Lawsuit Accuses Prominent Law School Dean Of Sexual Harassment (And More)
A new lawsuit levels serious (and salacious) allegations against a leading defender of legal education.
Can Law Reviews Get Any Worse?
Does anyone have anything NICE to say about law reviews today?
Opus 2 Steps Up Its AI Game With Acquisition Of A Legal Tech Startup
With the addition of Uncover’s technology, the litigation software is delivering rapid innovation.
Debating The Utility Of The Third Year Of Law School
On CNBC, we talked about the uselessness of the third year of law school.
Law School Rankings: Who Has The Most Important Professors?
A new ranking of the scholarly impact of legal academics.
Does Tenure Hurt Students?
Harvard Law School professor explains how focusing on teaching students is incompatible with focusing on getting tenure...
Gunner Storms Out Of Class, Sends Pissy Email To His Law Professor
How boring does class have to be before you are within your rights to stomp out?
Schenck Price Competes Smarter With Lexis+ With Protégé
LexisNexis sat down with John Ursin, Managing Partner at Schenck Price, to learn how the firm is using legal AI to strengthen client service and daily legal work.
Inside Straight: The Coming Death Of Law Reviews
The future looks grim for law reviews. Mark Herrmann explains why.
More About Paul Berman’s Departure From the Deanship at GW Law School
What really triggered Dean Berman's departure from George Washington University Law School? Here's what we've heard.
Calling Dr. Law: Yale Will Offer a Ph.D. in Law for Would-Be Legal Academics
Yale Law School will offer a Ph.D. in Law for aspiring law professors. Is this a good idea? We consulted with some current law professors.
Inside Straight: ‘Recreational’ Writing, In-House and Out
Complete honesty is such a dangerous thing. I’m going to give it a shot. I’m posing three questions to myself today. First, why might a lawyer at a law firm choose to write articles? Second, what topics should lawyers write about, and where should they publish the articles? Finally, why might an in-house lawyer choose […]
Filevine’s New Legal AI Platform LOIS Turns AI Into A True Legal Coworker
Legal work isn’t slowing down, and the firms that win won’t be the ones working harder — they’ll be the ones working smarter.
Outsiders Criticize Law Schools, But Will Change Ever Come?
While many of the law school deans and other administrators at the AALS conference acknowledged problems with the system, most of the actual critiquing came from people with no power to change it. Media members criticized law schools, judges criticized law schools, outgoing deans that shamelessly profiteered off of unwitting law students criticized law schools -- and the people who could actually change their systems dutifully listened. But despite all of the critiques, there weren't a lot of schools that seemed ready to institute sweeping change to the business of educating lawyers....
To Stop the ABA, Do We Need to Allow Everybody to Start a Law School?
I’m really enjoying the newfound interest from the New York Times about the state of legal education. Times reporter David Segal seems genuinely interested in recording the growing tragedy of American law schools. Concern from mainstream media is great, but the proposed solutions are a little bit scary. Last month, Segal Slate explored the possibility […]
Richard Epstein and John Yoo on Law School Reform
The topic of whether (and how) to reform legal education remains very hot. The latest New York Times story — by David Segal, who isn’t very popular among law school deans right now — has sparked much online commentary. And it’s not over yet. What do Professors Richard Epstein and John Yoo — two of […]
Quote of the Day: Law Professors Rule (Literally)
[T]he dislike [for legal academics] is a result of law professors being too much in the world. You see, law professors — and I should disclose here that I am one — very nearly run the world, or at least certain parts of the U.S. government. When you include Justice Anthony Kennedy, who taught nights, […]
Should Suffolk Fire Michael Avery For His Anti-Military Comments?
Dear Suffolk University Law School Administrators: Your Michael Avery problem is not going away (and not just because he has tenure). Now, an adjunct law professor currently in Kabul has cut ties with Suffolk because of Avery, and Suffolk is now in the uncomfortable position of de facto supporting Avery's comments against a pissed-off military. What should the school do now?