Law and methodology

OK, well since I made the promise to start updating the blog my life has suddenly gotten rather dull. Mostly just researching law firms. Why this has to be done an entire year before you actually work there is beyond me. But hey, law firms and the law profession, and, well, I guess the law in general is prone to methodologies and being entrenched in its ways, which is OK I guess.

Kind of like the way people get admitted to law school. For those that don't know, here are the steps you must take: 1) take the LSAT, which is a standardized test given by the Law School Admission Council 4 (I think) times a year. You must pay LSAC to take the test. You must also register with LSAC and do all your applications through LSAC. Each application costs somewhere around $25-$60, this cost is mainly to discourage people from applying. After all, if it didn't cost anything wouldn't everyone just apply everywhere? Not exactly, but it illustrates the point. Law schools are ranked by US News and World Report. The higher the ranking, the more prestigious the law school. Not to mention the fact that the rankings are computed according to some arbitrary measure, which no one knows much about. So these law schools hang in the balance of the ranking. Did your school move up? Hopefully. But this ranking also measures the value of your degree even if what the school is currently ranked is lower or higher than it was when you attended. You are admitted to law school based on some combination of your GPA and LSAT score. The higher the better. Not to mention these scores factor into schools' rankings. But I digress.

I realize this post wasn't the most enthralling, but, hey, I told you life had gotten a bit dull.

On the agenda. Block parties, the beach, hopefully some music, NYC, more law school, and deep sea fishing. Until then...