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Students May Have Legal Claims Against Universities (And Law Schools) That Shift Online Due To Omicron
Wall Street Journal Op-Ed: Students Have Legal Recourse Against Unreasonable Covid Restrictions, by Max Schanzenbach (Northwestern; Google Scholar) & Nadav Shoked (Northwestern): Many colleges and universities are starting the new semester online and imposing draconian restrictions on campus. At Yale, students are under a campuswide quarantine and told not to eat at restaurants, even outdoors.…
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Celebrating Progress With A ‘Long, Long Way to Go’
TaxProf Blog op-ed: Celebrating Progress with a “Long, Long Way to Go,” by Chalak Richards (Pepperdine): This Martin Luther King, Jr. Day, I find myself turning to a speech he made in 1957. In A Realistic Look at the Question of Progress in the Area of Race Relations, Dr. King challenged attendees of the St.…
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Penn Prof: Firing Amy Wax Could Open Door To Censorship Of Faculty Teaching Critical Race Theory
Following up on yesterday's post, Debate Intensifies Over Potential Discipline For Penn Law Prof Amy Wax: Philadelphia Inquirer, Penn Law Professor Amy Wax Enraged People With Her Comments About Asians. Now, She May Face Sanction.: But some academics who ardently despise Wax’s comments say they would rather she retains the right to say them than allow…
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Debate Intensifies Over Potential Discipline For Penn Law Prof Amy Wax
Update: Penn Prof: Firing Amy Wax Could Open Door To Censorship Of Faculty Teaching Critical Race Theory Following up on my previous post, Penn Law Dean Ruger Responds To Comments Made By Professor Wax: Law.com, Debate Intensifies Over Potential Discipline for Penn Law Professor Amy Wax ABA Journal, Law Prof's Remarks About 'Asian Elite' Put…
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Bernstein: The ABA’s Problematic Proposed ‘Diversity, Equity, And Inclusion’ Rules For Law Schools
Following up on my previous post, ABA Proposes Changes To Diversity And Inclusion Accreditation Standard: David Bernstein (George Mason; Google Scholar), The American Bar Association's Problematic Proposed "Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion" Rules for Law Schools: The American Bar Association has proposed new "Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion" rules for law schools. … I see some serious…
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More Commentary On The Emory Law Journal/Larry Alexander Controversy
Update: New Disclosures Undermine Defenses Of Emory Law Journal’s Withdrawal Of Larry Alexander's Publication Offer (Feb. 7, 2022) Following up on my previous posts: Emory Law Journal Revokes Acceptance Of Larry Alexander's Race-Related Essay In Festschrift Honoring Michael Perry; Other Authors Pull Their Essays (Jan. 4, 2021) In Defense Of The Emory Law Journal (Jan. 11, 2022)…
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University Of Louisville Threatens To Discipline Faculty Who Don’t Teach Classes In Person
Louisville Courier-Journal, University of Louisville Threatens to Discipline Faculty Who Don't Teach Classes in Person: University of Louisville faculty, staff and students are in an uproar over the administration’s refusal to allow classes to be taught remotely. As the new semester began Monday, more than 500 professors, staff, students, parents and other community members have…
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University Upholds Jewish Law Prof’s Right To Have Federal Judge Guest Lecture In His Class During High Holy Days
Following up on my previous posts (links below): Arkansas Democrat-Gazette, Professor Affirmed: The myriad travails of late at the University of Arkansas’ Bowen School of Law were justified after a university committee found Professor Rob Steinbuch was correct in having invited guests lead his classes during the Jewish high holidays. Using guest lecturers was something…
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In Defense Of The Emory Law Journal
Update: More Commentary On The Emory Law Journal/Larry Alexander Controversy (Jan. 13, 2022) New Disclosures Undermine Defenses Of Emory Law Journal’s Withdrawal Of Larry Alexander's Publication Offer (Feb. 7, 2022) Following up on last week's post, Emory Law Journal Revokes Acceptance Of Larry Alexander's Race-Related Essay In Festschrift Honoring Michael Perry; Other Authors Pull Their…
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Halfway Through The Fall 2022 Law School Admissions Season: Applicants Are Down 5.4% And In All LSAT Bands (Especially 170-180 (-14.8%) And 160-169 (-9.2%))
We are now 50% of the way through Fall 2022 law school admissions season. The number of law school applicants reported by LSAC is down 5.4% compared to last year at this time. 119 of the 199 law schools are experiencing an increase in applications. Applications are up 50% or more at 3 law schools,…
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Acceptance Rates Dropped By 34% At Most Prestigious Law Schools
Following up on my previous post, Law School Rankings By Fall 2021 Acceptance Rate: preLaw, Law School Acceptance Rates Dropped by 34% at Most Prestigious Schools: More than half of ABA-accredited law schools lowered their acceptance rate by 10% or more this past year, according to new data released by the American Bar Association. The…
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Tax: One Of The 20 Hottest Law Jobs For The Next Decade
The 20 Hottest Law Jobs for the Next Decade, Nat'l Jurist, Fall 2021, at 18: [I]t’s hard to predict which areas of law will become most in demand, because it’s hard to predict where society is headed. … We turned to top experts, the three authors of Law Jobs: The Complete Guide, to get their…
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Penn Law Dean Ruger Responds To Comments Made By Professor Wax
Update: Debate Intensifies Over Potential Discipline For Penn Law Prof Amy Wax: Penn Prof: Firing Amy Wax Could Open Door To Censorship Of Faculty Teaching Critical Race Theory A Statement From Dean Ruger in Response to Recent Comments Made by Professor Wax: Once again, Amy Wax has, through her thoroughly anti-intellectual and racist comments denigrating…
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The 26 Law Schools With Tuition Discount Rates Greater Than 50%
Law School Scholarships: Who Gives the Most?, Nat'l Jurist, Fall 2021, at 15: The percentage of students getting scholarships rose from 50% in 2011 to nearly 80% by 2020. And the dollar figure — an average of more than $25,000 last year for private schools — continues to grow, according to a National Jurist Magazine…
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A Tale Of Two Law School Admissions Seasons: 2021 (Up 13%), 2022 (Down 5%, So Far)
Reuters, 2021 Was the Year Everyone Wanted to go to Law School: When it comes to law school admissions, 2021 was one for the record books. The number of applicants vying to be first-year law students this fall jumped 13%—the biggest year-over-year increase since 2002. That translated to 12% more 1Ls showing up on campus. Law School…
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Organ: Evaluating Fall 2021 First-Year Enrollment Through The Lens Of 2024 Employment Outcomes
With the ABA’s posting of the 2021 Standard 509 Reports, we have the ability to compare first-year enrollment for 2020 and 2021. In compiling the information for this blog posting I used the data in the First-Year Class spreadsheets for 2020 and 2021. First-year enrollment increased by 9.5% in 2021 from 2020, going from roughly 38,100…
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Emory Law Journal Revokes Acceptance Of Larry Alexander’s Race-Related Essay In Festschrift Honoring Michael Perry; Other Authors Pull Their Essays
Update: In Defense Of The Emory Law Journal (Jan. 11, 2022) More Commentary On The Emory Law Journal/Larry Alexander Controversy (Jan. 13, 2022) New Disclosures Undermine Defenses Of Emory Law Journal’s Withdrawal Of Larry Alexander's Publication Offer (Feb. 7, 2022) Gail Heriot (San Diego), The Emory Law Journal Finds My Distinguished Colleague's Words “Hurtful and Unnecessarily…
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The Top 10 Legal Education Posts Of 2021
Bryce Clayton Newell (Oregon), 2021 Meta-Ranking Of Flagship U.S. Law Reviews Paul Caron (Dean, Pepperdine), Preview Of The 2022 U.S. News Law School Rankings: Admissions U.S. News & World Report, 2022 U.S. News Law School Peer Reputation Rankings (And Overall Rankings) U.S. News & World Report, Omnibus Specialty Rankings U.S. News & World Report, Release…
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ABA Proposes Changes To Diversity And Inclusion Accreditation Standard
Following up on my previous posts (links below): In a 12-page December 16 memo, Leo Martinez (Council Chair) and William Adams (Managing Director of Accreditation and Legal Education) reported that at its meeting held on November 18-19, the Council of the Section of Legal Education and Admissions to the Bar approved for Notice and Comment…
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ABA Proposes Changes To Distance Learning Accreditation Standard
In a 12-page December 16 memo, Leo Martinez (Council Chair) and William Adams (Managing Director of Accreditation and Legal Education) reported that at its meeting held on November 18-19, the Council of the Section of Legal Education and Admissions to the Bar approved for Notice and Comment proposed revisions to Distance Education Definitions (7)-(8) and…
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Pressure Builds On Law Schools To Cancel Contracts With Lexis-Nexis And Westlaw: #NoTechForICE
Following up on my previous posts (links below): Inside Higher Ed, Law Students Protest LexisNexis and Westlaw Contracts With ICE: Students at multiple law schools are pressuring administrators to sever ties with LexisNexis and Westlaw, which they claim help the Department of Homeland Security target undocumented immigrants. Coordinated multicampus protests this fall have left law schools…
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Muller: 1L Academic Dismissals Fully Rebounded In 2021, But Not 2L Dismissals
Following up on my previous post, ABA Releases Data On Law School Admissions: Derek Muller (Iowa; Google Scholar), After 50% Drop in 1L Academic Dismissals in 2020, Little Increase in 2L Academic Dismissals in 2021: Last year, I flagged the sharp decline in 1L academic dismissals in 2020. 1L academic dismissals declined by more than…
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Muller: Non-JD Enrollment Falls For First Time In Over A Decade
Following up on my previous post, ABA Releases Data On Law School Admissions: Derek Muller (Iowa; Google Scholar), Law School 1L JD Enrollment Climbs to 9-Year High as Non-JD Enrollment Dips Slightly: For the last seven years, 1L JD enrollment has been between 37,000 and 38,500, remarkable consistency. This year, it’s up to 41,710. That’s…
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A Message To White Law Faculty: Mentor Racial Minority Students
Gregory S. Parks (Wake Forest; Google Scholar), A Message to White Law Faculty: Mentor Racial Minority Students: Pursuant to Law School Survey of Student Engagement’s (“LSSSE”) 2020 Diversity and Exclusion Annual Survey, there are troubling findings with regard to racial minority students’ sense of belonging and institutional support. … Students of color are more likely…
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Will 2024 Law Grads Find Jobs After Law School Enrollment Boom?
Law.com, Will 2024 Law Grads Find Jobs After Law School Enrollment Boom? Location May Be Everything: Enrollment for 2021 at the Sandra Day O’Connor College of Law at Arizona State University was the largest class “in our more than 50-year history with over 300 first-year J.D. students attending,” Andrew Jaynes, assistant dean of admissions at…