Paul L. Caron
Dean
Pepperdine Caruso
School of Law
Legal Ed News
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Muller: Winners And Losers In The Elimination Of At-Graduation Employment In The U.S. News Law School Rankings
Following up on my previous post, In Response To Boycott, U.S. News Dramatically Changes Law School Rankings Methodology. Who Are The Winners And Losers? Will Harvard Be #1?: Derek Muller (Iowa; Google Scholar), Which Law Schools Are Affected the Most by the USNWR Dropping at-Graduation Employment Rates?: Following up on my post, “Who's likely to benefit from
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Legal Ed News Roundup
AALS, Highlights from the 2022 Annual Meeting ABA Journal, Berkeley Law Dean Thinks School Is On ‘Strong Legal Ground’ After Student Groups Ban Zionist Speakers ABA Journal, Sotomayor Says She Felt ‘Sense Of Despair’ In Previous SCOTUS Term Jonathan Adler (Case Western), Justice Sotomayor Tells Law Professors She Felt "Shell Shocked" After Last Supreme Court
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Legal Ed News Roundup
AALS, Highlights from the 2022 Annual Meeting ABA Journal, Berkeley Law Dean Thinks School Is On ‘Strong Legal Ground’ After Student Groups Ban Zionist Speakers ABA Journal, Sotomayor Says She Felt ‘Sense Of Despair’ In Previous SCOTUS Term Jonathan Adler (Case Western), Justice Sotomayor Tells Law Professors She Felt "Shell Shocked" After Last Supreme Court
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U.S. News Law School Rankings Boycott Scorecard
Updated U.S. News Law School Rankings Boycott Scorecard U.S. News Rank Boycott (25) Yale 1 Stanford 2 Columbia 4 Harvard 4 Penn 6 NYU 7 Virginia 8 UC-Berkeley 9 Michigan 10 Duke 11 Northwestern 13 Georgetown 14 UCLA 15 Fordham 37 UC-Davis 37 UC-Irvine 37 U Wash 49 UC-San Francisco 51 St. John’s 84
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U.S. News Law School Rankings Boycott Scorecard
Updated U.S. News Law School Rankings Boycott Scorecard U.S. News Rank Boycott (25) Yale 1 Stanford 2 Columbia 4 Harvard 4 Penn 6 NYU 7 Virginia 8 UC-Berkeley 9 Michigan 10 Duke 11 Northwestern 13 Georgetown 14 UCLA 15 Fordham 37 UC-Davis 37 UC-Irvine 37 U Wash 49 UC-San Francisco 51 St. John’s 84
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What Is Behind Growing Faculty Dissatisfaction?
Inside Higher Ed, Avoiding ‘The Big Quit’ in the New Year: Colleges and universities saw greater numbers of departures last year. In Inside Higher Ed’s 2022 Survey of College and University Chief Academic Officers, 79 percent of provosts observed that their faculty members were leaving a somewhat higher to significantly higher rates in comparison to past data trends.
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What Is Behind Growing Faculty Dissatisfaction?
Inside Higher Ed, Avoiding ‘The Big Quit’ in the New Year: Colleges and universities saw greater numbers of departures last year. In Inside Higher Ed’s 2022 Survey of College and University Chief Academic Officers, 79 percent of provosts observed that their faculty members were leaving a somewhat higher to significantly higher rates in comparison to past data trends.
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With UC-SF, St. John’s, And Idaho: 23 Schools Are Now Boycotting The U.S. News Law School Rankings
UC Law SF Opts Out of U.S. News Rankings Participation: Statement of Chancellor & Dean David Faigman:The new rankings methodology announced earlier this week by U.S. News & World Report (“US News”) in a recent email to law school deans fails to address many of the most fundamental flaws with its ranking system and, in
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With UC-SF, St. John’s, And Idaho: 23 Schools Are Now Boycotting The U.S. News Law School Rankings
UC Law SF Opts Out of U.S. News Rankings Participation: Statement of Chancellor & Dean David Faigman:The new rankings methodology announced earlier this week by U.S. News & World Report (“US News”) in a recent email to law school deans fails to address many of the most fundamental flaws with its ranking system and, in
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More Coverage Of The U.S. News Law School Rankings Methodology Changes
ABA Journal, US News Changes Its Rankings System Amid Boycotts By Most Top Law Schools Bloomberg, US News Alters Law School Rankings After Yale, Harvard Quit CNN, U.S. News & World Report Is Changing How It Ranks Law Schools Forbes, Following Recent Protest, U. S. News Will Revise How It Ranks Law Schools The Guardian,
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More Coverage Of The U.S. News Law School Rankings Methodology Changes
ABA Journal, US News Changes Its Rankings System Amid Boycotts By Most Top Law Schools Bloomberg, US News Alters Law School Rankings After Yale, Harvard Quit CNN, U.S. News & World Report Is Changing How It Ranks Law Schools Forbes, Following Recent Protest, U. S. News Will Revise How It Ranks Law Schools The Guardian,
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Muller: Did Schools Boycotting The U.S. News Rankings Kill Law Faculty’s Golden Goose?
Derek Muller (Iowa; Google Scholar), By Knocking Off Expenditure Metrics and Devaluing Peer Reputation Scores in the New USNWR Formula, Did Law Schools Just Kill the Faculty's Golden Goose?: As Aesop tells it, there was a goose that laid golden eggs. The greedy farmer saw the goose and thought there must be more gold inside the
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Muller: Did Schools Boycotting The U.S. News Rankings Kill Law Faculty’s Golden Goose?
Derek Muller (Iowa; Google Scholar), By Knocking Off Expenditure Metrics and Devaluing Peer Reputation Scores in the New USNWR Formula, Did Law Schools Just Kill the Faculty's Golden Goose?: As Aesop tells it, there was a goose that laid golden eggs. The greedy farmer saw the goose and thought there must be more gold inside the
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The Top 10 Legal Education Posts Of 2022
Paul Caron (Dean, Pepperdine), Preview Of The 2023 U.S. News Law School Rankings: Admissions Paul Caron (Dean, Pepperdine), Law School Rankings By Fall 2021 Median LSAT Scores Bryce Clayton Newell (Oregon), 2022 Meta-Ranking Of Flagship U.S. Law Reviews David Lat (Original Jurisdiction), The Dan Markel Murder Case: Is Wendi Adelson Now A Suspect? U.S. News &
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The Top 10 Legal Education Posts Of 2022
Paul Caron (Dean, Pepperdine), Preview Of The 2023 U.S. News Law School Rankings: Admissions Paul Caron (Dean, Pepperdine), Law School Rankings By Fall 2021 Median LSAT Scores Bryce Clayton Newell (Oregon), 2022 Meta-Ranking Of Flagship U.S. Law Reviews David Lat (Original Jurisdiction), The Dan Markel Murder Case: Is Wendi Adelson Now A Suspect? U.S. News &
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Legal Ed News Roundup
Arkansas Democrat Gazette, Panel Faults Handling of Law School Positions; UALR Looks at Named Professorships The Atlantic, Why Yale Law School Left the U.S. News & World Report Rankings Daily Business Review, Nova Law Student’s ADA Claims Fail at Eleventh Circuit David Faigman (Chancellor & Dean), Welcome to University of California College of the Law, San
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Legal Ed News Roundup
Arkansas Democrat Gazette, Panel Faults Handling of Law School Positions; UALR Looks at Named Professorships The Atlantic, Why Yale Law School Left the U.S. News & World Report Rankings Daily Business Review, Nova Law Student’s ADA Claims Fail at Eleventh Circuit David Faigman (Chancellor & Dean), Welcome to University of California College of the Law, San
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Halfway Through The Fall 2023 Law School Admissions Season: Applicants Are Down -4%, With Biggest Decline (-9%) In The 160-169 LSAT Band
We are now 50% of the way through Fall 2023 law school admissions season. The number of law school applicants reported by LSAC is down -4.1% compared to last year at this time: 111 of the 198 law schools are experiencing a decrease in applications. Applications are down -20% or more at 10 law schools
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Halfway Through The Fall 2023 Law School Admissions Season: Applicants Are Down -4%, With Biggest Decline (-9%) In The 160-169 LSAT Band
We are now 50% of the way through Fall 2023 law school admissions season. The number of law school applicants reported by LSAC is down -4.1% compared to last year at this time: 111 of the 198 law schools are experiencing a decrease in applications. Applications are down -20% or more at 10 law schools
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Please Join Us: Pepperdine Caruso Law AALS Reception (Friday, Jan. 6)
Pepperdine Caruso Law School invites law professors and deans to a receptionhosted by Dean Paul Caron at the 2023 AALS Annual Meeting in San Diego Friday, Jan. 6, 6:30 – 8:30 p.m.Malibu Room (4th Floor, South Tower) | Marriott (Headquarter Hotel)Please join us for local California wine & beer and hors d'oeuvres
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Please Join Us: Pepperdine Caruso Law AALS Reception (Friday, Jan. 6)
Pepperdine Caruso Law School invites law professors and deans to a receptionhosted by Dean Paul Caron at the 2023 AALS Annual Meeting in San Diego Friday, Jan. 6, 6:30 – 8:30 p.m.Malibu Room (4th Floor, South Tower) | Marriott (Headquarter Hotel)Please join us for local California wine & beer and hors d'oeuvres
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U.S. News Drops Student Loans And Employment-At-Graduation (In Addition To Expenditures-Per-Student) From Forthcoming Law School Rankings
Following up on yesterday's post, In Response To Boycott, U.S. News Dramatically Changes Law School Rankings Methodology. Who Are The Winners And Losers? Will Harvard Be #1?: Reuters, U.S. News & World Report, Facing Backlash, Revamps Its Law School Rankings: Law school admission consultant Mike Spivey said Monday that he expects a slew of additional
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U.S. News Drops Student Loans And Employment-At-Graduation (In Addition To Expenditures-Per-Student) From Forthcoming Law School Rankings
Following up on yesterday's post, In Response To Boycott, U.S. News Dramatically Changes Law School Rankings Methodology. Who Are The Winners And Losers? Will Harvard Be #1?: Reuters, U.S. News & World Report, Facing Backlash, Revamps Its Law School Rankings: Law school admission consultant Mike Spivey said Monday that he expects a slew of additional
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In Response To Boycott, U.S. News Dramatically Changes Law School Rankings Methodology. Who Are The Winners And Losers? Will Harvard Be #1?
Robert Morse (Chief Data Strategist, U.S. News) & Stephanie Salmon (Senior Vice President For Data & Information Strategy, U.S. News), Plans for Publication of the 2023-2024 Best Law Schools: Dear Law School Deans, We are writing to inform you of our plans for the publication of the 2023–2024 Best Law Schools this spring. In recent
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In Response To Boycott, U.S. News Dramatically Changes Law School Rankings Methodology. Who Are The Winners And Losers? Will Harvard Be #1?
Robert Morse (Chief Data Strategist, U.S. News) & Stephanie Salmon (Senior Vice President For Data & Information Strategy, U.S. News), Plans for Publication of the 2023-2024 Best Law Schools: Dear Law School Deans, We are writing to inform you of our plans for the publication of the 2023–2024 Best Law Schools this spring. In recent