Legal Education:  Paul Caron (Dean, Pepperdine), Fellowships For Aspiring Law Professors (Updated 2024-25 Edition) ABA Legal Ed Counsel Changes to Proposed Accreditation Standards On Diversity, Rights Of Non-Tenure-Track Faculty Proposed Accreditation Standards On Learning Outcomes, Assessment, And 1L Faculty Sent To ABA House Of Delegates Summary Of Actions Taken At August 16 Meeting Gregory Sisk…

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Legal Education:  Chronicle of Higher Education, Federal Court Issues Injunction Prohibiting UCLA From Allowing Antisemitic Encampments To Block Jewish Students From Areas Of Campus Chronicle of Higher Education Op-Ed (Mark Moyar, Hillsdale College), A Conservative Professor On Academe’s Political Conformity Nachman Gutowski (UNLV), Ashley London (Duquesne), Steven Foster (Oklahoma City) & Taylor Israel (Thomas Jefferson),…

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Legal Education:  Bryce Clayton Newell (Oregon), 2024 Meta-Ranking Of Flagship U.S. Law Reviews ABA Resolution 514 & Resolution 515, ABA ‘Urges’ Law Schools To Permit Paid Externships And Encourage Pay Transparency In OCI Derek Muller (Notre Dame), When Should Law Students Decline A Judicial Clerkship? ABA Journal, 900-Lawyer Duane Morris Sued For Misclassifying Non-Equity Partners…

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Legal Education:  Todd Zywicki (George Mason), How Law School Got Woke The Princeton Review, 2024 Law School Rankings: Overall Ranking Wall Street Journal, Merit, Excellence And Intelligence: An Anti-DEI Approach Catches On In Companies — Is Higher Ed Next? Steven Dean (Boston University), The Law School Hiring Market Undervalues Women, Minorities  Washington Post, Wait, Is…

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Legal Education:  Noah Feldman (Harvard), Why Yale Law Is So Good At Producing Reactionaries Like JD Vance Princeton Review Law School Rankings:  Academic Experience  Admissions Selectivity Career Rating Professors (Accessibility) Professors (Teaching) Professors (Teaching And Accessibility) Nancy Levit (UMKC) & Allen Rostron (UMKC), Fall 2024 Law Review Article Submission Guide  Matt Lawrence (Emory), One Professor’s…

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Legal Education:  Inside Higher Ed, Columbia Law Professor Katherine Franke May Be Fired Following Complaint Filed By Two Colleagues New York Times, Sullivan & Cromwell Will Use Background Checks To Weed Out Antisemitic Prospective Hires AccessLex, Undergraduate GPA Growth Is A Superior Metric In Law School Admissions Nicholas Mignanelli (Yale), The Legal Tech Bro Blues:…

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Legal Education:  Chronicle of Higher Education Op-Ed (Steven Teles), Why Are There So Few Conservative Professors?  Scott Devito (Jacksonville), As The Percentage Of Accommodated Students In A Law School Increases, Its First-Time Bar Pass Rate Decreases Becket, UCLA Defends Facilitating Antisemitic Encampments On Campus The Hill, Law Schools Left Reeling After Latest Supreme Court Earthquakes…

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Legal Education:  Washington Post, Lawsuit: Northwestern’s Law School Is Biased Against White Men in Hiring New York Times, How A Trump-Beating, #MeToo Legal Legend Lost Her Law Firm Lisa Smith-Butler (Charleston), The Upper-Level Writing Paper and the Law Review Article: How to Tell Your Story ABA Journal, Online Purdue Global Law School To Add Full-Time…

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Legal Education:  Law360, UC-Berkeley Law Student Dinner Leads To Lawsuit By Jewish Advocacy Group Over Alleged Antisemitic Campaign Against Dean And University Civil Rights Investigation Of Alleged Harassment Of Muslim Student By His Law Professor Wife Paul Caron (Dean, Pepperdine), Law Prof Commentary On The Campus Protests Aaron Sibarium (Washington Free Beacon), 13 Federal Judges…

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Legal Education:  Washington Post Op-Ed (Paul Berman), Punish Columbia Professors, Not Students Protesters, For The Intellectual Degeneration On Campus  Vivia Chen, A 47-Year Old Lawyer Dies. Is Big Law To Blame?  The Atlantic (Erwin Chemerinsky), No One Has A Right To Protest In My Home  Law.com, Pro-Palestinian Protests Disrupt Law School Finals And Commencement Ceremonies…

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Legal Education:  U.S. News Specialty Rankings Omnibus Specialty Rankings Omnibus Specialty Rankings v. Overall Rankings International Law Legal Writing  Trial Advocacy New York Times, 54 Columbia Law Faculty Condemn Administration For Disciplinary Action Against Anti-Israel Student Protesters Law.com, 27 Law Schools (Including Cornell (Est. 1887) & Michigan (Est. 1859)) Have Not Had A Woman Dean…

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Legal Education:  Paul Caron (Dean, Pepperdine), U.S. News Rankings Potpourri: Waning Influence, Penalizing 53 Boycotting Law Schools, And Declining T14 Lawyer|Judge Reputation Scores  Charleston Gazette-Mail, Over 40% Of Full-Time Faculty Depart West Virginia Law School  Paul Caron (Dean, Pepperdine), More Commentary On Student Protest At Berkeley Law Dean Chemerinsky's Home  Timothy Fisher (Dean, Connecticut (2013-2020)),…

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Legal Education:  Donald Tobin (Maryland), The Silly U.S. News Law School Rankings  U.S. News, 2024-25 Law School Peer Reputation Rankings (And Overall Rankings)  U.S. News Specialty Rankings Tax Business/Corporate Law Clinical Training Constitutional Law Derek Muller (Notre Dame), Law Schools That Don’t Double The Size Of Their Career Development Departments In Response To U.S. News…

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Legal Education:  The Atlantic, The War At Stanford LawProfBlawg, What Do Law Professor Campaign Contributions Say About Their Politics? Will Baude (Chicago), Teaching Constitutional Law In A Crisis Of Judicial Legitimacy. Law.com, ABA Proposal To Allow Accreditation Of Fully Online Law Schools Receives Overwhelming Support Chronicle of Higher Education Op-Ed (Kevin McClure), Your Pay Is…

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Legal Education:  Paul Caron (Dean, Pepperdine), 2024-25 U.S. News Law School Rankings Paul Caron (Dean, Pepperdine), Preview Of The 2024-25 U.S. News Law School Rankings: Overall Ranking Paul Caron (Dean, Pepperdine), Reading The U.S. News Law School Rankings Tea Leaves Law.com, 2024 Law School Rankings By Graduates In BigLaw Jobs Memphis Commercial Appeal, Provost Says Former…

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Legal Education:  Paul Caron (Dean, Pepperdine), Preview Of The 2024-25 U.S. News Law School Rankings: Student Outcomes Paul Caron (Dean, Pepperdine), Preview Of The 2024-25 U.S. News Law School Rankings: Ultimate Bar Passage Paul Caron (Dean, Pepperdine), Preview Of The 2024-25 U.S. News Law School Rankings: Employment Paul Caron (Dean, Pepperdine), Preview Of The 2024-25 U.S. News Law School…

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Legal Education:  New York Sun, Donna Adelson Feuded With Murder Victim Dan Markel Over Kosher Meals For Her Grandchildren  Paul Caron (Dean, Pepperdine), Preview Of The 2024-25 U.S. News Law School Rankings: Median LSAT Paul Caron (Dean, Pepperdine), Preview Of The 2024-25 U.S. News Law School Rankings: Median UGPA Paul Caron (Dean, Pepperdine), Preview Of…

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Legal Education:  Chronicle of Higher Education, Former Penn President Shatters Record For Highest-Paid College President: $22,866,127  Philadelphia Inquirer, Amy Wax Appeals Sanctions Imposed By Penn Faculty Senate (1-Year Suspension At 50% Pay, Loss Of Chair)  Inside Higher Ed, Colorado Settles Discrimination And Retaliation Lawsuit By Paying Senior Tenured Law Prof $60,000 Plus $100,000 Attorney’s Fees …

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