Council of the ABA Section of Legal Education and Admissions to the Bar, ABA Memorandum From Bridget Mary McCormack (Council Chair) & William Adams (Managing Director of Accreditation and Legal Education) Council of the ABA Section of Legal Education and Admissions to the Bar, Notice of Compliance and Removal of Baylor Law School's Requirements of…

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Bloomberg Law, Law School Can Cover Underground Railroad Murals, 2nd Cir. Says Jonathan Choi (USC) & Daniel Schwarcz (Minnesota), AI Assistance in Legal Analysis: An Empirical Study Jessica Findley, Adriana Cimetta, Heidi Burross, Katherine Cheng, Matt Charles, Cayley Balser, Ran Li & Christopher Robertson (Arizona), JD-Next: A Valid and Reliable Tool to Predict Diverse Students’…

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Abdi Aidid (Toronto; Blue J Legal) & Benjamin Alarie (Toronto; CEO, Blue J Legal), The Legal Singularity: How Artificial Intelligence Can Make Law Radically Better Colin Black (Suffolk), The Rise and Fall of the Mental Health Inquiry for Bar Admission Paul Caron (Dean, Pepperdine), The Fall 2023 Admissions Season: Applicants Are Down 1.9%, As Law…

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ABA Journal, Doing Their Homework: These Incoming Law Students Relied Less on School Rankings and More on Other Factors—Including Comfort Level ABA Journal, Will the Prestige of Purdue University Help Concord Law? Bradley A. Areheart (Tennessee), The Top 100 Law Reviews: A Reference Guide Based on Historical USNWR Data Bloomberg Law, The Future of Legal…

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ABA Journal, Golden Gate Law Students With Free Tuition Plan to Stay at the School Despite Concerns Michael Conklin (Angelo State University), Boycotts, Race, Rankings, and Howard Law School's Peculiar Position Nyamagaga Gondwe (Wisconsin), TaxProf Blog op-ed:  The Legal Academic Job Market: 5 Tips for Screening Interview and Job-Talk Prep Law.com, ASU Law School Welcomes…

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Announcement, Phyllis Taite Leaves Oklahoma City For University Of Oklahoma Bradley A. Areheart (Tennessee), The Top 100 Law Reviews: A Reference Guide Based on Historical USNWR Data Sam Barder (J.D. 2023, Illinois) & Jennifer K. Robbennolt (Illinois), Optimistic Overconfidence: A Study of Law Student Academic Predictions Josh Blackman (South Texas), A Former Law Examiner Comments On the…

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Announcement, Blaine Saito Leaves Northeastern For Ohio State John G. Browning (Spencer Fane LLP), Righting Past Wrongs: Posthumous Bar Admissions and the Quest for Racial Justice Chronicle of Higher Education, Stanford Law’s Diversity Dean Departs After Campus-Speaker Controversy Climate Defiance, We Shut Down Harvard Climate Event And Demanded That Law Prof Jody Freeman Be Fired…

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David Bell (Princeton): Chronicle of Higher Education Op-Ed, Where Does Your Department Stand on Abortion? Antiracism? Immigration? Josh Blackman (South Texas), NextGen Bar Exam MC Questions Only Require Takers To Spot Issues, And Not Apply the Rules Chronicle of Higher Education, ‘U.S. News’ Took a Hit on Rankings. Its Competitors Say They’re Doing Just Fine.…

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AALS, Conference on Affirmative Action (July 10)  Paul Caron (Dean, Pepperdine), More Legal Education Reaction To The Supreme Court's Affirmative Action Decisions Matthew Diller (Dean, Fordham): National Law Journal Op-Ed,  Problem Not Solved: A Closer Look at the New US News Law School Ranking Formula Fordham Colloquium, In Memory of Deborah Rhode Tal Fortgang (J.D.…

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Robert George (McCormick Professor of Jurisprudence, Princeton University; Nootbaar Honorary Distinguished Professor of Law, Pepperdine Caruso Law School), The Atlantic:  Universities Shouldn’t Be Ideological Churches Neil Hamilton (St. Thomas), Student Professional Identity Formation and the Foundational Skill of Building a Tent of Professional Relationships to Support the Student Houston Chronicle, Texas Southern University Settles Lawsuit…

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AALS Institutional Advancement Conference, Making a Difference in a Changing World AAUP, Inflation-Adjusted Faculty Salaries Continue To Plummet ABA Journal, As Culture Wars Continue, City University of New York School of Law Is Latest Target Doris Del Tosto Brogan (Villanova), Stories of Leadership, Good and Bad: Another Modest Proposal for Teaching Leadership in Law Schools…

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ABA Council, Notice of Finding of Significant Noncompliance With Standards 501(a) and 501(b)  ABA Journal, These Law Schools Did Best in Blog's 'Omnibus Specialty Rankings' Based on US News Data Rory Bahadur (Washburn) & Kevin Ruth (PhD Mathematics, Miami), Chat Gpt-4 Understands Academic Attrition's Impact on Bar Passage But Does Anyone Else? Jeffrey Baker (Pepperdine)…

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2024 U.S. News Dispute Resolution Rankings 2024 U.S. News Environmental Law Rankings 2024 U.S. News Health Care Law Rankings 2024 U.S. News Intellectual Property Law Rankings 2024 U.S. News International Law Rankings Prentiss Cox (Minnesota), 1L Curricula in the United States: 2023 Data and Historical Comparison Daniel Judge (Notre Dame), Catholic Legal Education and the…

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2024 U.S. News Business/Corporate Law Rankings 2024 U.S. News Clinical Training Rankings 2024 U.S. News Constitutional Law Rankings 2024 U.S. News Contracts/Commercial Law Rankings 2024 U.S. News Criminal Law Rankings ABA, Winners Of The 22nd Annual Law Student Tax Challenge ABA Journal, Law schools should take on students' mental health and substance use from day…

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Paul Caron (Dean, Pepperdine), 2024 U.S. News Law School Peer Reputation Rankings (And Overall Rankings) Paul Caron (Dean, Pepperdine), The Impact Of The U.S. News Law School Rankings Boycott On Peer Reputation Paul Caron (Dean, Pepperdine), Methodology Changes In The New 2024 U.S. News Law School Rankings Paul Caron (Dean, Pepperdine), The Law Schools Most…

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Josh Blackman (South Texas), Law Schools Face An Inflection Point With Diversity, Equity And Inclusion Paul Caron (Dean, Pepperdine), Pepperdine Caruso Law's New Religious Clinic Engages Its First Direct Representation Of Clients: Two New Jersey Churches Denied County Historic Preservation Funds Paul Caron (Dean, Pepperdine), What Is Causing The 3+ Week Delay In The U.S.…

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ABA Journal Op-Ed, The ABA Needs Ideological Diversity to Ensure Its Future ABA Section of Legal Education, Employment Data for Graduating Law Class of 2022 Neil Buchanan (Florida), A Public Statement About Law Students (and Others) Acting Like Children, from a Fictional University President— Or, the Stanford Incident is Not What You Think BYU, ChatGPT…

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ABA Journal, Stanford Law's Black Law Students Association Pulls Out of Recruiting Activities After Federalist Society Event Vikram David Amar (Dean, Illinois) & Jason Mazzone (Illinois), What Law Students Should Take Away from the Stanford Law School Controversy Involving Disruption of a Federal Judge’s Speech: Part One in a Series, Part II Paul Caron (Dean,…

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ABA, First-Time Bar Pass Rates: 83% For Whites, 57% For Blacks ABA Journal, How Can Law Schools Comply With Faculty Diversity Accreditation Standards? Some Deans Have Questions Paul Caron (Dean, Pepperdine), 90% Through The Fall 2023 Law School Admissions Season: Applicants Are Down -3.7%, With Biggest Decline (-8.0%) In The 150-154 LSAT Band Paul Caron…

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Paul Caron (Dean, Pepperdine), More Commentary On The Disruption Of A Federal Judge's Speech At Stanford Law School (Part 5) Chronicle of Higher Education, A Plagiarism Detector Will Try to Catch Students Who Cheat With ChatGPT Scott Fruehwald (Legal Skills Prof Blog), Why I Wrote Think Like A Lawyer Milan Markovic (Texas A&M), Protecting the…

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David Bernstein (George Mason), More Elite Law Student Foolishness, This Time at Columbia Paul Caron (Dean, Pepperdine), The Law Schools Most Impacted By The Methodology Changes In The Projected 2024 U.S. News Rankings Paul Caron (Dean, Pepperdine), More Commentary On The Disruption Of A Federal Judge's Speech At Stanford Law School (Part 3) Paul Caron…

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Paul Caron (Dean, Pepperdine), 2024 U.S. News Law School Rankings Paul Caron (Dean, Pepperdine), ChatGPT Thinks I Am Way More Interesting Than I Am Paul Caron (Dean, Pepperdine), Dean Martinez's 10-Page Letter To The Stanford Community About The Disruption Of Judge Duncan's Speech Chicago Sun-Times Op-Ed:  When a Professor Makes Obnoxious Remarks on Race and Culture,…

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David Bernstein (George Mason), New Law School "Mismatch" Data from UCLA Lawprof Richard Sander Josh Blackman (South Texas), Is The DEI Juice Worth The Squeeze? Paul Caron (Dean, Pepperdine), Preview Of The 2024 U.S. News Law School Rankings: Employment Paul Caron (Dean, Pepperdine), Preview Of The 2024 U.S. News Law School Rankings: First-Time Bar Passage…

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