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Above and Beyond Will Set You Apart

“There just isn’t a wow factor.” This wasn’t quite the reaction the student was going for when she submitted her résumé for a job. The student’s grades were impressive—top 15th percentile—so she was befuddled when she didn’t even get an interview. In following up with the employer, the student learned it was her lack of involvement in law school activities and limited practical experiences that deflated her status as a candidate.

The Top Dozen Grammatical Gaffes in the 2010-2011 Law-Review Season

“A lawyer,” wrote the great advocate Frederick Bernays Wiener, “is a professional in whom bad English should not be tolerated.” And where, you might wonder, are you least likely to encounter bad English? Perhaps in law reviews—which are so heavily edited by battalions of our best law students serving as red-pencil-wielding editors and fact-checkers.

Becoming a Better Online Researcher

Pavlov’s dogs are famous for salivating at the sound of a bell. As you might remember, the reason wasn’t that the bell looked particularly appetizing, but that the dogs became accustomed to being fed when the bell rang. Eventually, the sound of the bell, even without the food, triggered a conditioned response on the part of the dogs, and voila, saliva.