Weekly Legal Education Roundup

• David Bernstein (George Mason), The Real Story Behind Columbia’s Controversial Law Review Article—And Why It Matters
• Paul Gowder (Northwestern), An Old-Fashioned Bluebook Burning
• Intercept, Student Editors Vote 20-5 To Reject Board's Offer To Bring Columbia Law Review Back Online
• John Lande (Missouri-Columbia), Preparing Law Students for Real-World Practice
• David Lat (Bloomberg Law Op-Ed), U.S. News Law School Rankings Aren’t Useful Anymore To Applicants
• Legal Tech News, Updated Stanford Report Finds High Hallucination Rates on Westlaw AI
• Liberty University, Morse Tan Steps Down As Liberty Law School Dean After 2 1/2 Years; Tax Prof Tim Todd Named Interim Dean

• MLex, Former FTC Commissioner Wright’s Defamation Suit Against Former Students He Dated Can Proceed, Virginia Judge Says
• New York Times, Don’t Say ‘Elite’: Corporate Firms’ New Pitch Is Meritocracy
• New York Times, Columbia Law Review Website Is Taken Offline Over Article Criticizing Israel
• Reuters, LSAT Alternative Gains Popularity as More Law Schools Sign On
• Reuters, Will Removal Of Logic Games From The LSAT End STEM Majors' Dominance In Top Scores?
• Roundup, Legal Ed News
• Karen Sneddon (Dean, Mercer) & Susan Chesler (Arizona State), Raising the Bar: The NextGen Bar Exam and Contract Drafting
• Ashli Tomisich (Wyoming), Learning the Rural Practice of Law
• Toronto Star, TMU Law Students’ Pro-Palestinian Letter ‘Greatly Flawed’ But Didn’t Breach School’s Code of Conduct, External Review Finds
• Vanderbilt Hustler, Vanderbilt Law School to Offer Undergraduate Introduction to Legal Studies Minor Beginning Fall 2024
• Wall Street Journal, Three-Part Series On Former George Mason Law Prof Joshua Wright
• Washington Free Beacon, Columbia Law Review Board Buckles to Student Editors and Publishes Controversial Article

Article of the Week: Karen Sneddon (Dean, Mercer) & Susan Chesler (Arizona S), Raising the Bar: The NextGen Bar Exam and Contract Drafting