Congrats and good luck!

Darn you Harvard people! ;) No, I didn't get your feedback (reported!), but I just chalked it up to being busy with school. I got a bunch of feedback from LSD'ers and some lawyer friends, though!

I am going to the TX LSAC Forum tomorrow. I feel the love-- it seems like I'm getting "stop by table X" emails every 5 minutes!

The only challenge I ran into was setting up my targeted LORs for a few schools on my list-- these schools have their apps up, but the LOR target feature isn't working on 3 of my schools. I'll try it again next week or call Tech support.

Alright kids, what should I do about Bar/Bri and the multi state PMBR thing. If the money isn't an issue, which I don't think it would be, should I go ahead and register or whatever?

YES YES YES YES!!!!!! I took Barbri and the 3 day PMBR. I know people who did both PMBR (6 day and 3 day) and they liked both of them. I felt pretty good about just doing the 3 day. You can save some major money by registering early...although with this Barbri lawsuit prices may end up going down eventually. haha.

Absolutely sign up for Barbri now, particularly since you'll get some nice outline books that will help for first year. Barbri at my school also did programs during first year and on as reviews for various classes.

PMBR... ehhhhh. I did the 3 day, and thought it was sort of a waste. HOWEVER, the books are worth it, but you can buy them on ebay or from a recent grad (probably fliers around your law school selling them)

I read this on the "barely legal blog" by a law student and thought it was hilarious-- reposting it here:

Wearing Greek letters in law school doesn’t make much sense. Why announce to the world you are an elitist in an institution full of them?

He's got some pretty funnny stories about law school: http://barelylegalblog.blogspot.com/

lol those are some funny guys.

I also go to this blog for more laughs: http://overheardinlawschool.blogspot.com/

I've gotten my first "You've gone complete" notice! Yay!

I did not do PMBR but did Barbri. Most of my friends who did PMBR said it was a waste of money. My multistate score was high, so I don't think it matters as long as you put in the work. But, lock in Barbri.

The funny thing is, since I'm in California, I have no idea about the score I received on the multistate! I thought PMBR was very helpful because prior to PMBR i was narrowing the answers down to 2 and then picking the wrong answer. It really gave me a kick in the ass and made me stop doing it....so it must have helped my score!

otter-

too funny. i was the same way with torts questions until my husband staged an intervention and then i hosed him on our scores.

(funny that torts, often thought of as the easiest, was killing me)

Awesome, congratulations! It does feel good to get that first notice.

Apparently, I'm a little weird because I really like Civil Procedure. Part of it is because my professor is absolutely awesome, but I definitely like the subject. Even the FRCP...

I liked it too, but that's because I had a good professor as well. I actually also felt like it was one of my best subjects when studying for the bar. Maybe I only like what I'm good at...LOL.

I'd suggest at the very least doing the 3 day so you can have sat through a full MBE under test-taking conditions.

I did Barbri, 3 day pmbr and the 6 day. I didn't pre-register for either- since the firm was paying pre-registering wasn't so important.

If money is no issue, why give Barbri your money early? Heck- put it in a CD and let it make money for you.

Yeah, I didn't lock in the price, I'm not really worried about it.

Yay for class being cancelled! Especially since I have a paper due at 5pm.

Shae are you at S TX? I met a 2L from there yesterday.

I got a PT job to keep my mind occupied while I wait to hear back from law schools...

Hey folks, I'm just finishing up my undergrad and am considering applying to a couple of American law schools, just for fun, even though I'm Canadian and really am not that motivated to work in the US. I haven't written the LSAT yet, but I'm wondering, do you folks consider 3.7 a strong GPA? Assuming I don't totally drop the ball this semester, I should finish with 3.7 over my last two years, and 3.6 overall.

3.6 is solid. If your lsat is good, you should have a good shot.where do you wanna go

3.7 is good. You must still ace your LSAT to get into a good school. I'm also Canadian, but I did undergrad in the U.S., and I'm currently attending law school there as well. However, I intend to work here for a while before I head up north. The only thing I would suggest you do is look into the bar you want to take (Ontario bar, etc?) because some require you to take more classes in a Canadian law school before sitting for the bar. Basically, do your research and make an informed decision before you start. Good luck.

If you don't want to work in the US, why the heck would you want to go to a US law school?

Depending on where you went to college, the 3.6 is good. I wouldn't necessarily say you need to ace your LSAT, but a solid score you should have a choice of the better schools around here.

If you go on to the LSAC website, you can get a general idea of how your GPA and (possible) LSAT scores would fit at different schools. It's not set in stone, but it's a good starting point.

If you decide to do it, good luck with the process.

There appear to be quite a few canadians on this site.

There are a bunch who post regularly. I'm not myself, I was just giving general LSAT/law school application advice.

Ok, here's a question on the REALLY important stuff in law school:

How long are your Westlaw and Lexis reward points good for? Is it just until the end of the semester, the end of the year, or do they last throughout school?

Until the end of school, I think - I still have all mine banked.

If I recall correctly I think they last until you graduate. I had a friend who banked them all three years and got a huge Coach bag. I loved Westlaw and Lexis points.

Cool, thanks - I'm not sure if I'll ever get enough to get something good, but I have over 1000 points for each right now, so I'm off to a good start.

They give 10 points per day on Westlaw just for signing on, right? Then they also have quizzes and stuff for points. Lexis has these random giveaways for points all the time. I got 15,000 once from one. Definitely do it....the points add up. I wish they offered Westlaw points for attorneys!

Yeah, every day you sign into Westlaw is 10 points, with 15 more available for answering the True/False question. I've entered quite a few contests too; it's easier to get the points on there than on Lexis.

Before I forget, good luck with finals!

Is it me, or is there just not enough hours in a day:confused:

It's not just you...thanks, and good luck to everyone else with exams.

Lexis sucks.

Lexis was fabulous my first year and then they changed it my second year, really scaled back how many points you got.

There was one week where I logged onto Lexis at the same time (during Civ Pro) three days in a row and got 1000 bonus points. Yes, instead of giving out 100 bonus points, they gave away a 1000 a pop.

I got SOOO must stuff from them and Westlaw. Miss the free stuff. And I miss Lexis. I hate Westlaw (which is what my firm uses because the Lexis reps annoyed the hell out of them)

Question for just about anyone in this thread. My best friend who is the flakiest person in the entire world has her heart set on going to law school. She signed up to take the LSAT's twice, but ended up not showing up both times. She's signed up to take them this weekend, but heard that because she never cancelled and just didn't show up the first two times, law schools will see that which will put her at a huge disadvantage. Of course now she's freaking out about this. Does anyone know how true this is? Will it affect her chances of getting into law school?

I'm on to international shoe tommorow, for now, I'm knee-deep in liquidated damages.

I don't know, but if they do see that she signed up for it twice and didn't even bother to cancel, it would certainly make her look bad.

She certainly does not sound like someone who should be trying to enter the practice of law. I'm not trying to be harsh, but that sort of irresponsibility is not going to fly- in law school, taking the bar exam or even if she made it as far as the profession.

If she truly had her heart set on it, she would be responsible about it.

I liked the writing style of the opinion even less in Pennoyer, although the bright line rule was nice.

I'm kind of liking this jurisdiction stuff though - I think that makes me somewhat psychotic. That, and my CivPro professor is awesome.

KLPDaisy - I'm guessing it will hurt her, since law schools see every time someone takes the exam. I'm not sure if they see every time a person no-shows. I can't imagine it's a good thing, but I'm not sure just how bad it is in the eyes of law schools.

I still have nightmares about Pennoyer. Second week of law school in Legal Process (basically Civ Pro I) our prof (whom I still dislike severely) made us go around the LARGE room, take turns and read it paragraph by paragraph then explain what was said in the paragraph. I was terrified. I was so concerned with trying to read my paragraph (of course I had a loooooong paragraph) without sounding like an idiot that I had no idea what I just read.

To this day I hate Pennoyer. How about I never really understood Civ Pro until Barbri class in preparing for the bar?

Funny how much I didn't understand or really learn in law school... but then learned it for the bar.

If she makes it into law school and lasts more than a semster, I will be seriously impressed. Like I said, she is basically the flakiest person ever.