Did “boycotting” the USNWR law rankings affect those schools’ peer scores?
Excess of Democracy (by Derek Muller) — Professor Muller (University of Iowa Law) examines how the US News law school rankings were affected by some law schools no longer providing data to the company.
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Excess of Democracy (by Derek Muller) — Professor Muller (University of Iowa Law) analyzes changes made to the methodology of the US News law school rankings for 2023-24.
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PatentlyO (by Dennis Crouch) — Professor Crouch (University of Missouri Law) discusses scientific advancements possible with generative artificial intelligence.
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Balkinization (by Mark Graber) — Professor Graber (University of Maryland Carey Law) shares the results of a study in which an AI program GPT-4 took final exams for University of Maryland Carey Law courses.
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Legal History Blog (by Dan Ernst) — Professor Ernst (Georgetown Law) shares the description of the book The American Law Institute: A Centennial History featuring a series of essays celebrating the American Law Institute’s centennial.
Read More about ALI: A Centennial HistoryWhich law schools have the best and worst debt-to-income ratios among recent law school graduates? 2023 update
Excess of Democracy (by Derek Muller) — Professor Muller (University of Iowa Law) shares data on the debt-to-income ratios for new law graduates by school.
Read More about Which law schools have the best and worst debt-to-income ratios among recent law school graduates? 2023 updatePolitical Polarization, Legal Education, and a Few Modest but Serious Proposals
Dorf on Law (by Eric Segall) — Professor Segall (Georgia State University Law) discusses how political polarization has affected legal education and how schools can combat the effects of polarization for students.
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Legal History Blog (by Karen Tani) — Professor Tani (Penn Carey Law) shares a newly published book on the life of former law dean Guido Calabresi.
Read More about Legal Historians’ Reflections on “Outside In: The Oral History of Guido Calabresi” – IntroductionDividing Law School Faculties Into Academic Departments: A Potential Solution To The Gendered Doctrinal/Skills Hierarchy In Legal Education
TaxProf Blog (by Paul Caron) — Dean Caron (Pepperdine Law) shares a Villanova Law Review by Larry Cunningham (Charleston Law) that explores how to dismantle inequitable hierarchies among law school faculties.
Read More about Dividing Law School Faculties Into Academic Departments: A Potential Solution To The Gendered Doctrinal/Skills Hierarchy In Legal EducationPurdue has been running “Concord Law School” online in Indiana since 2017, and wants to avoid ABA oversight
Brian Leiter’s Law School Reports (by Brian Leiter) — Professor Leiter (University of Chicago Law) shares concerns over the online Concord Law School bar passage rates and the possibility of a proposed rule change that would allow graduates to sit for the Indiana Bar Exam.
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