Brian Leiter’s Law School Reports – USNews.com makes more arbitrary changes to the ranking formula…
Brian Leiter’s Law School Reports (by Brian Leiter) — Professor Leiter (University of Chicago Law) discusses recent changes to the US News methodology for ranking law schools.
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Law School Academic Support Blog (by Steven Foster) — Professor Foster (Oklahoma City University Law) shares a set of free hypotheticals courtesy of the Colorado Supreme Court.
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TaxProfBlog (by Paul Caron) — Dean Caron (Pepperdine Law) shares a collection of papers shared during a “pop-up” conference by the AALS Section on Poverty Law.
Read More about TaxProf Blog – Tax Papers At Today’s AALS Poverty Law Pop-Up ConferenceSo Many AASE Reminders!
Law School Academic Support Blog (by Melissa Hale) — Professor Hale (Loyola Law Chicago) shares updates from the Association of Academic Support Educators on scholarships as well as calls for nominations for awards and executive board positions.
Read More about So Many AASE Reminders!Federal judges have already begun to drift away from hiring Yale Law clerks
Excess of Democracy (by Derek T. Muller) — Professor Muller (University of Iowa Law) looks at the placement of federal law clerks by law school.
Read More about Federal judges have already begun to drift away from hiring Yale Law clerksThe Truth About the Yale Law Protest That Prompted a Federal Judge to Threaten a Clerkship Blacklist
Slate (by Mark Joseph Stern) — Slate reporter Mark Joseph Stern reports that political media coverage of Yale Law students’ protest of a speaker seems to contain several inaccuracies based on videos of the incident and follow-up interviews with attendees.
Read More about The Truth About the Yale Law Protest That Prompted a Federal Judge to Threaten a Clerkship Blacklist2023 U.S. News Law School Rankings Methodology
Spivey Consulting (by Mike Spivey) — Law school admissions consultant Mike Spivey shares his analysis of the changes to the U.S. News methodology for ranking law schools. The changes are projected to create volatility in the rankings when compared to the previous year.
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TaxProfBlog (by Paul Caron) — Dean Caron (Pepperdine Law) provides links to a few stories covering an incident at Yale Law where student protesters disrupted a speaker from the conservative Alliance Defending Freedom.
Read More about Lat: Is Free Speech In American Law Schools A Lost Cause?The Essay That Prompted An Editorial Revolt At Duke Law School
TaxProf Blog (by Paul Caron) — Dean Caron (Pepperdine Law) shares a collection of perspectives on an incident at Duke Law where student editors from the specialty journal Law and Contemporary Problems resigned following the publication of a controversial article on language and gender identity.
Read More about The Essay That Prompted An Editorial Revolt At Duke Law SchoolMaynard: Killing The Motivation Of The Minority Professor
TaxProfBlog (by Paul Caron) — Dean Caron (Pepperdine Law) shares a forthcoming Minnesota Law Review article by Goldburn Maynard Jr. (Indiana University – Kelley Business School) that argues early career minority professors are discouraged from writing innovative or radical ideas (at the expense of scholarly productivity) in order to fit in an academic environment.
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