February 2020 MBE bar score fall to all-time record low in test history
Excess of Democracy (By Derek T. Muller) — Professor Muller (Pepperdine Law) reports on the results of the February Multistate Bar Exam and suggests contributing factors to the poor results.
Read More about February 2020 MBE bar score fall to all-time record low in test historyTrends in Law School Enrollment since the Great Recession
TaxProf Blog (By Paul Caron) — Dean Paul Caron shares a study, forthcoming in the UC Davis Law Review, that analyzes recent trends in law school enrollment.
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Brian Leiter’s Law School Reports (By Brian Leiter) — Professor Leiter (University of Chicago Law) shares names of eight law professors that were admitted to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences this year: Tomiko Brown-Nagin (Harvard Law), R. Alta Charo (University of Wisconsin Law), Malcolm Feeley (UC Berkeley Law), Dean Jenny Martinez (Stanford Law), Cristina…
Read More about Eight Law Professors selected to the American Academy of Arts and SciencesCalifornia state bar working group recommends cutting bar exam topics 13 to 8
Excess of Democracy (By Derek T. Muller) — Professor Muller (Pepperdine Law) analyzes the recommendations from a California State Bar working group on reforming the state’s bar exam.
Read More about California state bar working group recommends cutting bar exam topics 13 to 8Study: 1L Grades, Upper Level Bar Courses Better Predictors of Bar Passage than LSAT, UGPA
TaxProf Blog (By Paul Caron) — Dean Caron (Pepperdine Law) shares a Journal of Empirical Legal Studies article from several University of Cincinnati professors that looks at the best predictors of bar passage for law graduates.
Read More about Study: 1L Grades, Upper Level Bar Courses Better Predictors of Bar Passage than LSAT, UGPALaw School Transparency: A 2025 Report
Law School Academic Support Blog (By Cassie Christopher) — Cassie Christopher (Associate Dean for Bar Success, Texas Tech Law) shares highlights from Law School Transparency’s Vision 2025 Report.
Read More about Law School Transparency: A 2025 ReportSurvey about changes to grading practices in wake of the pandemic
Brian Leiter’s Law School Reports (By John Bliss and David Sandomierski) — Professor Leiter (University of Chicago Law) shares a survey from Professor John Bliss (Denver Law) inquiring how faculty changed their grading due to the pandemic.
Read More about Survey about changes to grading practices in wake of the pandemicWhat will next year’s law teaching job market be like?
(Brian Leiter’s Law School Reports (By Brian Leiter) — Professor Leiter (University of Chicago Law) muses on how the coronavirus pandemic and subsequent economic downturn will affect law faculty hiring later this year.
Read More about What will next year’s law teaching job market be like?Northwestern University Law Review COVID-19 Blog Initiative
PrawfsBlawg (By Sarah Lawksy) — Professor Lawsky (Northwestern Law) shares news that the Northwestern University Law Review has launched a COVID-19 blog initiative, which will explore the legal implications of the pandemic.
Read More about Northwestern University Law Review COVID-19 Blog InitiativeA call for a virtual summit on online legal education
PrawfsBlawg (By Dan Rodriguez) — Professor Rodriguez (Northwestern Law) suggests a virtual summit to discuss how to plan for the upcoming school year with so many unknowns due to the pandemic.
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