CLEA Statement on US News Rankings for Clinical Programs – Updated for 2024-2025
Clinical Law Prof Blog (by Jeff Baker) — Professor Baker (Pepperdine Law) shares a statement from the Clinical Legal Education Association that opposes the US News clinical legal education rankings because it creates unnecessary competition between law school clinical programs.
Read More about CLEA Statement on US News Rankings for Clinical Programs – Updated for 2024-2025What articles in general jurisprudence from the first quarter-century of the 21st-century should you read?
Brian Leiter’s Law School Reports (by Brian Leiter) — Professor Leiter (University of Chicago Law) suggests articles from the past 25 years that can help readers learn about 21st Century jurisprudence.
Read More about What articles in general jurisprudence from the first quarter-century of the 21st-century should you read?1L of a Blog Series: Learning from Last Semester
Law School Academic Support Blog (by Dayna Smith) — Professor Smith (Vermont Law and Graduate School) offers advice on how law students can learn from their fall semester to improve for the spring semester.
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TaxProf Blog (by Paul Caron) — Dean Caron (Pepperdine Law) shares an article by Meredith Geller (Northwestern Law) that offers tips to students on how to approach professors when they need help.
Read More about Help Me, Help You: What You Should Know Before You Ask Your LRW Professor For HelpGeorgetown Law Faculty’s Best Reads of 2024
Georgetown Legal English Blog (by Stephen Horowitz) — Professor Horowitz (Georgetown Law) shares a list of reading recommendations from Georgetown Law faculty.
Read More about Georgetown Law Faculty’s Best Reads of 2024First Impressions of the Incoming Class of 2024: Largest Class Since 2021, Top-Line Diversity Is Level, More Research Needed and the Work Continues
The Law School Admission Council (by Susan Krinsky) — LSAC’s interim president and CEO reflects on the recently released ABA report on 2024 fall law school enrollment.
Read More about First Impressions of the Incoming Class of 2024: Largest Class Since 2021, Top-Line Diversity Is Level, More Research Needed and the Work ContinuesLatest ABA data shows a continuing decrease of Black men enrolled in law schools
Excess of Democracy (by Derek T. Muller) — Professor Muller (Notre Dame Law) shares recently released ABA data showing a decrease in Black male enrollment in law schools in recent years.
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TaxProf Blog (by Paul Caron) — Dean Caron (Pepperdine Law) shares a list of contents from a Houston Law Review symposia issue dedicated to the legacy of professor Michael Olivas.
Read More about Symposium: Tributes to Michael OlivasAfter Affirmative Action: Contextual Admissions And The Future Of African American Law School Enrollment
TaxProf Blog (by Paul Caron) — Dean Caron (Pepperdine Law) shares an Oklahoma Law Review article by Nathan L. Bennett Fleming (Wake Forest Law) that details how the US Supreme Court decision on affirmative action could affect the future of law school enrollment for Black students.
Read More about After Affirmative Action: Contextual Admissions And The Future Of African American Law School EnrollmentInside the USNWR law school rankings: when a median LSAT of 173 is better than a 174
Excess of Democracy (by Derek T. Muller) — Professor Muller (Notre Dame Law) discusses how GRE scores can skew LSAT median numbers when reported for the US News law school rankings.
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