Richardson LSAT Test Preparation Courses - Toronto, Canada

Richardson - Law School Bound - LSAT Preparation Courses

lawschoolbound — Sat, 17 Dec 2005 08:43:00 -0500

Welcome to the Richardson – Law School Bound blog. I am based in Toronto, Canada. I am a lawyer who ...

Mastering The LSAT - Prep Unlimited - Toronto

lawschoolbound — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 07:56:48 -0500

Mastering The LSAT - Prep Unlimited!

John Richardson Speaking to students

Who: John Richardson – Author: Law School Bound and Mastering The LSAT (of the bars of Ontario, New York, Massachusetts)

Where: University of Toronto – St. Michael’s College

When: Choose any start date – take unlimited classes to December 10, 2010

After many years of running LSAT Preparation Courses in Toronto, I have created an LSAT preparation course that allows you to take unlimited classes, LSAT practice tests, and law school application and personal statement seminars until the LSAT season is effectively over.

I have also introduced an "LSAT Logic" module which will provide deep academic content in the skills that are most important for the LSAT.

Those taking the LSAT on June 7, 2010 may start the course on any of:

- February 27

- March 13

- March 17

- April 3

- April 24

- May 1

- May 9

- May 15

- May 22

There will be numerous start dates in June, July, August, September, October and November.

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Record number of LSAT takers in September 2000

lawschoolbound — Fri, 18 Dec 2009 22:34:01 -0500

Have a look at this article and the comments:

Record Number of LSAT Test-Takers

Check out the following article:

http://taxprof.typepad.com/taxprof_blog/2009/11/lsat-testtakes.html

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Pearson VUE launches law test for students in India

lawschoolbound — Fri, 18 Dec 2009 22:01:49 -0500

Source: http://www.indiaprwire.com/pressrelease/education/2009030921134.htm

Pearson VUE launches law test for students in India

http://www.indiaprwire.com/pressrelease/education/2009030921134.htm

Law students in India will soon be able ...

LSAT Comes To India

lawschoolbound — Fri, 18 Dec 2009 21:49:59 -0500

Printed from

Coming soon: L-SAT to India
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/bangalore/Coming-soon-L-SAT-to-India/articleshow/5349429.cms

Shruthi Balakrishna, TNN 18 December 2009, 03:28am IST

BANGALORE: The admission test ...

Convicted hijacker hopes to practise law

lawschoolbound — Tue, 29 Sep 2009 15:39:13 -0400
In general, good character is required for admission to the bar. What follows is a very interesting case.

http://www.nationalpost.com/news/canada/toronto/story.html?id=2044735

Tuesday ...

Woman's fight opens titan's legal secret files

lawschoolbound — Thu, 03 Sep 2009 08:11:37 -0400

Woman's fight opens legal titans' secret files

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Diane LaCalamita filed a $12 million lawsuit against McCarthy Tétrault. She alleges she was lured with promises of a bright future but fired by a law firm "plagued by systemic gender-based discrimination."

McCarthy Tetrault's treatment of women under the spotlight

September 03, 2009
Kenneth Kidd
Feature Writer

In the wake of a lawsuit alleging "systemic, gender-based discrimination," one of the country's biggest law firms is being forced next week to reveal top-secret data on the way it compensates and promotes lawyers.
McCarthy Tétrault LLP must also release an internal report on the status of women at the firm prepared by Catalyst Inc., well-known consultants on gender issues in the workplace.
It's believed to be the first time that a major Canadian law firm has been ordered to reveal such normally confidential information related to gender, one reason the case is attracting international attention in legal circles.
The Superior Court of Ontario has ordered McCarthys to provide that information as a result of a $12 million lawsuit filed by a former McCarthys partner, Diane LaCalamita.
McCarthys, which "vigorously denies" that LaCalamita was a victim of any workplace discrimination, has until Sept. 7 to comply.
"I'd like to stress that this is not about McCarthys, per se," says LaCalamita's lawyer, Malcolm MacKillop, a partner at Shields O'Donnell MacKillop LLP. "It's a much broader issue."
While the legal profession has been historically dominated by men, more than half of all law school graduates are now women, he notes. "It's a significant issue for Canadian law firms."
Last year, in a bid to stop the exodus of women from the legal profession, the Law Society of Upper Canada launched its Justicia Project. It entails, among other things, encouraging Ontario's biggest law firms to develop parental leaves and flexible schedules to allow female associates to attend to their families without thwarting their chances of becoming partners.
Annual billing quotas common at law firms are seen as another obstacle to the progress of female lawyers who have families.
The LaCalamita narrative, according to her allegations, is all about a woman who is lured to a major firm with promises of a bright future, only to be pushed aside and eventually terminated by a firm "plagued by systemic gender-based discrimination."
LaCalamita, who was called to the bar in 1992, says she was recruited by McCarthys from rival Aird & Berlis LLP in 2003 to help create a group within the firm specializing in the legal issues of intellectual property. She claims she was offered a partnership that would give her a share of the firm's ownership and/or a share of its income.
But LaCalamita alleges that McCarthys and some of its partners "marginalized and isolated" her, excluding her from "senior level work" that would have been appropriate for someone who, like her, had been practising for more than a decade.
Nor was she made a full-equity partner in the firm. LaCalamita was terminated in 2006 and hasn't worked as a lawyer since.
In its statement of defence, McCarthys says LaCalamita "was unable to meet the standards expected of senior lawyers practising litigation with the Firm."
Among other things, McCarthys claims that LaCalamita "displayed poor judgement as a litigator," was "unable to meet deadlines" and didn't fulfill expectations for billable hours.
"As there was no reasonable prospect of finding an alternative role within the Firm that was acceptable to both her and the Firm, and for no other reason, her employment was terminated."
McCarthys also denies that LaCalamita was offered a simplified path to equity partnership.
Under two court orders issued earlier this year, McCarthys must provide LaCalamita's legal counsel with a variety of confidential information about how lawyers were compensated and promoted between 2003 and 2006.
While McCarthys must reveal the data, the court has insisted that names and any information identifying clients or individual lawyers at the firm be removed.
MacKillop may also seek additional information on sexual harassment complaints as well as requests for pregnancy and maternity leave.
So far, however, no formal request for more information has been initiated, notes Terrence O'Sullivan, a partner at Lax O'Sullivan Scott LLP, representing McCarthys. "We'll see what their reaction is to the material we deliver."
None of the internal data would become public until raised during the trial, set to begin within the next 12 to 18 months.
In her statement of claim, LaCalamita alleges that after she joined McCarthys, four men were hired to the intellectual property unit, three of them as full-equity partners.
Two of the new partners had been practising for the same number of years as LaCalamita or less, she alleges. In addition, one of the two was being paid 90-120 per cent more than LaCalamita, while the other was earning 50-70 per cent more.
LaCalamita alleges McCarthys used "discrimination to keep women in salaried non-equity positions."
In 2004, McCarthys hired Catalyst to conduct a review of the hiring and advancement of women at the firm.
That report, according to LaCalamita's statement of claim, notes that while women make up one-third of the lawyer ranks at McCarthys, they comprise less than one-fifth of the equity partners.
Catalyst also found that, between 1999 and 2003, men advanced from being income partners to ownership partners at twice the rate of women.
According to LaCalamita's statement, Catalyst concluded that "broad and systemic cultural change" was needed at McCarthys to improve "the environment for and career dynamics of women at the Firm."
In its statement of defence, however, McCarthys points to that report as evidence of its "efforts to retain and promote talented lawyers, not evidence that it discriminates against them."
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Two recent lawyers overcome roadblocks

lawschoolbound — Tue, 07 Jul 2009 16:28:44 -0400
In light of all the posts dealing with foreign law school graduates, what follows are two success stories.

http://www.lawtimesnews.com/200907064975/Headline-News/Two-recent-calls-overcome-roadblocks

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For Ontario foreign lawyers, accreditation process eases

lawschoolbound — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 02:21:02 -0400

The plot thickens. Read about this interesting program to help a limited number of foreign lawyers.
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/report-on-business/industry-news/the-law-page/for-ontario-foreign-lawyers-accreditation-process-eases/article1203597/

For Ontario foreign ...

University of London LL.B. External - admission to Ontario Bar

lawschoolbound — Sat, 20 Jun 2009 18:12:11 -0400
The last few posts have dealt with the issue of attending law school outside of Canada and then becoming a ...

Ontario waives articling requirement for some foreign lawyers

lawschoolbound — Wed, 10 Jun 2009 01:30:12 -0400
"At a time when the number of law school graduates exceeds the number of articling positions available, the Law Society ...

Canada recognizes Indian law degree

lawschoolbound — Wed, 10 Jun 2009 01:10:45 -0400

http://www.hindu.com/thehindu/holnus/000200906080911.htm

"Canada recognises Indian law degree
Toronto (PTI): Broadening prospects for legal professionals coming from India and other Asian countries, ...

Law school rankings deconstructed

lawschoolbound — Tue, 26 May 2009 17:09:23 -0400

Free: The Rankings, Deconstructed and Examined
Richard D. Geiger
05-20-2009

In legal education, we have reached the point where the ...

With the downturn, it's time to rethink the legal profession

lawschoolbound — Mon, 06 Apr 2009 10:12:08 -0400

With the Downturn, It’s Time to Rethink the Legal Profession
By ADAM COHEN

Published: April 1, 2009

The economic downturn ...

Wikipedia (scholarly?) article on the LL.B. J.D. designations

lawschoolbound — Sun, 05 Apr 2009 22:01:39 -0400
Although this has probably been discussed to death, check out the following article about the history of the LL.B. and ...

The movement to the J.D. degree continues

lawschoolbound — Sun, 05 Apr 2009 21:35:49 -0400

Why change to a JD degree?

Canadian law students are increasingly pushing for a Juris Doctor degree, rather than an ...

Law firm offers a hand up

lawschoolbound — Fri, 03 Apr 2009 06:13:28 -0400

Innovative programs help foreign-trained professionals integrate into legal community

Apr 02, 2009 04:30 AM

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Law Services sued for discrimination against the blind

lawschoolbound — Thu, 02 Apr 2009 19:18:48 -0400
In another of the many lawsuits against LSAC:

"National Federation of the Blind Sues Law School Admissions Council for
Inaccessible ...

Study offers new test for potential lawyers

lawschoolbound — Sun, 22 Mar 2009 19:10:05 -0400

By JONATHAN D. GLATER

Published: March 10, 2009

Just what makes a good lawyer?

In trying to answer that question, ...

The job market leads to this ...

lawschoolbound — Wed, 18 Mar 2009 07:43:34 -0400
Here is a description of a "fake job" offered for lawyers:

http://www.walletpop.com/blog/2009/01/16/lawyers-apply-for-a-30-000-fake-job?icid=sphere_wpcom_inline

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McGill and Osgoode Consider changing their LL.B. to J.D.

lawschoolbound — Sat, 07 Mar 2009 14:44:22 -0500
I predict that within a decade (at most) no Canadian law school will offer the LL.B. degree. Have a look ...

The newest Canadian law school is:

lawschoolbound — Thu, 19 Feb 2009 10:41:41 -0500
http://www.tru.ca/marketing/mediareleases/2009/law_school.html

Plans for Law School at TRU Announced in Provincial Throne Speech

Partnership plans with the University of Calgary announced ...

A novel idea: the end of lawyers

lawschoolbound — Thu, 19 Feb 2009 08:30:45 -0500

A novel idea: the end of lawyers
To read the complete article:
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20090217.wlawmain0217/EmailBNStory/robLawPage/home

JACQUIE MCNISH

Globe and Mail Update

February ...

Richardson - Law School Bound - February 2009

lawschoolbound — Wed, 11 Feb 2009 18:22:34 -0500
Richardson – Law School Bound – February 2009

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LSAT not required for certain applicants: Illinois and Michigan

lawschoolbound — Mon, 09 Feb 2009 11:11:42 -0500

http://dissentingjustice.blogspot.com/2008/10/illinois-joins-michigan-law-lsat-not.html

Wednesday, October 15, 2008

Illinois Joins Michigan Law: LSAT Not Required for Certain Applicants

Multiple studies have demonstrated that ...

LSAT Study Group

lawschoolbound — Thu, 29 Jan 2009 12:55:57 -0500
I have created (and continue the process or creating) an online LSAT Study Group. The purpose is to bring ...

Dal debates JD designation

lawschoolbound — Tue, 27 Jan 2009 08:14:40 -0500

By Jeffrey H. Waugh | Publication Date: Monday, 26 January 2009
The debate over law degree designations has made its ...

A new improved LSAT (well maybe down the road)

lawschoolbound — Sat, 20 Dec 2008 11:58:45 -0500
The American Bar Association requires that law schools use an "admissions test" as part of the admissions process. Although the ...

Osgoode Student - Part of fake degree scam

lawschoolbound — Thu, 18 Dec 2008 08:50:56 -0500
An Osgoode Hall law student has been exposed as one of the many who purchased a "fake degree" to be ...

Lawyers wanted - abroad that is

lawschoolbound — Thu, 04 Dec 2008 21:45:20 -0500
I came across a fascinating article in the New York Times:

Lawyers Wanted: Abroad, That Is

By JOHN BRINGARDNER

Published: ...