Following up on my previous post:  Harvard Crimson, Class Action Lawsuit Demanding Tuition Reimbursement Moves Forward After Judge Reverses Dismissal: In June 2021, Massachusetts District Court Judge Indira Talwani dismissed a class action lawsuit against Harvard University asking for partial tuition reimbursement for semesters with virtual classes. Nearly a year later, a new judge assigned…

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New York Times, Help Wanted: Adjunct Professor, Must Have Doctorate. Salary: $0. The job posting for an assistant adjunct professor at the University of California, Los Angeles, set high expectations for candidates: A Ph.D. in chemistry or biochemistry, a strong teaching record at the college level, and three to five letters of recommendation. But there…

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AALS, The American Law School Dean Study: As legal education reaches another watershed moment, understanding the American law school deanship has become more important than ever. The American Law School Dean Study is based primarily on a survey of the 197 sitting and 222 former law deans who served between 2010 and 2020. The Study was designed…

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Following up on my previous post, A Message From Dean Gerken On The March 10 Protest:  Yale Daily News, Moderator Denounces Law School Protesters in Faculty-Wide Memo: Law professor Kate Stith, who moderated the March 10 panel that was disrupted by student protesters, sent tenured law faculty a blistering memorandum on Thursday arguing that the students…

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ABA Journal, Here's What Could Have Been Behind the Shake-Ups in US News Rankings, Say Some Deans ABA Journal, Lateral Hiring Rebounded at an Unprecedented Rate of Nearly 111% in 2021, NALP Says ABA Journal, Law Schools' Impact on Justice: U.S. Legal Education Advances Rule of Law Around the World ABA Journal, Richard Posner's Lawyer…

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Update: Yale Daily News, Moderator Denounces Law School Protesters in Faculty-Wide Memo (Apr. 4, 2022) Philadelphia Statement, Over 1,400 Political, Legal, And Academic Leaders Urge Yale Law School To Protect Free Speech (Apr. 11, 2022) Washington Post Op-Ed:  Free Speech Doesn’t Mean Hecklers Get to Shut Down Campus Debate, by Erwin Chemerinsky (Dean, UC-Berkeley) & Howard Gillman (Chancellor,…

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Update: Erwin Chemerinsky (Dean, UC-Berkeley) & Howard Gillman (Chancellor, UC-Irvine), Free Speech Doesn’t Mean Hecklers Get to Shut Down Campus Debate (Mar. 30, 2022) Yale Daily News, Moderator Denounces Law School Protesters in Faculty-Wide Memo (Apr. 4, 2022) Philadelphia Statement, Over 1,400 Political, Legal, And Academic Leaders Urge Yale Law School To Protect Free Speech (Apr. 11, 2022) Following…

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Law.com, NCBE Seeks Public Comment on Proposed Bar Exam Changes: A new bar exam slated to debut in 2026, which will test more skills and fewer subjects than its current incarnation, is now ready for public comment from legal professionals. The National Conference of Bar Examiners has asked the legal community to weigh in on…

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ABA Journal, Federal Appeals Judge Advises Colleagues to Think Carefully Before Hiring Yale Law School Protesters Above the Law, Banning Law School Protests To Protect Free Speech Marks New Orwellian Heights Above the Law, ‘Legal Experts’ Need To Stop Deliberately Misleading People About The First Amendment Above the Law, Now Might Be The Best Time…

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Law.com, Every Black Law Dean in the US Signs Letter to Senate Supporting Jackson's SCOTUS Nomination: All 40 Black law deans from law schools across the country united to send a letter to the U.S. Senate on Thursday expressing support for Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson’s nomination to the U.S. Supreme Court. “To see all Black…

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Inside Higher Ed, Student Interest in Law School Rose During The Pandemic: Student interest in legal education has ballooned in recent years, driven by the pandemic, the movement for racial justice and a hot job market, experts say. “All the events that we’ve had—the pandemic, the Jan. 6 Capitol insurgence, the Black Lives Matter movement, the…

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Wall Street Journal, University of Southern California Pulls Out of Education-School Rankings, Citing Data Errors: The University of Southern California is withdrawing its education school from U.S. News & World Report’s graduate-school rankings after determining it had provided the publication with inaccurate data going back at least five years. … USC tied at No. 11…

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Update:  Kristen Waggoner (General Counsel, Alliance Defending Freedom), 'Keep the Faith': How A Hostile Encounter With Yale Law Students Emboldened Me To Speak The Truth With Kindness (Mar. 27, 2022) A Message From Yale Dean Gerken On The March 10 Protest (Mar. 30, 2022) Erwin Chemerinsky (Dean, UC-Berkeley) & Howard Gillman (Chancellor, UC-Irvine), Free Speech Doesn’t Mean…

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Update: David Lat, Free Speech At Yale Law School: One Progressive's Perspective (Mar. 24, 2022) Kristen Waggoner (General Counsel, Alliance Defending Freedom), 'Keep the Faith': How A Hostile Encounter With Yale Law Students Emboldened Me To Speak The Truth With Kindness (Mar. 27, 2022) A Message From Yale Dean Gerken On The March 10 Protest (Mar. 30, 2022)…

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Following up on Friday's post, Is Free Speech In American Law Schools A Lost Cause?:  Wall Street Journal Op-Ed:  Mob Rule and Cancel Culture at Hastings Law School, by Ilya Shapiro: I’ve given more than 1,000 speeches in my career, and I’d never been protested—until March 1, when dozens of students shut down my event…

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Los Angeles Op-Ed:  I Nearly Died From COVID. Now I’m Letting Go of the Fear., by David Lat (Original Jurisdiction): Two years ago, I was in a hospital bed on the 15th floor of NYU Langone hospital in Manhattan, dying of COVID-19. A previously healthy, 44-year-old runner, I found myself impossibly weak, unable to walk…

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New York Times, Hoping to Identify Cheaters, a Professor Sues His Own Students: David Berkovitz, who teaches business law at Chapman University in Orange, Calif., sued an unnamed group of his students — identified only as “Does” — after he discovered that his midterm and final exams had been uploaded to a popular website. ……

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Update: Aaron Sibarium (Common Sense with Bari Weiss), Law School As A 'Panopticon'; Yale's Kate Stith: 'Law Schools Are In Crisis' (Mar. 23, 2022) David Lat, Free Speech At Yale Law School: One Progressive's Perspective (Mar. 24, 2022) Kristen Waggoner (General Counsel, Alliance Defending Freedom), 'Keep the Faith': How A Hostile Encounter With Yale Law Students Emboldened Me…

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Wall Street Journal, Carson Block’s Latest Short Target Is a Columbia Law Professor: A federal criminal investigation into short sellers has spawned a behind-the-scenes feud between a law professor whose research is helping to guide prosecutors and one of the most prominent investors in their sights. Carson Block, known for public broadsides against companies he…

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Update: Wall Street Journal & David Lat, The Right And Left Agree: It Is Time For Yale Law School To Stand Up To Progressive Opponents Of Free Speech (Mar. 22, 2022) Aaron Sibarium (Common Sense with Bari Weiss), Law School As A 'Panopticon'; Yale's Kate Stith: 'Law Schools Are In Crisis' (Mar. 23, 2022) David Lat, Free…

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ABA Journal, Alumnus Gives Law School $15M For Full Tuition Scholarships ABA Journal, Law School Mistakenly Informed Student's Family That She Had Died ABA Journal, Racial Justice Clinic Announced for University of Minnesota Law School Above the Law, Attrition, Anti-Pedigree, Advice, And Appetite Above the Law, The Best Law Schools For Getting A Biglaw Job…

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Following up on my previous post, Harvard 2L Walks Away From Summer Associate Job In NYC To Protest Law Firm's Work In Russia; Other Offers Come Pouring In: Law.com, Harvard Law 2L Who Gave Up Summer Associate Job Launches New Effort Urging Law Firms to Cut Ties With Russian Clients: Ryan Donahue, a 2L at…

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Update: Derek Muller (Iowa), Federal Judges Have Already Begun To Drift Away From Hiring Yale Law Clerks (Mar. 21, 2022) Wall Street Journal & David Lat, The Right And Left Agree: It Is Time For Yale Law School To Stand Up To Progressive Opponents Of Free Speech (Mar. 22, 2022) Aaron Sibarium (Common Sense with Bari…

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