Friday, January 10, 2020
Weekly Legal Education Roundup
- AALS, 2019 AALS Law Student Pro Bono Hours Survey Report
- ABA Journal, A better bar exam? Law profs weigh in on whether test accurately measures skills required for law practice
- Ben Barton (Tennessee), The Law School Crash
- Paul Caron (Dean, Pepperdine), The Top 10 Legal Education Posts of the Decade
- Paul Caron (Dean, Pepperdine), The Top 10 Legal Education Posts of 2019
- Harvard Crimson, Harvard Law School Dean Releases Student Well-Being Working Group Report
- Robert Kuehn (Wash U), Refuting the False Trope on Clinical Courses and Bar Passage
- Anne E. Mullins (Stetson), Meta is Better
- Karen Sloan (Law.com), Better Bar Scores, Big Donations, ABA Crackdown: Legal Education in 2019
- Karen Sloan (Law.com), Changes to US News Law School Rankings Met With Skepticism
- Karen Sloan (Law.com), Incoming AALS President: Legal Education Is On an Upswing
- Karen Sloan (Law.com), University of Denver Law Settles Another Pay Discrimination Suit by Female Faculty
- Karen Sloan (Law.com), Why Does It Take So Damn Long to Grade Law School Finals?
- Mike Spivey, ABA 509 Report Data: Applicants Up 3%, Matriculants Down 0.25%
- Mike Spivey, ABA 509 Report Data: Non-LSAT (GRE) Applicants Up 20%
- Mike Spivey, ABA 509 Report Data: The Top 50 Reduced Entering Class Size (-1%), The Non-Top 50 Increased (+3%)
- Mike Spivey, ABA 509 Report Data: Applications
- Mike Spivey, ABA 509 Report Data: LSAT And GPA — 19 Law Schools Increased Their 25th, 50th, And 75th LSAT And GPA
- Mike Spivey, ABA 509 Report Data: Acceptance Rates Fall (To 45%), Yields Increase (To 32%)
- Mike Spivey, ABA 509 Report Data: 73% Of Law Students Receive Scholarships (Up From 49% In 2012)
- Mike Spivey, ABA 509 Report Data: 27% Of Law Students Lost Their Conditional Scholarships
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