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Limits of Our Reports
The LST Law School Reports suffer from a variety of limits and those using them need to be conscious of what the reports do and do not mean. Many of these problems...
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October 1st, 2020
Data Sources and Process
This website uses a variety of data sources to produce the most comprehensive collection of post-graduation employment data ever compiled and published on a school-by-school basis. Depending on the year, we collected...
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September 1st, 2021
Cost of Attendance
The ABA accreditation standards require that each law school publish cost of attendance (COA) data. However, there is no standard method of creating, organizing, or publishing the figures. Moreover, a school's estimated...
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September 20th, 2021
Student Loans
Prelaw students needing to borrow money to attend law school traditionally consider three types of loans: Direct Loans, Direct PLUS loans, and private loans. These loans differ on a number of terms...
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October 1st, 2020
School LRAP Programs
INTRODUCTION TO LRAPS Loan Repayment Assistance Programs (LRAPs) are offered by some schools to help graduates with low incomes manage their debts. Traditionally, schools offer these programs only to graduates working legal...
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October 1st, 2020
1L Courses Overview
While the electives for the first year of law school may vary somewhat from school to school, students at almost every law school are required to take the same core first year...
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September 1st, 2020
The Law School Curve
Unlike most undergraduate courses, many of your law school courses will be graded on a curve. Sometimes grades are assigned to a pre-determined distribution, e.g. 30% A's, 40% B's, and 30% C's...
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October 1st, 2020
What Schools Should I Apply To?
ABA-approved schools share considerable similarities with one another when it comes to the basic model for delivering legal education. However, there are considerable differences in size, location, culture, incoming class numbers, and...
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October 1st, 2020
The Perils of the U.S. News Law School Rankings
THE RANKINGS LEAD TO LESS-INFORMED DECISIONS As a tool for making application and enrollment decisions, the U.S. News rankings fail on a number of fronts. First, the rankings pay insufficient attention to...
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September 16th, 2021
Bar Exam Overview
WHAT IS THE BAR EXAM? In order to practice law in the United States — also called being "admitted to the bar" — you must obtain a law license from an individual...
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October 1st, 2020
All About the ABA
WHAT IS THE ABA? The American Bar Association (ABA) is a trade organization for lawyers. It has many sections, centers, and divisions. Decision-making for the organization is concentrated in the Office of...
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October 1st, 2020
All About NALP
WHAT IS NALP? NALP, or the National Association for Law Placement, is an association of over 2,500 legal career professionals who advise law students, lawyers, law offices, and law schools in North...
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October 1st, 2020
LST and LSAC Joining Forces for You
“I’m excited to announce that LST is joining the Law School Admission Council to work together to empower students. LST will continue to help prelaw students make strategic choices about where to...
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March 2nd, 2022
Welcome to LST's New Platform
Since our founding in 2009, our web tools have gone through many iterations. With our first tool in 2010, our "data clearinghouse," we explained the shortcomings of law school employment and salary...
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October 1st, 2021
New Season of the I Am The Law Podcast
LST's popular podcast about law jobs, I Am The Law, is slated to run 15 new episodes throughout the end of 2020 and early 2021. The forthcoming episodes each feature a different...
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November 23rd, 2020
LST Launches PreLaw Platform and Upgrades the LST Reports
Today, LST launched two websites with an array of tools for prelaw students and their advisors. The new LST Reports is the 5th generation version of the site and the PreLaw Platform...
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November 23rd, 2020
PreLaw Student Tools
As an advisor, you can access almost every page that a student can. The one exception is that you cannot join an advising group (even your own), although you may be an...
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November 18th, 2020
Free LSAT Materials From LSAC
In an effort to level the law school admissions playing field, the Law School Admission Council (LSAC), the maker of the LSAT, partnered with the nonprofit Khan Academy provide free LSAT prep...
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June 14th, 2020
Print and Online Materials
You may use these materials as you see fit. Please do not modify these materials without permission. I AM THE LAW PODCAST FLYER A PDF for you to share with students that...
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June 14th, 2020
I Am The Law Playlist: Civil Litigation
Litigation follows alleged harm. While some civil litigators spend significant time in the courtroom, there are many aspects to the adversarial process for you to explore—settlement negotiations, writing motions, document discovery, and...
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