Which Law Schools Received the Most Applications Last Year?
Looks like people are still applying to law schools in droves, even though overall applications are down...
Admissions Plummet At Cooley As Low-Hanging Fruit Matriculates Elsewhere
Cooley Law's dean says that "the schools don’t loan the money." Which is the kind of attitude that makes Cooley what it is...
The Trump Gold Card: A New $1 Million Pathway To A U.S. Green Card
A new proposal would let wealthy foreign nationals secure an opportunity for a U.S. green card with a $1 million 'gift' to the government, sparking legal and ethical debate.
Law School Application Advice, Given While Drunk After Watching The Olympics
Honestly, the advice I give to law school applicants when I'm drunk isn't all that difference from the advice I give when I'm sober...
If You Are Still Applying to Law School, You Might Be an Idiot
The big news today is that the new numbers released by LSAC state that the decline in LSAT takers disproportionately affects top performers on the LSAT. Basically, fewer high scorers are taking the LSAT, while the number of people who can’t even break 145 remains strong.
Another Perspective on the Baylor Law Admissions Data and Affirmative Action
Could the Baylor Law admissions data be used to argue AGAINST affirmative action? Ted Frank makes the case.
Could the Decline in Law School Applicants Mean Tuition Cuts Are On the Way?
The number of students applying to law school has declined this year. For prospective law students, does news of fewer applicants mean that tuition prices will drop?
3 Ways Lawyers Are Finding New Efficiencies With AI
Those who’ve adopted legal-specific systems are seeing big benefits.
Inside Straight: An Open Letter To The University Of Chicago Law School
In-house columnist Mark Herrmann writes an open letter to the University of Chicago Law School.
The Baylor Law Data Dump, Now With Race and Scholarships
If we look at the Baylor Law raw data, we can really see what this affirmative action debate is all about...
Baylor Law Screw-Up Reveals Personal Data of Entire Admitted Class: Data That We’ve Got
Baylor Law accidentally releases personal information of admitted students...
Yale to Everybody Else: Stop Scamming People
Dead of Admissions at Yale Law teaches other law schools a lesson in ethics...
Pursuing The Pro Bono Story: A Conversation With Alicia Aiken
This Pro Bono Week, get inspired to give back with PLI’s Pursuing Justice: The Pro Bono Files, a one-of-a-kind podcast hosted by Alicia Aiken.
Quote of the Day: Will a T14 Law Degree Ward Off Unemployment?
Does a law degree from a "top 14" law school protect you against unemployment? One undergraduate at Cornell thinks so.
Admissions Office ‘Keeps It Real’: Except for the Part About the Value of Going to Law School
In the before times, in the long, long ago, everything about law school was hard. Getting in was hard. Completing the training was hard. Passing the bar was hard. Everything was hard and everything was stressful. And legal educators and successful lawyers were proud that it was hard. The hardness is what made it mean […]
Law School Fee Waivers: We Won’t Touch Your Children Edition
Prospective law students always get excited when they're offered application fee waivers. But what happens when a law school offers prospective applicants a fee waiver after its undergraduate institution is involved in one of the biggest college sports scandals of all time? Talk about bad timing....
The Life and Death of the Michigan ‘Wolverine Scholars’ Program
Way back in 2008, Elie noted with derision the University of Michigan's "Wolverine Scholars" Program. He wasn't the only one. The initiative allowed Michigan undergraduates with very high GPAs to get into Michigan Law without having to take the LSAT. There's been much less fanfare about the end of the program than there was about its start, but we obtained some FOIA documents....
Quotes of the Day: Quite Ingenious — and Quite Busted
After reading our Quote of the Day, you might get an inkling as to the reason why Paul Pless, former dean of admissions at the University of Illinois College of Law, no longer has a job there....