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