If you haven't signed up yet for the LSAT, the deadline is next Tuesday.  All the testing sites in the area still have plenty of room. If you don't sign up by Tuesday, it will cost you an additional $69 to sign up through the 14th.  After that, you can't take it in October.  September 14 is still 3 weeks away from the day of the test so if you are waiting until you feel ready to sign up for the test, you may have to just sign up for it.  There is a lot of learning that can go on between now and then and it is hard to judge that far out if you will be peaking by then.  The good news is that if you get to the end of September and realize that there are some concepts that with a bit more work, you will get them, you can sign up for the December test and just not show up for the October one.  The only consequence is that you are out the $160 that it cost to sign up to take the test.  The law schools do see that you were signed up for the test but did not take it.  However, it does not matter at all in the admissions process.  The law schools want you to take the test when you know you are going to perform at your ability.

Okay, so it looks like we have 2 more days of summer this year.  Fortunately, it should be better by Saturday.  Speaking of, the building is checking for parking passes this Saturday and the 25th so make sure they are on your dashboard.  If you don't have one, ask Steven.

If you haven't done so already, it is a great idea to go visit a law school.  Both of our local law schools encourage potential applicants to come visit them.  I recommend that you go see both even if you are not considering one of them.  It is a great opportunity to see what they similarities are as well as what can be different.  It will give you sense of what you are looking for.  You can contact Seattle U. at http://www.law.seattleu.edu/Office_and_Administration/Admission/Visit_the_Law_School/Visit_a_1L_Class.xml.

I hope everyone enjoyed their two days of summer here in Seattle.  I apologize to the Saturday class for the heat of the room.  It looks like that was it for sun this year so we should be okay from here on out.  We still have room in this round of classes so if you know anyone who is thinking about applying for the fall of 2013, have them give us a call.  New and interesting from the LSAC world, they are not posting next year's testing dates until January of 2013.  Much later than what they normally do so we will not be able to set our class dates until early next year.  They assured me that they will be the same 4 written tests spread out along the same time frame throughout next year.  I am not sure why the delay in releasing the testing dates.