Friday, December 31, 2021
2021 Legal Education Year-In-Review
Law.com, 2021 Legal Education Year-in-Review: US News Kerfuffle, Bar Exam Drama, Law School Scandals and More:
U.S. News & World Report Rankings Controversy
Early in 2021, the U.S. News & World Report rankings that came under scrutiny after undergoing three revisions, the third of which came two days before the official rankings were released. ...
- U.S. News Makes Last-Minute Changes to Law School Rankings, Fueling Criticism And Concern
- U.S. News Issues THIRD Version Of Law School Rankings In Advance Of Their Public Release On Tuesday (12:01 AM ET)
Other Law School Rankings
Bar Exam Changes and Controversies
- NCBE: The Next Generation Of The Bar Exam
- NCBE Approves Complete Overhaul Of The Bar Exam
- Remote Bar Examinees Report Blank Screens, Lost Time, Panic, And Looking 'Death In The Eye'
- California Grants Some Unsuccessful Bar Examinees a Mulligan
Acceptance of the GRE
- 69 Law Schools Now Accept The GRE For Admissions
- ABA Releases Consultant's Report On Use Of GRE In Law School Admissions, Establishes Verification Program For GRE Scores
- Should Law Schools Fully Embrace The GRE? New Report Urges Caution.
- ABA Permits Law Schools To Accept GRE Scores In Lieu Of The LSAT
- The Use Of The GRE In Law School Admissions After The ABA's Green Light
- The Wins and Woes of Data Collection
Law School Scandals
CUNY
- CUNY Law School Dean Resigns After Referring To Herself As A 'Slaveholder' At Faculty Meeting; She Pleads With University To Immediately Appoint An Interim Dean
- NY Times: Why Did The Dean Of The Most Diverse Law School In America Cancel Herself?
- Josh Blackman Defends CUNY Dean Mary Lu Bilek
Georgetown
- Georgetown Law School Fires Professor For ‘Abhorrent’ Remarks About Black Students Captured On Zoom
- We Can’t Address Systemic Racism If We Can’t Discuss It Without Backlash
Miami
- University Of Miami President Fires Tony Varona After Less Than Two Years As Dean; Tenured Faculty Protests Decision; Varona's Lawyer Says He Will Contest The Firing
- Outrage Grows Over Firing Of Tony Verona After Less Than Two Years As Miami Dean. Did Minor Declines In U.S. News Ranking And Bar Passage Rate Play A Role?
- More Fallout Over Miami Dean's Firing: Faculty Senate Unanimously Urges Reinstatement; Vice-Dean Resigns; University Agrees To Meet With Faculty; Dean Claims President Defamed Him
- Miami Law Alumni Slam Firing Of Dean; AALS Section Demands Investigation To Determine Whether Tony Varona Was Targeted Due To His Gay And Hispanic Status
- University Of Miami Faculty Senate Unanimously Condemns Firing Of Dean Tony Varona And Urges His Reinstatement
- SALT Calls For Review Of Dismissal Of University Of Miami Law Dean Tony Varona, 'UM’s First Latinx And Openly Gay Dean'
- Was This Law Dean Fired Because He's Gay? His Supporters Want Answers
- University Of Miami President Doubles Down On Decision To Fire Tony Varona After Less Than Two Years As Dean
- Miami Searches For Interim Dean After Controversial Firing Of Tony Varona, Who Sought To Reduce Overhead Tax Law School Pays To University
- Tony Varona Takes The High Road In His Farewell Message After Being Fired Less Than 2 Years Into His Deanship
- University Of Miami Appoints Acting Law School Dean; Faculty Demands Investigation Into Firing Of Tony Varona
- Sixteen Miami Faculty Demand Answers To Questions Surrounding Firing Of Dean Tony Varona
- Miami Law Community Seeks Answers On Firing Of Tony Varona As Acting Dean Takes Over
Stanford
Yale
- At Yale Law School, a Party Invitation Ignites a Firestorm
- Yale Law School Triggers Me
- Yale Law Student Who Sent 'Trap House' Email Faces Removal As 2L Rep
- Yale Law School’s Bullying, Coercive Diversity Leaders
- Racism, Conservatism And Free Speech At Yale Law School
- Lawyers, Law Students, Law School Administrators, And Language
- A Worrisome Peek Inside Yale Law’s Diversity Bureaucracy
- Backlash Against Media Coverage Of The Yale Law School 'Trap House' Email
- Why I Didn’t Apologize For That Yale Law School Email: 'We Must End The Culture Of Performative Repentance'
- An Open Letter To Yale Law School Dean Heather Gerken
- The Newest Insanity Out Of Yale Law School
- Where Yale Law School Has Gone Off The Rails, And What Is Needed To Get Back On Track
- Yale Law School And The Federalist Society: Caught In A Bad Romance?
- Yale's Akhil Amar Calls Law School Administration's Handling Of 'Trap House' Email Controversy 'Dishonest, Duplicitous, And Downright Deplorable'
- More On The Two Yale Law School Controversies
- Yale Law School Dean Heather Gerken Admits Error, Stops Short Of Apologizing To Targeted Students; Law Prof Calls For Conservative Yale 1Ls To Transfer
- More On The Yale And UIC Law School Controversies
- A Second Open Letter: 'A Take On Where Things Stand'
- Yale Law Faculty Meets Amidst Multiple Scandals And Controversies
- Yale Law Faculty Meets Today With Dean Review Advisory Committee To Discuss Reappointment Of Heather Gerken
- Will Heather Gerken Be Reappointed As Dean of Yale Law School?
- Gripped By ‘Dinner Party-gate,’ Yale Law School Confronts A Venomous Divide
- The Tiger Mom and the Hornet’s Nest
- What Is Going On At Yale Law School?
- Two Students Sue Yale Law School For Retaliation In Amy Chua Case
- More On The Two Yale Law School Controversies
- Alums Debate The State Of Yale Law School
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