Does Federal Civil Rights Law Forbid Race-Based and Sex-Based Affirmative Action by the Harvard Law Review?

June 10, 2025

Dorf on Law by Michael C. Dorf — Professor Dorf (Cornell Law) analyzes whether federal civil rights law affects Harvard Law Review’s ability to consider race and gender in its editorial board selections as the journal faces federal scrutiny. 

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Do Bar Exam Waivers Hurt Lawyer Quality?

June 10, 2025

TaxProf Blog by Paul Caron — Dean Caron (Pepperdine Law) shares a research paper by multiple authors that examines how bar exam waivers might negatively impact the quality of the legal profession. 

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The 2024 1L Class and How They Paid for Their First Year of Law School

June 10, 2025

Law:Fully by Elizabeth Bodamer — The author shares data relating to how first-year law students in 2024 paid for their legal education.   

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Sharing Our Predictive Validity Studies for 2020-2024

June 10, 2025

Law:Fully by Anna Topczewski — The author shares a report compiling five years of data showing the predictive validity of the LSAT for law student success.  

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LSAC Reports On The 2024 1L Class

June 10, 2025

TaxProf Blog by Paul Caron — Dean Caron (Pepperdine Law) shares a list of reports the Law Student Admission Council has released containing data about students who started law school in 2024. 

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Sovern: The Impact Of A $150,000 Cap On Government Loans For Law Students

June 10, 2025

TaxProf Blog by Paul Caron — Dean Caron (Pepperdine Law) shares an article by Jeff Sovern (University of Maryland Carey Law) on how a cap on federal loans for law students will impact borrowers and legal education in general.  

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Entry Level Hiring Report

June 10, 2025

Lawsky Projects by Sarah Lawsky — Professor Lawsky (Northwestern Law) shares her 2025 Entry Level Hiring Report that analyzes entry level law professor hires this year compared to previous years.  

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U.S. News Rankings Czar Bob Morse Retires

May 29, 2025

TaxProf Blog by Paul Caron — Dean Caron (Pepperdine Law) shares news that Bob Morse, the long-time head of US News college and law school rankings system, has retired. 

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Preparing Law Students For The Artificial Intelligence Era

May 29, 2025

TaxProf Blog by Paul Caron — Dean Caron (Pepperdine Law) highlights a Mitchell Hamline Law Review article by professor Samantha A. Moppett (Suffolk Law) that looks at the skills law students will need to properly use and analyze AI tools and outputs. 

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Symposium: Law School 101—An Exploration Of Legal Pedagogy

May 29, 2025

TaxProf Blog by Paul Caron — Dean Caron (Pepperdine Law) lists the articles from a University of Detroit Mercy Law Review symposium issue on legal pedagogy. 

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