Mac Law Students » Administrative http://www.maclawstudents.com/blog Macintosh + Law School Fri, 20 May 2011 22:28:06 +0000 en hourly 1 Official List of States that will Support ExamSoft’s SofTest Mac http://www.maclawstudents.com/blog/administrative/examsoft-supports-mac/ http://www.maclawstudents.com/blog/administrative/examsoft-supports-mac/#comments Fri, 20 May 2011 22:20:13 +0000 admin http://www.maclawstudents.com/blog/?p=889 Here is the official list of states supporting the Mac version of ExamSoft’s test software: Alaska, Alabama, Arkansas, Arizona, California, Colorado, Connecticut,  Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Hawaii, Idaho, Illinois, Iowa, Kansas, Maryland, Massachusetts, Minnesota, Missouri, Montana, Nevada, New Hampshire, New Mexico, New York, North Carolina, North Dakota, Oklahoma, Ohio, Oregon,  Rhode Island, South Carolina, South Dakota, Texas, Vermont, Utah, Washington and Wyoming.

]]> http://www.maclawstudents.com/blog/administrative/examsoft-supports-mac/feed/ 0 Update on ExamSoft: Bars to use ExamSoft’s SofTest Mac http://www.maclawstudents.com/blog/administrative/update-on-examsoft-bars-to-use-examsofts-softest-mac/ http://www.maclawstudents.com/blog/administrative/update-on-examsoft-bars-to-use-examsofts-softest-mac/#comments Wed, 18 May 2011 19:13:24 +0000 admin http://www.maclawstudents.com/blog/?p=884 Looks like most of the State Bar Examiners will allow the use of ExamSoft’s SofTest Mac.

Dear Administrator,

We’re very excited with the response we’ve received from Mac users at your school and we’d like to request your assistance in announcing to your graduating students that the State Bar exam will be allowing the use of SofTest Mac as well! No longer will Mac-owning students be required to use Boot Camp and install Windows just to take their Bar exam!

We have already received a number of calls and emails from students who are concerned about whether they can use their Macs for the bar exam, so we are asking for your help in spreading the word to your Mac users.  Like you, we want them to have the most current and accurate information.  We know many of your graduating students have grown accustomed to using our Mac solution and it would be a relief to them to know they can continue using SofTest Mac in July.

As always, we thank you for all that you do and we are always here for anything that you may need. We hope that we can begin to develop a closer partnership with you and your graduating classes to help prepare them for the most important exam of their future careers.

]]> http://www.maclawstudents.com/blog/administrative/update-on-examsoft-bars-to-use-examsofts-softest-mac/feed/ 0 Cleaning Up http://www.maclawstudents.com/blog/administrative/cleaning-up/ http://www.maclawstudents.com/blog/administrative/cleaning-up/#comments Sat, 18 Dec 2010 21:24:43 +0000 Erik Schmidt http://maclawstudents.com/blog/?p=839 Unfortunately while I was letting MLS languish, someone hacked in and for about the past 18 days was using it as a platform for spam. I upgraded my WordPress installation and am in the process of cleaning it up now.

]]> http://www.maclawstudents.com/blog/administrative/cleaning-up/feed/ 0 Getting A Job http://www.maclawstudents.com/blog/administrative/getting-a-job/ http://www.maclawstudents.com/blog/administrative/getting-a-job/#comments Fri, 03 Dec 2010 07:09:37 +0000 Erik Schmidt http://maclawstudents.com/blog/?p=818 There are a lot of articles and blog posts about how much it sucks to be graduating from law school right now. Firms aren’t hiring, and getting a non-legal job is difficult, too. You’ve heard it all by now, I’m sure.

So how can you prepare yourself now for this treacherous environment? I would be the last person to presume that I have all the answers, or even a reasonable percentage of them. But I think MLS might be a good place to start a discussion about how to navigate this tricky terrain. In particular I’m interested in exploring what kinds of jobs are a good fit for JD grads, and how to best go after them.

Does anyone else think it’s a good idea to open this up as a topic for further exploration?

]]> http://www.maclawstudents.com/blog/administrative/getting-a-job/feed/ 2 This just in from ExamSoft http://www.maclawstudents.com/blog/administrative/this-just-in-from-examsoft/ http://www.maclawstudents.com/blog/administrative/this-just-in-from-examsoft/#comments Tue, 17 Aug 2010 16:50:41 +0000 Dennis Bishop http://maclawstudents.com/blog/?p=810 Dear Administrator,

After months of intense development and extensive testing, we are proud to announce the availability of SofTest Mac on September 1st. SofTest Mac and SofTest Windows both have the same features, security levels, and a similar user experience. Additionally, your exam management/creation process won’t change. Your exams created after 9/1 will be compatible with both versions of SofTest, which means there is no need for duplicated efforts and you will be able to track student activity from a single interface. Please keep in mind that 9/1 is the date when we release new versions for all our products, so you will be prompted to upgrade all your ExamSoft applications. Finally, we understand this release may affect your exam administration planning and process. Please contact your Account Manager if you have any questions or are in need of help.

For the Fall 2010 release, SofTest Mac will be optional for every client. You can decide whether you want your students to have access to SofTest Mac. We believe SofTest Mac will be a wonderful alternative for students, but if you choose not to utilize SofTest Mac, your students will still be able to run SofTest on their Mac laptops via BootCamp.

By default, your account is set to NOT have access to SofTest Mac. If you wish to allow students to use SofTest Mac, please let us know by August 27, so that we can modify your account accordingly.

The System Requirements for SofTest Mac are:

” A Mac computer with an Intel processor
” OSX version 10.5.8 or higher (Leopard, Snow Leopard)
” 50MB or more free disk space (100MB recommended)
” 512MB or higher memory (1GB recommended)
” Internet connection for downloading / uploading exams

If you have any questions, concerns or plan to allow your students to have access to SofTest Mac, please let us know. We would appreciate hearing from you either way.

Regards,

Maribel Olvera
Director of Operations
ExamSoft Worldwide, Inc.

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