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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Do you really think a LSAT score tells you anything about a prospective lawyer?[/quote]

Not OP, but a lawyer. I think the LSAT tells you a lot about how well someone might do in law school, which is not the same necessarily the thing as how well they will do as a lawyer. But law school is all about teaching you how to "think like a lawyer," and that is basically logic/critical thinking/reading comprehension, which is what the LSAT tests. [/quote]

The LSAT indicates how well a student might do in his or her first year of law school. Years two & three revert back to typical undergraduate memorization and application skills.[/quote]

Disagree. Rote memorization won't help you understand and perform legal analysis. I went to a first tier law school with larger-than-average classes where I had a lot of friends who were top of their class in undergrad but never did well in law school -- because they just didn't get it. Their undergrad memorization and application skills were fine. Their critical thinking was average at best. They struggled. Some failed the bar. [/quote]

Our experiences at top tier law schools differ.

Also, I never used, or implied, the term "rote memorization" in my response. My phrase was "memorization and application". The only folks--very few--who failed the bar also finished at or near the bottom of the class.

I am not sure as to whether or not to believe your response; I would love to know your law school.[/quote]

Believe it or don't, lol. I don't care -- I'm really just here for local business recommendations. As far as where I went to law school, like I said, it was top tier. And yeah, the folks who failed the bar tended to be at the bottom of the class, but those were the people who, like I mentioned, don't get it. A colleague went to law school at Stanford, and she didn't get it. Failed CA twice, finally passed DC after multiple attempts. Super smart, not great at thinking like a lawyer.

You say you went to a top tier law school as well, but I'm not sure whether or not to believe that. Or maybe you didn't go at all? [/quote]

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