Through The Fall 2023 Law School Admissions Season: Applicants Are Down -3.7%, With Biggest Decline (-8.0%) In The 150-154 LSAT Band
TaxProf Blog (by Paul Caron) — Dean Caron (Pepperdine Law) shares LSAC data showing that the number of law school applicants have decreased for the fall 2023 admissions season.
Read More about Through The Fall 2023 Law School Admissions Season: Applicants Are Down -3.7%, With Biggest Decline (-8.0%) In The 150-154 LSAT BandNY Times: At Stanford Law School, The Dean Takes A Stand For Free Speech. Will It Work?
TaxProf Blog (by Paul Caron) — Dean Caron (Pepperdine Law) shares a New York Times article discussing Stanford Law dean Jenny S. Martinez’s response to a campus speaker protest. The article looks at how the response could affect free speech at the school and how other deans could respond in the future.
Read More about NY Times: At Stanford Law School, The Dean Takes A Stand For Free Speech. Will It Work?Protecting The Guild Or Protecting The Public? Bar Exams And The Diploma Privilege
TaxProf Blog (by Paul Caron) — Dean Caron (Pepperdine Law) shares a Georgetown Journal of Legal Ethics article by Milan Markovic (Texas A&M University Law) that analyzes diploma privilege from a historical and empirical perspective to explore if it could serve as a better method of law licensing than the bar exam.
Read More about Protecting The Guild Or Protecting The Public? Bar Exams And The Diploma PrivilegeRadical Turn Away’ From Admissions Tests? Deans Say Claims Of Increased Diversity From Making The LSAT Optional May Be Unfounded
TaxProf Blog (by Paul Caron) — Dean Caron (Pepperdine Law) shares an Indiana Lawyer article that details how some law deans believe that making the admission tests optional for law school admissions could harm diversity within law schools.
Read More about Radical Turn Away’ From Admissions Tests? Deans Say Claims Of Increased Diversity From Making The LSAT Optional May Be UnfoundedFebruary 2023 MBE bar scores fall to all-time record low in test history
(Excess of Democracy) by Derek T. Muller — Professor Muller (University of Iowa Law) discusses the decline in scores for test-takers of the February 2023 Multistate Bar Exam.
Read More about February 2023 MBE bar scores fall to all-time record low in test historyReminder: Nominations Open for the AWLD Rombauer Award
Legal Writing Prof Blog (by Mark E. Wojcik) — Professor Wojcik (UIC Law) shares a call for nominations for an award honoring those that have significantly contributed to the field of legal writing.
Read More about Reminder: Nominations Open for the AWLD Rombauer AwardMore thoughts on the ideological divide on free speech
PrawfsBlawg (by Howard Wasserman) — Professor Wasserman (FIU Law) shares his thoughts on the recent history of free speech issues in colleges and law schools and how those with different ideologies view the issues.
Read More about More thoughts on the ideological divide on free speechMany Religious Colleges Admit LGBTQ Applicants But Refuse To Recognize Their Student Clubs
TaxProf Blog (by Paul Caron) — Dean Caron (Pepperdine Law) shares a Chronicle of Higher Education article that looks at the efforts of a law student LGBTQ organization to be recognized by Samford University.
Read More about Many Religious Colleges Admit LGBTQ Applicants But Refuse To Recognize Their Student ClubsFebruary 2023 MBE bar scores fall to all-time record low in test history
(Excess of Democracy) by Derek T. Muller — Professor Muller (University of Iowa Law) discusses the decline in scores for test-takers of the February 2023 Multistate Bar Exam.
Read More about February 2023 MBE bar scores fall to all-time record low in test historyReminder: Nominations Open for the AWLD Rombauer Award
(Legal Writing Prof Blog) by Mark E. Wojcik — Professor Wojcik (UIC Law) shares a call for nominations for an award honoring those that have significantly contributed to the field of legal writing.
Read More about Reminder: Nominations Open for the AWLD Rombauer Award