Video: What's in store for firms and aspiring lawyers after fall of Heenan Blaikie http://t.co/BRBlntrU4v
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This video which discusses the collapse of Heenan Blaikie, has some interesting thoughts on the future market for lawyers.
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Who: John Richardson – Mastering The LSAT
When: Saturday March 8/14 – 9:00 a.m. – 11:00 p.m.
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I have just finished my personal “March Madness” in which I have presented law school admission and free LSAT preparation and law school admission seminars on Ontario university campuses. I always students to take the LSAT in June or in October at the latest. These are the best LSAT test dates to take advantage of our Toronto LSAT preparation courses. I am amazed at how much pre-law students think about the rankings of various law schools. This (IMHO) is a great mistake.
Rankings are the last thing you should consider when choosing Canadian law schools. Since, this is an opinion and not a statement of fact, let me explain.
Canadian law school rankings – the new kid on the block
Canadian law school rankings are a relatively new phenomenon. For many years:
– The Canadian Lawyer law school rankings were the only game in town – they have been replaced with a survey of Canadian law schools;
– MacLeans started its annual law school rankings a few years ago
Both rankings attempt to differentiate the 16 common law schools from the civil law schools in Quebec.
Assuming the validity of the rankings (and there is no reason to do so), why would the ranking of a law school, matter potentially to a pre-law student?
Let me suggest two possible answers: Continue reading
The Secret Language of The LSAT (Not) – LSAT Quantifiers
It’s important that LSAT courses, LSAT tutors and third party LSAT books justify their existence. Therefore, LSAT courses and books focus on every conceivable aspect of the LSAT.
The bottom line is that the LSAT is a test of reading and reasoning in context. High LSAT test scores require effective reading and a heightened awareness of language. Given that the LSAT is a reading test, difficulty is to be presumed. There are certain instances where language distracts test takers, creates huge anxiety, and provokes endless discussion. One such area is the use of “quantifiers” on the LSAT. Here is an email that I received from a student:
“Hi John:
I have a question regarding the words few and some. In LSAT world are they of equivalent meaning.
I know some indicates, in numerical terms, 1-100.
But what would few be in numerical terms.
Cheers,”
(Those interested in my response are invited to see:
http://lsattoronto.wordpress.com/2010/02/02/lsat-poll-meaning-of-the-word-few/)
Who could have imagined that a Law School Bound student, would be interested in this question?
What is a quantifier?
Even if you have not heard the word (it sounds boring), you can probably figure it out. It seems to be based on the word “quantity” which means “how many”. A “quantifier” is a word that that describes “how many” or “what proportion”. Quantifiers are common in everyday language. Here are some examples: “all”, “none”, “most”, ”many”, ”few”, “several”, “some”. These words are so common on the LSAT that at least one (that means a minimum of one, but does not preclude all) scholar has written an essay about the use of quantifiers on the LSAT. For your reading pleasure I refer you to:
http://nlp.stanford.edu/projects/nlkr/scoper.pdf Continue reading