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Rumors about the legal profession’s demise have become so common lately that one can almost be faulted for not knowing its dismal state. The WSJ legal blog and Above the Law were among the earliest and most vocal critics of the profession’s future, but recently even the mainstream media have started banging the drum. Both the Los Angeles and New York Times have run a variety of stories about the dearth of jobs for law school graduates, their mountains of non-dischargeable debt, and the responsibility law schools have to reduce their admissions.

I’m not sure if it’s that I like a good challenge or that I can’t stand to be on the winning side of an issue, or simply that I don’t want to have friends, but I’d like to take on the whole world in this debate. I think they’re a bit myopic and unduly alarmist about the relative state of the legal profession.
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If you ever feel bad that you’re going to law school as a simple extension of getting a relatively useless liberal arts degree, console yourself with the fact that plenty of Olympic athletes are joining or have joined you.

Olympian lawyers run the gamut from pseudo-sports like biathlon, curling, and race-walking to real sports like triathlon. No doubt their Olympic training has prepared them well for the trials and tribulations of litigation. If you’re looking for analogies:
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You have until Friday to decide. No, I am not talking about your destination for Valentine’s Day or your excuse for making this weekend a super-long weekend. Friday is the deadline to cancel your February LSAT score.

For some students, this decision brings sleepless nights and lots of overeating. A bad LSAT score is not a great thing to have on your record. Not as bad as a conviction for international espionage or anything, but not great.
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As many of you know (or should know), today is the day we observe Martin Luther King, Jr.’s birthday. Before his assassination on April 4, 1968, King had become the youngest person to receive the Nobel Peace Prize (for efforts ending segregation and discrimination through non-violent means, back before the Nobel Peace Prize was rendered meaningless by Barack Obama winning it for…well, we’re still trying to figure that out).

King led initiatives such as the Montgomery Bus Boycott in 1955, the Albany Movement, marches for African American’s right to vote, desegregation, labor rights, and reportedly once wrestled a tiger shark into submission. He had received at least 7 awards, some even posthumously, and around 50 honorary degrees from universities around the U.S. His legacy lives on by continuing to influence equality in the U.S. and other countries, as well as having his name on more streets and boulevards than almost any other public figure.
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The New York Times reports that the number and percentage of minority students enrolling in law school is declining. According to Columbia law professor, Conrad Johnson, Mexican American and Black students accepted to law school decreased from 1993 to 2008. Hispanic Americans in general made negligible gains in enrollment during the same period.
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I know, the last thing you want to do after you’ve finally finished getting that New Year’s celebratory bottle of Peppermint Schnapps out of your system is to think about the LSAT. But if you’re going to take February and you’re not enrolled, it’s time to get your post-hangover butt in gear as the deadline is January 5th. Because we know there’s a distinct possibility that you’re not thinking clearly right now, we’ve outlined the steps for you to make it as easy as possible.
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It has been a very eventful year.

The United States swore in our first black President. The King of Pop kicked the can. We finally achieved health care reform… sorta. We started to bounce back from the recession… kinda. A Tiger became a cheetah. And the Yankees won another World Series.

Well, all of that is well and good, but it has been an equally eventful year for those of us in the LSAT world. And I would like to take this opportunity to take a stroll down memory lane. Some highlights…
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So the legal sphere hasn’t looked all that great recently. But a new story from Above the Law shows recent signs of life. Two big law heavy hitters: Allen & Overy (now there’s a name for an OBGYN) and Akin Gump have “unfrozen” their salaries. Allen & Overy are also paying market level bonuses, citing better economic conditions. Keep reading for their bonus and base salary scale.
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Happy Friday MSSers! Today, December 11, is quite an eventful day. In addition to being the 345th day of the year and the date Honoratus took office in Constantinople, it also marks this year’s LSAT score cancellation deadline as well as the start of Hanukkah. To commemorate this momentous day, we’re doing our first ever MSS Mashup: the LSAT Cancellation Deadline vs The Start of Hanukkah. Keep reading to see which one wins.
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As un-fun as taking the LSAT on Saturday was, imagine if you got a notice the day before that your test had been postponed.

That’s what happened to LSAT test-takers at Texas Southern University on Friday when they were notified that, due to inclement weather, their LSAT would be canceled. According to LSAC.org, sudents scheduled at that test center will be notified early this week of a make-up date which they hope will “occur within the next two weeks.”

The “inclement weather” appears to be a freeze after a large snowstorm. Apparently, people in the south are so unprepared for precipitation that everything needs to shut down. It’s probably like snow in Los Angeles or meeting a nice person in the streets of New York.
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