ABA Journal, St. Thomas College Of Law Reinstates Fired Tenured Professor, Will Start Termination Hearings ABA Legal Rebels Podcast, Tests Into And Out Of Law Schools—What’s Changing And Why Sara Berman (USC) & Chance Meyer (New England), Major Reform With Minor Risk: Implementation Of Change Initiatives As A Learning Challenge Chronicle of Higher Education Op-Ed (Noah Feldman, Harvard), …

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ABA Journal, New Metric Inspired by Baseball Stats Aims to Measure Real Value of Lawyers' Work ABA Legal Education Section, Law School Accreditation News Nikita Aggarwal (Miami), Survey of Law Fellowships and VAPs Alabama Symposium, Legal Education: Our History, Our Future Paul Caron (Dean, Pepperdine), The Fall 2024 Law School Admissions Season: Applicants Are Up…

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ABA Journal, Legal Ed Council Broadens Proposed Accreditation Standard Addressing Diversity ABA Journal, Tenured Professor Sues St. Thomas College of Law After Firing ABA Legal Ed Council, Summary Of Actions Taken At August 16 Meeting Berkeley Law, UC-Berkeley Is First Law School To Offer AI-Focused Degree Paul Caron (Dean, Pepperdine), Fellowships For Aspiring Law Professors (Updated…

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ABA Journal, Is the National Conference of Bar Examiners Losing Power? ABA Journal, Students, Alums, Race To Court To Keep Golden Gate Law School Open AccessLex Institute, 2024 Legal Education Data Deck Barnes Law Firm, The Best State for Entry-Level Lawyers to Begin Their Careers: California Paul Caron (Dean, Pepperdine), Welcome, Pepperdine Caruso Law School Class Of…

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ABA, Job Opening: Senior Law School Accreditation Counsel ($158,000 – $196,000) ABA Journal, Duane Morris Bestows Partner Title on Powerless Attorneys to Shift Tax and Business Costs, Suit Alleges ABA Journal, Is This a Key Moment for the Bar Exam? ABA Resolution 514 & 515, ABA ‘Urges’ Law Schools To Permit Paid Externships And Encourage Pay…

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American Lawyer, Formerly Frothy Job Market Cooling For Class of 2024 Bloomberg Law, Tech Advances Inspire Curriculum Changes in Law School Jenny Carroll (Texas A&M), Law Review and Finding a Place in the Academy Steven Dean (Boston University), The Law School Hiring Market Undervalues Women, Minorities  Scott Devito (Ave Maria), Kelsey Hample (Furman) & Erin Lain (Drake), An…

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ABA Journal, New Paths for Licensure: California Confirms Kaplan Bar Exam, Arizona Launches Second Chance Program Bloomberg Law, Law Firms Chosen for DEI Framework Rise Above the Rest Chronicle of Higher Education, U.S. News Replaces Ordinal Ranking Of Medical Schools With Tiers Due To Boycott. Are Law Schools Next? Noah Feldman (Bloomberg Op-Ed), Why Yale Law Is So…

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AccessLex, Measuring “Up”: The Promise of Undergraduate GPA Growth in Law School Admissions American Lawyer Editorial, $20M and Climbing: Is There a Ceiling for Elite Partner Pay? Susan Arenella et al., Law Moms: Juggling Motherhood, Ambition and Personal Fulfillment  Marni Goldstein Caputo & Kathleen Luz (Boston University), Beyond “Hard” Skills: Teaching Outward—and Inward—Facing Character-Based Skills to…

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ABA Journal, Law School Academic Support Group Slams NCBE For ‘Scattershot’ NextGen Bar Exam Rollout Josh Blackman (South Texas), John Roberts and the Professoriate Becket, UCLA Defends Facilitating Antisemitic Encampments On Campus  Bloomberg Law, Which Law School Year Is Worst for Students’ Health? Chronicle of Higher Education, Tenure-Track Professors Are Walking Away From Their ‘Dream Jobs’ Chronicle…

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ABA Journal, Online Purdue Global Law School To Add Full-Time JD Program Brooklyn Law School, Jon Endean Joins Tax Faculty Brooklyn Law School, Richard Winchester Joins Tax Faculty Sherley Cruz (Tennessee) & Karen  Tokarz (Washington University) et al., ABA Standard 303(C) and Divisive Concepts Legislation and Policies: Challenges and Opportunities Joan MacLeod Heminway (Tennessee) &…

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ABA Journal, George Mason To Comply With Congressional Request For Information On Sexual Allegations Against Former Law Prof Joshua Wright Paul Caron (Dean, Pepperdine), Robert Chang's Lateral Move From Seattle To UC-Irvine Sparks Dispute Over Funding Of Korematsu Center For Law & Equality Chronicle of Higher Education Op-Ed:  A Harvard Dean's Assault on Faculty Speech, by…

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ABA Business Law Section, Roger Colinvaux (Catholic) Receives 2024 ABA Outstanding Nonprofit Academic Award ABA Journal, LSAC President Reflects on Challenges Facing Legal Ed as She Shifts to Lead Association of American Law Schools City Journal,  Columbia Smuggles Activism Into the Law, by Tal Fortgang (Manhattan Institute) Adam Eckart (Suffolk), Transactional Skills For Tomorrow The Federalist, After…

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David Bernstein (George Mason), The Real Story Behind Columbia’s Controversial Law Review Article—And Why It Matters Paul Gowder (Northwestern), An Old-Fashioned Bluebook Burning Intercept, Student Editors Vote 20-5 To Reject Board's Offer To Bring Columbia Law Review Back Online John Lande (Missouri-Columbia), Preparing Law Students for Real-World Practice David Lat (Bloomberg Law Op-Ed), U.S. News Law…

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Bloomberg Law, Foley Sued for Revoking Job Over Israel-Palestine Comments Marni Goldstein Caputo & Kathleen Luz (Boston University), Beyond “Hard” Skills: Teaching Outward — and Inward-Facing Character-Based Skills to 1Ls in Light of ABA Standard 303(B)(3)’s Professional Identity Requirement Paul Caron (Dean, Pepperdine), Happy Memorial Day From Pepperdine Paul Caron (Dean, Pepperdine), Pepperdine Caruso Law…

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ABA Journal, ABA Legal Ed Council Gives Its Blessing to Alternative Licensing ABA Journal, Journey Toward Fully Online Law Schools Inches Forward After ABA Legal Ed Council Vote ABA Journal, Straight, White Female Alleges BigLaw Firm’s Job Ad For Diversity Program Violated Title VII ABA Journal Op-Ed (Kent Halkett:) A BigLaw Suicide Survivor's Prescription for the Legal Profession's…

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ABA Journal, Cash-Strapped California Bar Weighs Cutting Ties With NCBE, Teaming With Kaplan on Test-Writing ABA Journal, Mississippi College School Of Law Professor Killed In Triple Homicide Bloomberg Law, Big Law Recruiting Rush Puts More Pressure on Diverse Students Bloomberg Law Op-Ed (William Treanor (Dean, Georgetown) & Amy Mattock (Assistant Dean of Career Strategy, Georgetown)), Early Big…

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ABA Journal, Lowered Bar Pass Cut Scores Raised Bar Pass Rates in Four States Paul Caron (Dean, Pepperdine), Law Prof Commentary On The Campus Protests Chronicle of Higher Education, Should Adjunct Faculty Be Paid Based On Class Enrollment? Robert George (Princeton) & John Inazu (Washington University), Antisemitism And The Campus Protests Law.com, 'Dean Developments': Several Deans…

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ABA Journal, Increased Interest in LSAT Forces Additional Test Date ABA Journal, Tenured Law Prof Takes Buyout, Becomes Stand-Up Comic The Atlantic (Erwin Chemerinsky (Dean, UC-Berkeley)):  No One Has a Right to Protest in My Home Michael Blasie (Seattle), The Unkillable Learning Styles Myth Bloomberg Law, Columbia Law School Offers Pass/Fail Grading Amid Gaza Protests Paul Caron…

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ABA, Legal Education Section Releases Employment Data For Graduating Law Class of 2023 ABA Journal, Law Schools Examine Pedagogy As NextGen Bar Exam Looms Bloomberg Law, Big Law Skips Ahead of On-Campus Recruiting in Race for Talent Paul Caron (Dean, Pepperdine), Pepperdine Caruso Law 3L Commissioning Service E. Scott Fruehwald (Legal Skills Blog), First-Year Torts Supplement…

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Above the Law, U.S. News Law School Rankings Makes Its Smartest Methodological Change: Telling Holdout Schools To Suck It Bloomberg Law, Northwestern, 78-Year-Old Law Professor Will Settle Bias Suit Paul Caron (Dean, Pepperdine), 20-Year Anniversary Of TaxProf Blog Paul Caron (Dean, Pepperdine), Pepperdine Caruso Law Celebrates Founding Dean Ron Phillips Paul Caron (Dean, Pepperdine), U.S. News…

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Paul Caron (Dean, Pepperdine), Commentary On The 2024-25 U.S. News Law School Rankings Harvard Crimson Op-Ed (Randall L. Kennedy):  Mandatory DEI Statements Are Ideological Pledges of Allegiance. Time to Abandon Them. Law.com, Preliminary US News Law School Rankings Release Raises Questions Law.com, 'We're Literally Dying': Addressing Mental Health in the Legal Profession Needs to Start in Law…

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ABA Journal, Law Student's Suit Alleges Chicago Bears Didn't Hire Him as 'Legal Diversity Fellow' Because He Is White Man Algemeiner, Harvard Law School Passes Resolution Accusing Israel of Genocide, Calling For Divestment Bloomberg Law, Law School Israel Protest Culture Is ‘Cancer,’ Eleventh Circuit Judge Says Paul Caron (Dean, Pepperdine), Delayed Release Of Embargoed 2024-25 Law School…

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2025 AALS Annual Meeting,  Call for Papers The Atlantic, The War at Stanford Will Baude (Chicago), Teaching Constitutional Law in a Crisis of Judicial Legitimacy Richard Brooks (NYU), Kyle Rozema (Northwestern) & Sarath Sanga (Yale), Affirmative Action and Racial Diversity in U.S. Law Schools, 1980-2021 Chronicle of Higher Education, How To Find Meaning, Purpose, And Joy In…

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AALS Annual Meeting 2025, Call For Papers ABA, Notice And Comment On Proposed Law School Accreditation Standards On Learning Outcomes, Processing Complaints Against Law Schools  Jonathan Adler (Case Western), The Ethics of Law Professor Amicus Briefs Revisited Paul Caron (Dean, Pepperdine), 2024-25 U.S. News Law School Rankings Paul Caron (Dean, Pepperdine), Preview Of The 2024-25 U.S.…

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