Good news! Beginning in August 2023, an important format change will occur with the LSAT. Students taking the LSAT will now have the option of taking the exam as a pencil-and-paper exam or electronically. For more details, as well as some additional LSAT history and background, please see below. The Biggest LSAT Prep Challenge: Substance! […]
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The June 2023 LSAT is coming up! Here are 10 common-sense suggestions for those of you taking the upcoming exam:
I recently asked my ScoreItUp students what would be their #1 tip to new or future LSAT Prep students. I was surprised by the tremendous uniformity of their answers. While I agree completely with their suggestion, I was taken aback by how universal the recommendation was. #1 LSAT Prep Tip From Current LSAT Prep Students […]
There has been a very substantial jump in salaries for many new lawyers, fresh out of law school. The starting salaries average over $200,000 for new lawyers at many law firms. Summer associates (law school students working a summer job at a law firm) are now making $3,550/week (equivalent to an annual salary or around […]
Maximizing Profits As A Business “If I were running a business, I would not run it like ScoreItUp. I would do it the way the corporate test prep companies do.” Those were the words of one of my former ScoreItUp LSAT Prep students, who previously had taken a course taught by a large LSAT Prep company. […]
Many of my ScoreItUp students often ask me whether paying an extra $45 to LSAC for its “score preview” feature is worth the money. As much as I don’t like telling prelaw students to pay LSAC even more money, my answer to that question is a resounding “yes.” Please see below for the reasons why. What […]
For those of you who took the February 2023 LSAT, congratulations! Here are a few things you may want to consider, regardless of how well you feel you did:
One of the hot topics of recent years is whether the ABA will continue requiring ABA-approved law schools to use a standardized exam (typically the LSAT) as part of the evaluation process of law school applicants. Even if the ABA voted to not require a standardized exam, law schools would still have the option to make the […]
The LSAC recently published LSAT dates for its July 2023 to June 2024 testing cycle. To see all of the upcoming LSAT testing dates between now and June 2024, please click this link. ScoreItUp’s future “live online” and “in person” courses will be updated to reflect these newly added future test dates. If you have […]
Here it is…always controversial, always interesting and always conversation provoking! US News and World Reports 2023 law school rankings.