Stats Of The Week: New Law Schools In The ATL Rankings
The six institutions making their debut in, or returning to, the ATL Top 50 law schools.
Law School Lets Prospective Applicants Know They’re Nothing More Than An LSAT Score
What an embarrassing mistake.
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This Law School Will Pay You To Take The GRE To Save Its U.S. News Rank From The Dreaded LSAT
Law schools are desperate to do away with the LSAT.
Morning Docket: 06.10.14
* Hmm, somebody didn’t review those documents quickly enough: the City of Detroit’s bankruptcy trial has been delayed for about a month’s time by Judge Steven Rhodes because the parties needed additional time to get their acts together. [Bloomberg] * The NCAA may have lost the battle in the Keller EA Sports video games case with its $20 million settlement offer, but it’s clearly out for blood to win the war in the O’Bannon case with its tough cross-examination tactics for the lead plaintiff. [USA Today] * GW Law, a school that recently increased its class size by 22 percent and allowed its average LSAT score to slip by two points, yoinked its new dean right out from under Wake Forest’s nose. [GW Hatchet] * The legal profession isn’t exactly diverse, and law schools want to change that — the more pictures of “diverse” students they can display on their websites, the better. [Law Admissions Lowdown / U.S. News] * Who really cares what prospective jurors wear when they show up for jury duty? The lawyers arguing that being turned away for wearing sneakers affected their clients’ rights in a case, that’s who. [WSJ Law Blog]
Again With The Law School Rankings: Winners, Losers, Critics, And U.S. News
Which law schools had the biggest gaps between their ATL and U.S. News rankings? Which law schools had the biggest moves up and down in this year's ATL rankings?
The ATL Top 50 Law School Rankings: We Hope You Held Your Deposits
The Above the Law rankings are here.
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Wake Forest Lawsuit Follow-Up
More on the underlying tiff between a student and Wake Forest Law.
Law Student Sues Law School For Implying He’s Litigious
Remember, truth is a defense.
Comparing the Law Schools of the South
A look at the law schools of the South, based on our ATL Insider Survey.
Open Thread: 2014 U.S. News Law School Rankings (33 – 48)
Do you have something to say about your law school's U.S. News ranking? This is the place to do it!
Reasoning, Tool Calling, And Agentic Systems In Legal LLMs
Domain-specific AI provides accuracy and reliable legal reasoning.
How Much Does It Cost To Name ALL THE THINGS At A Law School?
Be careful law students, soon your law school is going to sell the naming rights to you.
Millennials: This Is Why You Fail
How compliments are ruining America.
The Return of the Lawyer-Politician
A review of the legal education and experience of the incoming freshman class of Congress
Crowdsourcing Declining Enrollment Figures
Declining enrollment numbers could be evidence that prospective law students are starting to get it...
Clarence Thomas for President in 2012?
Some observers have suggested that Justice Clarence Thomas run for president, emerging as the nominee after a brokered convention for the Republican Party. What does Justice Thomas think of the idea?