Following up on my previous posts (link below):  Charleston Regional Business Journal, Reinvestment Brings Charleston School of Law Back From the Brink: Dean Larry Cunningham was full of apologies after running a few minutes late to a meeting. A group of Charleston School of Law students had surprised him last-minute by dropping off a handful…

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Tom Sharbaugh (Penn State), Could a Purpose Deficit Fill Unmet Legal Need?: This essay considers two problems that may have a common solution. First, many senior lawyers are searching for a purpose in their post-retirement lives. Second, although law-school clinics could make substantial contributions to satisfying the unmet needs for legal services while also providing…

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Inside Higher Ed, College Tuition Increases Are At Historic Low For Second Year in a Row: College tuition increased at historically low rates for the second year in a row, a new report from the College Board shows. In fact, after adjusting for inflation, average college tuition actually decreased during the 2021-22 academic year as colleges…

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Following up on my previous post, Federal Judge Rules That Vermont Law School Can Cover Underground Railroad Murals Despite Artist's Objection:  Marc James Léger, Sam Kerson Lawyers Will Appeal Court Decision: The World Socialist Web Site today published an article I wrote for them to help raise public awareness of a court decision that would allow…

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Intelligent, 34% of White College White College Students Lied About Their Race to Improve Chances of Admissions, Financial Aid Benefits: Intelligent.com asked 1,250 white college applicants ages 16 and older if they lied on their application by indicating they were a racial minority. The survey found that 34% of white Americans who’ve applied to college falsely…

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Update:  David Lat, The Newest Insanity Out Of Yale Law School (Nov. 4, 2021) Simon Lazarus (J.D. 1967, Yale), Where Yale Law School Has Gone Off The Rails, And What Is Needed To Get Back On Track (Nov. 13, 2021) David Lat, Yale Law School And The Federalist Society: Caught In A Bad Romance? (Nov. 15, 2021) Washington…

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Gartner Survey Shows Corporate Lawyers Exhausted Since the Pandemic: Exhausted Lawyers Frequently Experience Psychological Distress, Seek to Leave the Organization, and Slow Down Business Processes The pandemic has taken a toll on many lawyers, as a survey of 202 corporate lawyers in July 2021 showed that 54% are exhausted to some degree, with 20% scoring…

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U.S. Department of Education Announces Recognition Status of Nine Accrediting Agencies: Today, the U.S. Department of Education’s Senior Department Official (SDO) informed nine accreditors about the status of their recognition. The following agencies were approved for renewal of recognition for five years: Accrediting Bureau of Health Education Schools (ABHES). American Bar Association (ABA). Association of…

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Following up on my previous post, Hastings Law School To Keep Name Despite Founder's Role In Genocide, But Will Partner With Indian Tribe To Redress Past Injustices:  New York Times, He Unleashed a California Massacre. Should This School Be Named for Him?: The founder of the Hastings College of the Law masterminded the killings of…

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Report on Legal Education Reveals Heightened Student Struggles Due to COVID: BLOOMINGTON, Ind.—Newly-released data by the Law School Survey of Student Engagement (LSSSE) examines the impact of the COVID disruption on law students and legal education.  Data from this Report, The COVID Crisis in Legal Education, draw from the responses of over 13,000 law students at 61 law schools that participated…

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Following up on Monday’s post, Admissions Data At 90% Of The U.S. News Top 50: Higher LSATs, UGPAs, And Enrollment:  Reuters, Law Schools Report Soaring Admission Test Scores in ‘Unprecedented’ Year: Law schools are reporting eye-popping increases in median Law School Admission Test scores for their first-year classes, illustrating how competitive last year’s admission cycle…

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Following up on my previous posts (links below):  News & Observer, UNC, Duke Professors Get Paid From $19 Million Settlement in Alleged Hiring Scheme: Thousands of UNC-Chapel Hill and Duke University professors are getting checks from Duke as part of a $19 million settlement after a class-action lawsuit alleged the schools colluded on hiring decisions. The lawsuit,…

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NALP, Employment Outcomes for First-Generation College Students Fall Below Those of Their Peers, and Disparities in Outcomes by Race/Ethnicity Persist: For the first time, the National Association for Law Placement (NALP) has measured the law school employment outcomes for graduates who do not have at least one parent/guardian with a bachelor’s degree or higher degree…

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Houston Chronicle, The Latest Shortage in Texas: Lawyers: The market for corporate lawyers in Texas has never been this hot or intense – not back in the technology boom of the late 1990s or even during the shale explosion of the past decade. Texas businesses have so much legal work for lawyers that law firms…

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New York Times, To Get Ahead at Work, Lawyers Find It Helps to Actually Be at Work: The generational divide on returning to the office is not neatly drawn. For some young professionals, even in a pandemic, showing up is more than half the battle. … Since the beginning of the year, as mass vaccinations…

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Update:  Peter Berkowitz (J.D. 1990, Yale; Senior Fellow, Hoover Institution), An Open Letter To Yale Law School Dean Heather Gerken (Nov. 1, 2021) David Lat, The Newest Insanity Out Of Yale Law School (Nov. 4, 2021) Simon Lazarus (J.D. 1967, Yale), Where Yale Law School Has Gone Off The Rails, And What Is Needed To Get Back On…

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Update:  Trent Colbert (Yale 2L), Why I Didn’t Apologize For That Yale Law School Email: 'We Must End The Culture Of Performative Repentance' (Oct. 26, 2021) Peter Berkowitz (J.D. 1990, Yale; Senior Fellow, Hoover Institution), An Open Letter To Yale Law School Dean Heather Gerken (Nov. 1, 2021) David Lat, The Newest Insanity Out Of Yale Law…

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ABA Journal, Moot Court Teacher Claims Her Law School Position Was Terminated Following Complaints to the ABA: The former director of advocacy at the Mississippi College School of Law claims in a recent federal court filing she was constructively terminated from the position, partially because of what she said about job security for non-tenure track…

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Dayton Law School, Flyer Legal Promise Provides Full Law School Tuition, $15,000 Stipend, Job After Graduation: Dayton law firms Thompson Hine and Taft Law are teaming with the University of Dayton School of Law to recruit underrepresented and underserved students to law school and the legal profession. The Flyer Legal Promise Program will provide two…

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Update: Washington Free Beacon, Backlash Against Media Coverage Of The Yale Law School 'Trap House' Email (Oct. 25, 2021) Trent Colbert (Yale 2L), Why I Didn’t Apologize For That Yale Law School Email: 'We Must End The Culture Of Performative Repentance' (Oct. 26, 2021) Peter Berkowitz (J.D. 1990, Yale; Senior Fellow, Hoover Institution), An Open Letter…

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Update: The Atlantic, A Worrisome Peek Inside Yale Law’s Diversity Bureaucracy (Oct. 23, 2021) Backlash Against Media Coverage Of The Yale Law School ‘Trap House’ Email (Oct. 25, 2021) Trent Colbert (Yale 2L), Why I Didn’t Apologize For That Yale Law School Email: ‘We Must End The Culture Of Performative Repentance’ (Oct. 26, 2021) Following…

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Following up on my previous posts (links below):  Bloomberg Law, Vermont Law School Thwarts Claim It Can’t Hide Slavery Murals: Vermont Law School can permanently cover controversial murals depicting the Underground Railroad without violating an artists rights law, a Vermont federal court said. Artist Samuel Kerson argued the school’s plans to hide his murals behind…

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Update:  Eugene Volokh (UCLA), Lawyers, Law Students, Law School Administrators, And Language (Oct. 22, 2021) The Atlantic, A Worrisome Peek Inside Yale Law’s Diversity Bureaucracy (Oct. 23, 2021) Washington Free Beacon, Backlash Against Media Coverage Of The Yale Law School 'Trap House' Email (Oct. 25, 2021) Trent Colbert (Yale 2L), Why I Didn’t Apologize For…

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