Personal “Early Bird” LSAT Prep Start
“Your one piece of advice was more meaningful than any part of the ______ course. I am so thankful that I had the opportunity to talk to you that day.
If you are at all available to meet for one day in Toronto to discuss an overview of general approaches to the LSAT, I think it would be extremely helpful. Please let me know if you are able to meet in January and at what cost it would be.”
The answer to the question is:
For people taking the June 12, 2012 LSAT we are offering you the opportunity of a “Personal Early Bird Start”. What does this mean?
You are invited to take a three hour private session featuring:
- Pre-Law Counseling
- Early Bird Logic Games and Logical Reasoning start
- anything else that you want to talk about
This may be done in a live meeting in downtown Toronto or over the telephone. It is scheduled at a time that works for you.
The cost is an additional $250 over the cost of the Mastering The LSAT program. In other words the cost of the Mastering The LSAT program with the “Personal Early Bird” start is $999 + $250 = $1249.
The personal “Early Bird Start is available without the taking the Mastering The LSAT course for $499.
To schedule your Private “Early Bird” Start call 416 410 7737.
Note: This is also available as a small group session – a group of friends, etc.
When I grow up
“Lawyers appear among the “most hated” occupational groups on all the lists I’ve ever seen except one, a recent list from the south of England. Look, ma, no lawyers! What’s wrong with those people? Even politicians make it only to 9th spot, just ahead of Reality TV show contestants.”
George Jonas, National Post · Oct. 19, 2011 | Last Updated: Oct. 19, 2011 3:09 ET
http://www.nationalpost.com/news/When+grow/5571289/story.html
Adults rarely like what they do because they rarely do anything they like. There are probably 100 sales clerks for every dentist, 100 dentists for every MP, 100 MPs for every concert pianist and 100 concert pianists for every crocodile hunter, such as the late Steve Irwin. Guess what the proportion would be if the choices were people’s own.
Children are what they are: Firefighters, generals or lion tamers. One child I met was a bishop (no kidding). Never knew a child who expressed the slightest interest in being a sales manager or a civil servant. That was only what most of them became.
Adults lead dreary lives. They generally manufacture, sell, distribute, service, administer, or manage. A smaller number heal, inform, educate, arbitrate, and adjudicate. Only a handful will explore, entertain, invent, create, inspire, lead or protect.
Why are people unhappy? That’s why. They end up disappointing their 10-year-old selves.
“What would you like to be when you grow up?” Not what you’ll end up being, in all likelihood. When you ask 10-year-olds, few pick occupations in which most 40-year-olds are actually engaged. Growing up means giving up on things you like and coming to terms with things you don’t.
To read the complete article, click here.
Canadians applying to U.S. law schools
http://ublaw.wordpress.com/2010/09/14/091410/
Where the jobs are: More than 1,000 Canadians have applied to U.S. law schools over the last few years
Denise M. Champagne, The Daily Record of Rochester
Aug. 30, 2010
Competition for a limited number of law schools in Canada means more students are heading south of the border.
More than 1,000 Canadians have applied to U.S. law schools over the last few years, according to Wendy Margolis, director of Communications at the Pennsylvania-based Law School Admission Council, which administers more than 170,000 Law School Admission Tests annually worldwide.
Margolis said 7,310 students applied to the 15 member Canadian law schools this year, up 15.1 percent over the previous year. LSAC recorded a 2.2 percent increase in the number of applicants to U.S. law schools, 87,476. Read more
Pre-LSAT Prep – Getting The Most From Your PREP Experience
Your LSAT Test Score
What does your LSAT score measure? Your LSAT test score is a measure of how well you answer LSAT questions (on that particular test day). What does a high LSAT score mean? A high LSAT test score means that the person reads well. It is probable that a low LSAT scorer does not read well (although there are a number of other factors that might contribute to a low score). This makes sense because the LSAT is a test of how well you apply your reading and reasoning skills to LSAT questions. In a previous post, I suggested that the LSAT should be called the “R.E.A.D.” test (Reading Effectively and Deducing).
The Two Kinds of LSAT Preparation
“Formal LSAT preparation” = the process of specifically learning to improve the application of your reading and reasoning skills to actual LSAT tests, for the purpose of achieving your maximum LSAT score
“Informal LSAT preparation” = the process of improving your general level of reading and reasoning skills so that you are starting your “Formal LSAT preparation” from a higher general level of reading and reasoning Read more
Why Reading Comprehension is Underemphasized in LSAT Prep, and What You Can Do about It
Guest Post by Kyle Pasewark of Advise In Solutions
A few weeks ago, I spoke with John Richardson, who teaches LSAT prep in Toronto, about doing a blog post for our sites on why most LSAT prep courses—and their marketing material—tend to underemphasize reading comprehension.
Things have been a little busy lately, but sometimes delay is a good thing. In this case, it allowed me to have lunch with Elise Jaffe, a former law firm colleague who is now the pre-law advisor at Hunter College in New York City. Elise and John are always insightful and, while this post is my view, it owes a lot to those conversations. Read more
New York Times admission stats for top U.S. law schools
On July 24, 2011 the New York Times ran an interesting education supplement which included (among other things) the admission statistics for a number of U.S. schools. Many of you are interested in law school rankings. You will find the Gospel according to the New York Times here.
Note also that I came across an interesting tool to help you make your law school decision here. This tool recognizes that rankings are one of a number of considerations when choosing a law school.
Lakehead wins approval to launch law school
JAMES BRADSHAW
From Wednesday’s Globe and Mail
Published Tuesday, Jul. 05, 2011 7:29PM EDT
Last updated Tuesday, Jul. 05, 2011 10:05PM EDT
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Lakehead University has won provincial approval to launch the law school it has long coveted, promising to gear its newest faculty to attract aboriginal students and focus on aboriginal law.
It is Ontario’s first new law school since 1969, and one of several recent efforts across Canada to craft programs and curricula around local cultural needs, from plans for an indigenous law degree at the University of Victoria to Cape Breton University’s newly minted chair in aboriginal business studies.
It is also Northern Ontario’s first law school, chosen to fill a regional need as well as a cultural gap. For years, Lakehead has argued the need to train local students close to home to maintain a strong pool of legal talent, drive economic expansion and serve aboriginal students, who already make up nearly 14 per cent of its student body. Read more
Opportunities To Study Law – The Trend Is Your Friend
Opportunities To Study Law
Most people go to law school because they want to become a lawyer. Pre-law students spend much of their time asking the answerable question of: what are the chances of getting into law school? Furthermore, they worry incessantly about Canadian law school rankings. Yet, many pre-law students in Canada are unaware of the range of opportunities available to them. The purpose of this post is to (at the very least) make you aware of the range of opportunities available to you. It is NOT to give specific advice about programs. Remember that the “trend is always your friend”. Think about my predictions. A global legal practice is becoming the rule rather than the exception. Read more
Character And The Practise Of Law In Ontario
Becoming A Lawyer – It’s A Question of Character
When people think of becoming lawyers, they typically think of:
- law school
- LSAT
- grades
- law school letters of reference
- law school personal statements
It is important to also consider character.
How does one become a lawyer? The requirements are in an Ontario statute called “The Law Society Act”. There is only one statutory requirement (the Law Society makes up the rest in the form of regulations). That requirement is a requirement of “character”. To be specific that S. 27(2) of the Law Society Act states that: Read more