar) topic, giving different views and often approaching it from different perspectives (e.g. a legal scholar's perspective vs. a corporation's perspective). it's pretty much the same drill overall though.

i also remember noticing the logic games felt a little different on older tests. not sure why and it's tough to quantify, but you should practice newer tests in case you have the same reaction i did.

finally, fwiw, i think the newer tests tend to have steeper curves in terms of raw score --> real score conversion. i remember one old practice test i took (though i only saw one that was like this) where you could miss 4 and still get a 180. i think nowadays -4 would be looking more like a 175.

There is a format of question that no longer appears(the two questions based on a single passage/argument), as well. The game style change is pretty significant, imo, since that's really the only area you could get better at in a month.

I love my contracts prof. Such a curmudgeon.

Gunner raises his hand right at the beginning of class today. Professor looks up and says, "What, is your hand just still up from last time?"

It's going to be extra funny when they find his body hanging from a ceiling fan.

Life blog moment warning

Decided today (after 1 week and 2 days), that my work/study habits suck and need to change if I am going to be successful. Sure I spend 9 AM to 6 PM at school every day, but I spend half that time ****ing around on the internet. I know the cases aren't important, but I've started really half assing them. Just speed reading them, then filling in some blanks on a canned brief. I feel like that's just a bad idea.

I also need to start chewing through the hornbooks for torts and Civ Pro (do i really need a hornbook for torts if I have Glannon + understanding torts already?)

Ordered a couple of more recent exams, 52 and 55 I think. Thanks for the advice.

How much you guys think half of your thumb is worth?

Hmmmm, in a civil lawsuit where there is negligence? Like $50k?

I like looking at the worker's comp tables (like this one, at bottom)

Big Toe = 40 weeks
Any other toe = 15 weeks

Iinteresting. The problem is it is products liability. I saw an insurance thing that said 62.5k for a thumb or index finger. It obviously depends on wages, what he uses it for, age, etc.

Thanks though, that's about what I was thinking and wanted to see if it sounded completely outlandish.

Dude, it is seriously not acceptable that your research for a settlement offer involved asking people in this thread.

^^^ lol, that's the same student who was saying that writing briefs in support of motions is a waste of time. Solid lawyer in the making.

i expect 5% as a consulting fee

Okay Mr. Serious. I was just curious.

your reading comprehension skillz are excellent.

No. Only use those if you're really having trouble understanding something. Using theme as another text to read is a waste of time. But E&E or crunchtime would be good to go over so you get a feel for how to write exam answers. Also keep in mind that it's okay to ask the professors questions (best to do it outside of class to avoid ppl like fly & eyedea judging you though).

Anyone with a copy of an old outline that wouldn't mind sending it, I'm starting to outline for a midterm and really am unsure on the best way to approach it

Hey all,

I'm a Canadian with a bachelor of arts from a canadian university. I've been thinking about going to law school. My gpa is pretty bad, about a B- average. I'm pretty confident I couldn't get into any Canadian schools unless there was some serious mature student policy. I'm 28 in a week. I don't even have much work experience other than playing poker aside from being in the army for 7 years, and going to Afghanistan for 6 months.

Basically I've been thinking about going to law school in either England or Australia. Any foreigners, or even locals, have experience at any of these schools?
In Australia I'm thinking Melbourne, Monash, or Bond. I'd love to go to Melbourne but I'm not so sure if I'd get in. Bond sounds pretty cool too and they even have one Canadian law elective.
In England I'm thinking Birmingham, Kent, or Leicester. A school in London itself would be nice but doubtful I'd get in.

Just looking for any info on these schools, and also the thought in general of taking a law degree internationally. I would probably intend on coming back to Canada to practice, but wouldn't be too perturbed if I had to do a couple years elsewhere first. The other nice thing about these schools is the program is 2 years if you already have a bachelor's degree as opposed to 3 years in Canada.

Thanks

Are you his boss? God I hate gunners.

Haha I was in fact watching the simpsons! I edited cause I realized iit was a lame expression

I just can't imagine being at work in a PI firm, my boss telling me "Plz find out how much half a thumb is worth" and my next step(or any step) being "I wonder what a collection of random poker-playing law students thinks." Don't you have co-workers POKEROMGLOL? Wouldn't they know more than us? AFAIK none of us have any significant PI experience, though it's not like I'm looking at people's resumes.

There are dozens and dozens on them on the internet.

Bump for anyone willing to share an old outline