Morning Docket

Morning Docket: 12.09.14

* Whoa, the American Bar Association shockingly deferred action on giving InfiLaw its blessing on the takeover of Charleston Law. Perhaps the ABA is turning over a new leaf as to saving law schools? [National Law Journal] * Nevermind. The American Bar Association decided to grant provisional accreditation to the beleaguered LMU Duncan School of Law. Perhaps the ABA's new slogan should be, "Accredit all the law schools!" [Claiborne Progress] * Like it or not, despite their financial constraints, it's likely that many law schools will never close, no matter how terrible they are -- so as long as ABA regulation remains lax and the government keeps feeding students loan dollars to attend. [Daily Caller] * If you read one piece of long-form journalism today, let it be this special report on the Supreme Court's "echo chamber," perhaps better known as the elite members of the SCOTUS bar who hoard all of the cases on the docket for themselves. [Reuters] * In other law school-related news, fewer law school graduates are passing the California bar exam. California's pass rate for the July exam was just 48.6%, and it's been almost a decade since the pass rate was that low. Ouch! [Los Angeles Times]

By Staci Zaretsky on December 09, 2014 9:00 am

* Whoa, the American Bar Association shockingly deferred action on giving InfiLaw its blessing on the takeover of Charleston Law. Perhaps the ABA is turning over a new leaf as to saving law schools? [National Law Journal]

* Nevermind. The American Bar Association decided to grant provisional accreditation to the beleaguered LMU Duncan School of Law. Perhaps the ABA’s new slogan should be, “Accredit all the law schools!” [Claiborne Progress]

* Like it or not, despite their financial constraints, it’s likely that many law schools will never close, no matter how terrible they are — so as long as ABA regulation remains lax and the government keeps feeding students loan dollars to attend. [Daily Caller]

* If you read one piece of long-form journalism today, let it be this special report on the Supreme Court’s “echo chamber,” perhaps better known as the elite members of the SCOTUS bar who hoard all of the cases on the docket for themselves. [Reuters]

* In other law school-related news, fewer law school graduates are passing the California bar exam. California’s pass rate for the July exam was just 48.6%, and it’s been almost a decade since the pass rate was that low. Ouch! [Los Angeles Times]