Wisconsin Law Begins Dean Search
The Faculty Lounge (By Daniel Filler) — Dean Filler (Drexel Law) shares that the University of Wisconsin has established a search committee for dean of the law school.
Read More about Wisconsin Law Begins Dean SearchDarby Dickerson is the First Legal Writing Professor to Become AALS President
Legal Writing Prof Blog (By Mark E. Wojcik) — Professor Wojcik (UIC John Marshall Law) congratulates Dean Darby Dickerson (UIC John Marshall Law) on becoming the first AALS President to come from the field of legal writing.
Read More about Darby Dickerson is the First Legal Writing Professor to Become AALS PresidentA small but rising cohort of GRE law school admissions
Excess of Democracy (By Derek T. Muller) — Professor Muller (Pepperdine Law) examines the small rise in the number of students accepted into law schools without a LSAT score from 2017-19.
Read More about A small but rising cohort of GRE law school admissionsHow did law schools survive a decade of “statistically zero jobs” for their graduates?
Excess of Democracy (By Derek T. Muller) — Professor Muller reflects on a 2012 Washington Post article that included ominous job projections for law graduates that proved to be incorrect.
Read More about How did law schools survive a decade of “statistically zero jobs” for their graduates?ABA 509 Report Data: 27% Of Law Students Lost Their Conditional Scholarships
TaxProf Blog (By Paul Caron) — Dean Caron (Pepperdine Law) shares an analysis by Mike Spivey (Spivey Consulting) on conditional law school scholarship loss rates for fall 2019 based on ABA 509 reports.
Read More about ABA 509 Report Data: 27% Of Law Students Lost Their Conditional ScholarshipsABA 509 Report Data: 73% Of Law Students Receive Scholarships (Up From 49% In 2012)
TaxProf Blog (By Paul Caron) — Dean Caron shares an analysis by Mike Spivey on the rise in the percentage of law school students receiving scholarships based on ABA 509 reports.
Read More about ABA 509 Report Data: 73% Of Law Students Receive Scholarships (Up From 49% In 2012)ABA 509 Report Data: 19 Law Schools Increased Their 25th, 50th, And 75th LSAT And GPA
TaxProf Blog (By Paul Caron) — Dean Caron shares an analysis by Mike Spivey on the median LSAT and GPA scores for the 2019 incoming law school class based on ABA 509 reports.
Read More about ABA 509 Report Data: 19 Law Schools Increased Their 25th, 50th, And 75th LSAT And GPAABA 509 Report Data: Applications
TaxProf Blog (By Paul Caron) — Dean Caron shares an analysis by Mike Spivey who reports a small decline in law school applications for the 2019 academic year based on ABA 509 reports.
Read More about ABA 509 Report Data: ApplicationsABA 509 Report Data: The Top 50 Reduced Entering Class Size (-1%), The Non-Top 50 Increased (+3%)
TaxProf Blog (By Paul Caron) — Dean Caron shares an analysis by Mike Spivey comparing average class sizes by law school U.S. News ranking based on ABA 509 reports.
Read More about ABA 509 Report Data: The Top 50 Reduced Entering Class Size (-1%), The Non-Top 50 Increased (+3%)Fall 2020 Law School Applicants Down 1%, But Surge 11% In The Highest LSAT Bands (165+) As 2019 Draws To A Close
TaxProf Blog (By Paul Caron) — Dean Caron summarizes applications and admissions data from the 2019 incoming law school class based on ABA 509 reports.
Read More about Fall 2020 Law School Applicants Down 1%, But Surge 11% In The Highest LSAT Bands (165+) As 2019 Draws To A Close