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Skip the Commercial Outlines: Do It Yourself

Before I came to law school, I thought outlines were nothing more than a table of contents, listing the topics covered in a particular textbook. I quickly learned how important outlines are to every law student as soon as I

Community

Preparations Underway for ITAP, IMAP Programs

#Cardozo #class #IMAP #ITAP #law school

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Each winter break, the Intensive Trial Advocacy Program (ITAP) along with the Intensive Mediation Advocacy Program (IMAP), challenges a select group of students outside the normal boundaries of a law school classroom. Rather than drilling them on cases and outlining

Opinion, Uncategorized

Power in Numbers: ’Dozo & BLS Collaborate

#ABA #Brooklyn Law #Cardozo #law school #law students

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Dearest Readers,

This month, the Jurist did something it has never done before: we collaborated with students from another law school for our editorial. Specifically, we co-wrote the editorial with the BLS Advocate, Brooklyn Law School’s student-run news site. Believe us

Community, Front Page

With ExamSoft, USBs Not Needed

#Cardozo #exams #law school #technology

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As odd as this may sound, Cardozo students might have something to look forward to this upcoming exam period. ExamSoft, a new and more reliable exam software, will replace SoftwareSecure as the program used to take final exams. Among other

Front Page, Opinion

Staff Editorial: Law Students to the ABA: Wake Up, Get off the Sidelines

November 2, 2011 #ABA #Career #featured #Jobs #law school #law students #Staff Editorial

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[This editorial is co-written by the Cardozo Jurist and the BLS Advocate, Brooklyn Law School's student-run news site. The Jurist and the Advocate co-wrote this editorial because it addresses an issue affecting the law school community as a whole. A

Front Page

ABA Drags Feet in Stopping Law Schools’ Misleading Job Statistics

#ABA #featured #Jobs #law school #law students #politics

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Jesse Strauss and David Anziska may be aiming at the wrong target. Strauss and Anziska’s suit against Thomas M. Cooley Law School and New York Law School on behalf of their alumni claims the schools published misleading post-graduate employment statistics.

Community

Cardozo Alum Joins OCS Team

October 5, 2011 #Cardozo #Career #Community #law school #OCS

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If you have noticed a new face around the Office of Career Services recently, you are seeing correctly. Annie Eisenberg, CSL ‘07, has recently joined her alma mater as the Assistant Director of the Center for Public Service Law at

News, The News, Uncategorized

Student Fees: Where’s That $570 Going?

#law school #Tuition

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Fees: we all know them well. Fees plague many contracts involving the exchange of money, and add to the face value of many financial agreements. Everything from bank and credit card statements to gym memberships are swarmed with these pesky

Community, The News

A New Phenomenon: Going Through Law School With a Green Conscience

#Enviornment #law school

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Within the past 15 months, Cardozo has taken remarkable steps towards building a more sustainable campus. In particular, the recent upgrade to motion-sensor lighting throughout the building is saving energy, reducing green house gas emissions equivalent to 86.3 tons of

Community, Front Page, The News

Is Finding a Note Supervisor too Difficult?

#featured #journal #law school #law students

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Faculty supervision of a student Note has its benefits: a seasoned legal mind guides a relatively inexperienced one through forming a thesis, consulting sources, structuring an argument, and addressing counterarguments. All the while, a special relationship develops between supervisor and