It’s Early Days, but the 2025 Application Cycle Is Off to a Robust Start
Law School Admission Council (by Susan Krinsky) — The author shares early data from LSAC that shows an increase in the number of LSAT test-takers and applicants compared to last year.
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PrawfsBlawg (by Daniel Rodriguez) — Dean Rodriguez (Northwestern Law) discusses proposed changes to ABA law school diversity standards.
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Clinical Law Prof Blog (by Jeff Baker) — Professor Baker (Pepperdine Law) shares a call for papers for the Biennial Conference on Applied Legal Storytelling to be held at the University of Michigan on July 9-11, 2025.
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Law School Academic Support Blog (by Erica Sylvia) — Professor Sylvia (UMass Law) offers advice on how someone can recover after finding out that they failed the bar exam.
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The Law School Admission Council (by Laura Fonseca) — The author explains how feedback from aspiring law students can be used to create more effective programs that increase access to legal education.
Read More about Using Research Insights from Aspiring Students to Strengthen Legal Pathway ProgramsAcademic and Bar Support Scholarship Spotlight
Law School Academic Support Blog (by Louis Schulze) — Professor Schulze (FIU Law) shares recently published articles in the field of academic and bar support.
Read More about Academic and Bar Support Scholarship SpotlightPittsburgh Symposium: Modern Legal Education And The Unmaking Of American Lawyers
TaxProf Blog (by Paul Caron) — Dean Caron (Pepperdine Law) shares the contents from a recent University of Pittsburgh Law Review symposium issue that examines modern legal education.
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TaxProf Blog (by Paul Caron) — Dean Caron (Pepperdine Law) shares a Lincoln Memorial University Law Review article by Raj Ashar (Harvard Law) that documents how large law firms establish relationships on law school campuses and suggests ways that the relationship between law firms and law schools can be regulated.
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TaxProf Blog (by Paul Caron) — Dean Caron (Pepperdine Law) shares an article by Amy Levin (Loyola Law Los Angeles) that outlines what professors can do to address law student mental health.
Read More about Law Students Aren’t AlrightA Blueprint To Reclaim Legal Education From External Rankers
TaxProf Blog (by Paul Caron) — Dean Caron (Pepperdine Law) shares a Seattle University Law Review article by Scot Rempell (South Texas College of Law Houston) that examines how law school ranking systems harm law schools and suggests law schools could provide better data to aspiring applicants.
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