Legal Education: New York Times, Who Decides Penn’s Future: Donors Or The University? Inside Higher Ed, University Of Washington Bans Psychology Department From Faculty Searches For Two Years After Department Changed Hiring Process And Order Of Offers Based On Race Of Candidates Wall Street Journal, A Warning To Law Schools On Anti-Semitism Reuters, Law Professors…

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Legal Education: Steven Davidoff Solomon (UC-Berkeley), Don’t Hire My Anti-Semitic Berkeley Law Students New York Times, At NYU Law And Harvard, Fallout From Israel-Hamas Student Comments Continues  Florida Politics, Big Developments One Week Before Charlie Adelson's Trial In Dan Markel's Murder Paul Caron (Dean, Pepperdine), Should Law Schools Weigh In On Political Matters? Paul Caron…

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Legal Education: Paul Caron (Dean, Pepperdine), Should Law Schools Weigh In On Political Matters? Tallahassee Democrat, Katherine Magbanua Turns State Witness, Will Testify Against Charlie Adelson In Dan Markel Murder Trial Beginning Oct. 23; Prosecutors Ask Judge To Hold Charlie's Parents In Contempt Benjamin Barton (Tennessee), The Case For (and Against) ABA Regulation of Non-J.D. Programs…

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Legal Education: Chronicle of Higher Education, Speech By Princeton's Robby George About Free Speech Is Shouted Down At Washington College Inside Higher Ed, Biden Administration Puts Grad Schools, Including Law Schools, In The Hot Seat Reuters, Law School Financial Data Is About to Get More Transparent Paul Caron (Dean, Pepperdine), After Adding Graduate Debt And Salaries,…

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Legal Education: Ed Whelan (National Review), Conservative Speaker Reports On 'My Surprisingly Pleasant Experience At Yale Law School'  Press Release, Eugene Volokh, Who Graduated From UCLA At Age 15, Is Retiring From UCLA At Age 56 To Join The Hoover Institution Reuters, Law Professor 'Cold Calls' Spur Heated Debate  U.S. News, 2024 College Rankings Released…

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Legal Education: Press Release, Eugene Volokh, Who Graduated From UCLA At Age 15, Is Retiring From UCLA At Age 56 To Join The Hoover Institution Reuters, Idaho Law School And Two Former Deans Settle Discrimination Case With Former Tenured Professor For $750,000 U.S. News, 2024 College Rankings Released With Biggest Methodology Changes In History, Including…

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Legal Education: Law.com, Former George Mason Law Prof Files $108M Lawsuit Against Former Students Accusing Him Of Sexual Misconduct Florida Politics, Charlie Adelson's Lawyer Promises ‘Crazy’ Truths In Dan Markel Murder Trial Beginning October 23 Press Release, Conservative Activist Behind Supreme Court Affirmative Action Cases Sues MoFo And Perkins Coie Over Diversity Fellowships Jeffrey Kinsler…

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Legal Education: ABA, Actions Taken By Council Of Section Of Legal Education In Friday's Meeting ABA, Law Students Can Now Earn Up To 50% Of Credits Remotely For JD ABA, Law Schools Can Apply For A Variance To Admit Students Without Taking The LSAT Honolulu Civil Beat, Professor Sues Hawaii Law School After Campus Ban…

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Legal Education: Bryce Clayton Newell (Oregon), 2023 Meta-Ranking Of Flagship U.S. Law Reviews Law.com, Law School Seeks To Terminate Tenured Professor Accused of Bullying Aaron Sibarium (Washington Free Beacon), Columbia Ends Video Required Of Law School Applicants After Critics Called It An End-Run Around Affirmative Action Ban ABA Journal, Golden Gate Law Students With Free…

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Legal Education: Law360, Seton Hall President Resigns After Law School Theft Scandal Law.com, 'Trusted Employees' Misappropriated $1 Million From Seton Hall Law School Josh Blackman (South Texas), 'NextGen Bar Exam Is Complete Abandonment Of Competence As Standard' For New Lawyers Law.com, Law School Dean Turnover Nears 33% In 2023 Bryce Clayton Newell (Oregon), 2023 Meta-Ranking…

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Legal Education: Law.com, Golden Gate Law School Sends Discontinuation Notices To Tenured Faculty, Paving Way For Possible Termination In FY25 Aaron Sibarium (Washington Free Beacon), Stanford Diversity Dean Departs Law School Four Months After Protest Of Conservative Federal Judge WCTV, Loved Ones Remember Dan Markel Nine Years After His Murder Paul Caron (Dean, Pepperdine), Law…

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Legal Education: Paul Caron (Dean, Pepperdine), Legal Education's Reaction To The Supreme Court's Affirmative Action Decisions Reuters, Stephen Miller Sends Letter To 200 Law School Deans: I'll Sue If You Consider Race In Student Admissions, Faculty Hiring, Or Law Review Membership Paul Caron (Dean, Pepperdine), More Legal Education Reaction To The Supreme Court's Affirmative Action Decisions…

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Legal Education: John McGinnis (Northwestern), Law, Betrayed: Identity’s Triumph Over Argument In Legal Education Undermines Democracy Matthew Sag (Emory), Forward Looking Academic Impact Rankings For All U.S. Law Schools Paul Caron (Dean, Pepperdine), Preview Of The 2024 U.S. News Law School Rankings: Admissions San Francisco Standard, Golden Gate University Law School Faces Bankruptcy, Closure Houston…

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Legal Education: U.S. News, 2024 Omnibus Law School Specialty Rankings U.S. News, 2024 Omnibus Law School Specialty Rankings v. Overall Rankings ABA Journal, CUNY Law School Is Latest Front In Culture War New York Times, The ChatGPT Lawyer Explains Himself In Court Paul Caron (Dean, Pepperdine), Preview Of The 2024 U.S. News Law School Rankings: Admissions…

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Legal Education: U.S. News, 2024 Omnibus Law School Specialty Rankings U.S. News, 2024 Omnibus Law School Specialty Rankings v. Overall Rankings ABA Council, Law School Is In 'Significant Noncompliance' With Admissions Accreditation Standard: 137 LSAT|3.26 UGPA Medians, 73% 2-Year Ultimate Bar Passage Rate Paul Caron (Dean, Pepperdine), Josie Shands Caron (2007-2023) New York Times, Here’s What Happens…

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Legal Education: New York Times, Here’s What Happens When A Lawyer Uses ChatGPT U.S. News, 2024 Omnibus Law School Specialty Rankings U.S. News, 2024 Omnibus Law School Specialty Rankings v. Overall Rankings Paul Caron (Dean, Pepperdine), Preview Of The 2024 U.S. News Law School Rankings: Admissions Law.com, Duquesne, FIU, Kansas, Oklahoma, And Texas A&M Are…

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Legal Education: Law.com, Tenured Law Professor Pulled From His Classroom Faces Termination. He Wants To Know Why? Derek Muller (Iowa), How Law Faculty Succeeded In Diminishing Their Importance In The U.S. News Rankings Markus Funk (Colorado), Andrew Boutros (Chicago) & Eugene Volokh (UCLA), Time For Law Schools To Rethink Unsung Role Of Adjuncts Stephanie Hunter…

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Legal Education: Donald Tobin (Maryland), A Preliminary Analysis of the New 2024 U.S. News Law School Rankings Paul Caron (Dean, Pepperdine), 2024 U.S. News Law School Peer Reputation Rankings (And Overall Rankings) Wall Street Journal Op-Ed, DEI Brings Kafka to My Law School Paul Caron (Dean, Pepperdine), Methodology Changes In The New 2024 U.S. News Law School Rankings…

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Legal Education: Paul Caron (Dean, Pepperdine), An Early Preview Of The 2025 U.S. News Law School Rankings: Employment Josh Blackman (South Texas; ABA Journal Op-Ed), Law Schools Face An Inflection Point With Diversity, Equity And Inclusion Paul Caron (Dean, Pepperdine), U.S. News Releases Preview Of 2024 Law School Rankings: Top 14 And New Methodology Derek…

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