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5 Ways to Earn Westlaw Points

Written by Brett McKay

One of the perks that law school students have is unlimited Westlaw access. What makes it even better is that Westlaw rewards students who use their service with points. Students can use these points to purchase study supplements and Ipods. Free stuff! For example, Andrew at Legal Andrew traded in his Westlaw points for an espresso machine. You gotta love a free espresso machine. However, it seems many of my fellow 1Ls aren’t taking advantage of Westlaw’s offer. I think ignorance is what’s holding most of them back.

So, as an effort to combat this ignorance, here’s a list of how to quickly and easily earn Westlaw points:

1. Log on everyday- you earn 10 points just for doing that.

2. Sign out every time you’re on and answer Westlaw trivia- for every question you answer correctly, you earn 15 points.

3. Read EVERY e-mail that Westlaw sends- you can earn between 100-200 points just for doing that. Sometimes Westlaw includes a bonus trivia question in e-mail that is worth another 100 points.

4. Attend every training session your at your law school- you can earn 200 points for attending a fifty minute presentation. Not only do you get points, you actually brush up on research skills

5. Take advantage of special promotions- this past semester Westlaw has been conducting a 1L promotion called “Key to Your Future.” Westlaw reps handed out promotion codes that redeemed 25 points each. Students were eligible to submit different promotion codes 8 times.

> Brett McKay | 14 Nov 06 | Free Stuff, Westlaw | Comment (1)

Opened an ING accont today

Written by Brett McKay

I’ve been reading a lot about several online banks that offer killer interest rates for your savings account. Not only that, many of them give you money just for signing up with them.

Case in point. ING Direct. You can start an account with them for just $250 at an interest rate of 4.40%! That puts my bank’s puny 1.05% return rate to shame. I decided to take the plunge. As soon as I opened my account, ING deposited $25 into my new account. In less than thirty minutes, I got a 10% on my original investment. Brilliant.

> Brett McKay | 14 Nov 06 | Free Stuff, Money Management, Saving | Comments (3)

The Underemployed Lawyer

Written by Brett McKay

Over at Grey Area Left of Center, the Donnybrook contemplates his job prospects, or lack thereof, after graduation. He laments that after graduating “I am left with a mountain of debt and the uncertainty of whether I will obtain gainful employment.”

He discusses that there are already 83,000 lawyers in his state and he worries whether there will be a job for him after graduation. I often worry about this as well. I hope I’m wrong.

> Brett McKay | 14 Nov 06 | Debt, Job Search, Student Loans | Comments (0)

A mother worries about her son’s law school debt

Written by The Frugal Law Student

I found this post about a mother who’s worried that her debt laden son won’t find a job.

> The Frugal Law Student | 13 Nov 06 | Debt, Job Search, Student Loans | Comments (0)

20 somethings are broke

Written by Brett McKay

Here’s an article from MSN about how 20 somethings are broke, but they can fix it.

It gives a list to let you see how you stack up financially to the average 20 something. According to MSN the average amount of student loans a 20 something is carrying is $9,200. My student loan amount is $52,000. Yikes.


> Brett McKay | 13 Nov 06 | Debt, Student Loans | Comments (0)

Changing the Layout

Written by The Frugal Law Student

I’ve been using Beta Blogger to design FLS. It’s pretty low maintenance to run. You don’t need to know any html to run it. However, it lacks variety. I wanted a three column template to make navigation easier, but none were to be found. Luckily, I came across this site where a guy has devoted himself to developing hacks for Beta Blogger. One of the hacks is for a template for a three column template.

I’ve also added a Recent Comment feed.

I’ve put it in, but I need to tweak the margins and padding a bit more to make it look right. What do you all think of the three columns? Should it stay or should it go?

> The Frugal Law Student | 12 Nov 06 | This And That | Comments (0)
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