Oyez! (the CMU PreLaw Newsletter); Vol. 8, Issue 13, Summer 2017

In This Issue

Announcements

LSAT/PreLaw

Call for Submissions

Law School

Other Opportunities

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About Us

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Alex Pasch

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Volume 8, Issue 13
Summer 2017

Announcements

Notice About Fee Waiver Process Change

Effective July 1, 2017, law schools will no longer be able to grant fee waivers for LSAC services such as the LSAT, CAS etc. Law schools will still be able to independently grant waivers of their application fee.

US candidates, if they wish to be considered for an LSAC fee waiver for services such as the LSAT, CAS, 4 reports etc., must apply for the waiver via LSAC.org using the LSAC online fee waiver application process.

Important LSAC Policy Revision for LSAT Frequency

The Law School Admission Council has announced that, starting with the September 2017 LSAT, there will no longer be any limitations on the number of times a test taker can take the LSAT in a two-year period. LSAC has revised this policy as part of our planning for additional administrations of the LSAT.

LSAT/PreLaw

LSAT Logic Games: Intro To In/Out Grouping Games

Learn about In/Out Grouping Games on the LSAT with this excerpt from THE BRIEF, Manhattan Prep's free LSAT prep email series.
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Call for Submissions

The Penn Undergraduate Law Journal is soliciting submissions for its ninth issue. SUBMISSION DEADLINE: Friday, August 25th, 2017 at 11:59 PM

www.pulj.org

PULJ is looking for papers ranging from 15 to 100+ double-spaced pages in length. Our journal is especially receptive to research papers, senior theses, and independent studies or final papers written for classes. Papers need not be on American law -- they can be on the laws or legal system of any country. We consider submissions on a rolling basis, so if your piece is not finished by the deadline, please still submit it upon completion (to be considered for a later issue).

Students in any field of study are encouraged to submit their work, so long as their piece relates to the law or the legal system. Possible disciplinary perspectives include, but are not limited to: History, Criminology, Economics, Sociology, Anthropology, English, Biology, Neuroscience, Philosophy, Linguistics, Psychology, and Political Science.

Please submit your work here: http://www.pulj.org/submissions.html

Selected pieces will be published in the ninth issue of the Pe nn Undergraduate Law Journal.

Please submit questions or concerns on the contact page of our website, which can be accessed here: http://www.pulj.org/contact.html

Law School

The Law Schools Where The Most Graduates Got Government & Public Interest Jobs (2016)
The law schools that will help graduates fight for justice in America.
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An Interesting Set Of Law School Rankings
How does your law school fare under this metric?

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The Law Schools Where The Most Graduates Got Federal Clerkships (2016)
These law schools may help you get the most prestigious jobs.

http://abovethelaw.com/2017/05/the-law-schools-where-the-most-graduates-got-federal-clerkships-2016/

The ~~Summer~~ Year Before Law School: Advice For Pre-1Ls
Being prepared to enter law school isn't a summer gig.

Learn more.

Achieving Success in the Application Process

Preparing talented, motivated, yet under-represented students to successfully gain admission to and succeed in law school.

When/Where: August 5-6 (Sat. & Sun.)
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Other Opportunities

Six Great Volunteering Ideas for Pre-laws

How will you gain volunteer experience before law school?

https://www.kaptest.com/blog/law-school-insider/2017/03/03/6-ways-to-volunteer-as-a-pre-law-student/

Law-related course offered in Fall 2017: 76-486, Argument Theory

76-486 Argument Theory
Prerequisite: D or above in 76-101 or 76-102 (76-373 is not required, but is recommended.)

Instructor: Christine Neuwirth
Days/Times: TR 3:00--4:20 p.m.

Course description:

This seminar will be an in-depth exploration of theories of argument and assumes some prior knowledge or coursework in argumentation such as acquired in 76-373/773. As the above quote from Maurois suggests, we will take a broad view of the concept of argument and examine its role as a discursive means of truth seeking, knowledge creation, and decision-making, not just as the practice of using language to justify or refute a conclusion. The goal of the seminar is for participants to acquire the concepts needed to read the current research/scholarship on argumentation with understanding, to apply that research to the analysis of arguments, and to be positioned to contribute to that research. We will begin with a brief history of the classical Greek writings on logic, rhetoric and dialectic, especially the writings of Aristotle. There are questions from that tradition that endure to this day: What does it take for a conclusion to be well supported? What criteria should govern acceptance of a conclusion? We will also examine two landmarks in the contemporary study of argumentation, Perelman and Olbrects-Tyteca's The New Rhetoric and Toulmin's The Uses of Arguments, both published in 1958.

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