Stat Of The Week: The Incredible Shrinking Law School
Median class size has crashed over the past four years.
Top 5 Law Schools If You Want An Actual Legal Job (2016)
Did your law school make the list?
Best Practices In Trust Accounting: What Every Lawyer Needs To Know
Learn legal trust accounting best practices to ensure compliance and protect client funds. Discover expert tips to set your firm up for success.
Law Schools And The Cynicism Of Disappearing Jobs
Is this evidence that law schools are engaged in a cynical attempt to game rankings, rather than caring about the careers and education of their recent graduates?
Non-Sequiturs: 01.21.16
* The Supreme Court may undo President Obama's legacy... of executive actions. [Talking Points Memo] * Speaking of United States v. Texas, it just may be Chief Justice John Roberts's worst nightmare. [Slate] * Today is a special anniversary: six years, the Supreme Court issued its Citizens United decision, and democracy hasn't looked the same since. [Huffington Post] * Interesting data analysis from Professor Derek T. Muller: as full-time law faculty numbers shrink, law school administrator numbers grow. [Excess of Democracy] * Benghazi is getting a Michael Bay movie -- and the congressional hearing is still raging on. [Rolling Stone] * Attorneys for Daniel Holtzclaw, the Oklahoma City police officer convicted of raping eight women while on duty, have filed a motion seeking a new trial; they suspect discovery shenanigans on the part of the prosecution. [Gawker] * Nope. Hillary Clinton may not be a radical, but she also isn't a moderate Republican. [Lawyers, Guns and Money] * Seven legal tech considerations for 2016, from lawyer and legal-tech enthusiast Steven J. Best. [Legal Tech Blog]
A New Trend Among Supreme Court Clerks?
Why are so many former SCOTUS clerks flocking to Capitol Hill?
When Bar Scores Plummet, Who Will Examine The Examiners?
What caused bar exam pass rates to drop across the country? We don't know -- and we can't know....
The Next Chapter In Legal Tech Innovation: Introducing Protégé™
Meet LexisNexis Protégé™, the new AI assistant that leverages personalization choices controlled by the user or their organization to optimize the individual’s AI experience.
Supreme Court Clerks: Where Are They Now?
What are the SCOTUS clerks from October Term 2004 up to nowadays?
Who Are The Smartest Law Students? LSAT Scores And GPAs Arranged By Undergraduate Major
Are you smarter than an incoming law student?
Supreme Court Clerk Hiring Watch: The Official List For October Term 2013
A complete list of the SCOTUS clerks for the upcoming Term (October Term 2013), plus several hires for October Term 2014.
Non-Sequiturs: 03.28.13
* Real Housewives “star” Porsha Williams Stewart found out about her husband, former Pittsburgh QB Kordell Stewart, filing for divorce from the media. She shouldn’t have been surprised. Slash was always elusive. [USA Today] * An anonymous Twitter account wreaks havoc on UK law students. One Tweet: “#LawTips: edit the Wikipedia page after copying it to avoid plagiarism.” Here’s a pro tip: if you’re copying Wikipedia for law school, you’re doing it wrong. [Legal Cheek] * How out of control is tuition? At 26 law schools, recent graduates with $160,000 in annual income are STILL eligible for the federal IBR program intended to relieve the debt burden on impoverished students. [Constitutional Daily] * As our own Juggalo Law pointed out, the NFL engages in some awfully shady sexual orientation profiling. [Sports Law Blog] * You’d think the Republicans would be all for funding scientific endeavors to prove that rape victims in the animal kingdom “have ways of shutting that down.” [Jezebel] * UNLV Law Dean Nancy Rapoport takes issue with Professor Derek Muller’s ranking of “Career Baristas” out of law school. If there was one dean who was going to know the statistical angles, it was going to be the one in Las Vegas. [UNLV Law Blog] * Ever wanted to watch video of the folks from Lawyers, Guns & Money discussing Game of Thrones? Sure you have! And that’s why we invented jumps…
A Career In Legal Services: Practising Law Institute Honors Toby J. Rothschild
PLI honors Toby J. Rothschild with its inaugural Victor J. Rubino Award for Excellence in Pro Bono Training, recognizing his dedication and impact.
Which Law Schools Employed the Most Grads in ‘Elite’ Jobs?
If you'd like to be paid in prestige, then this list is for you!