A Law School Dean’s Painful Decision
One top law school is bucking the trend and increasing enrollment -- but at what cost?
The ABA Does Something Right! Will U.S. News Follow And End One Perverse Incentive For Law Schools?
Will overspending still be the way to rankings riches?
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.
U.S. News Adding Employer Survey
Looks like U.S. News is trying to add more results-based components to their ranking. I wonder who they're competing with?
Cardozo Admits Goof
Cardozo admits what they did, but they're still not telling anybody why they did it.
Law School’s Guerrilla Campaign To Inflate Its U.S. News Rank Turns Out To Be Too Dumb To Inflate Its U.S. News Rank
Is this the most embarrassing alumni giving campaign in the world?
A Law School Shows Everything That’s Wrong With Law Schools and U.S. News Rankings, In One Email
The email that tells you how to increase the value of your law degree....
First Draft To Final: How To Use AI To Accelerate Legal Drafting Workflows
Discover how LexisNexis Protégé™ transforms legal drafting into a strategic collaboration between lawyers and AI—enhancing quality, speed, and defensibility.
From the Career Files: Interview With Kenneth Kleinrock, Associate Dean for Admissions at NYU Law
AdmissionsDean helps prospective law students better get to know the Associate Dean of Admissions at New York University Law School, Kenneth Kleinrock.
The Top Five Law Schools for Jobs, Cost, Clerkships, and More
Another look at the ATL Top 50 Law Schools, broken out by individual data points. Is your law school on any of these top five lists?
Non-Sequiturs: 05.17.13
* NY Attorney General investigating fast food restaurants for shorting their employees. This is a worthwhile cause, but what he should be looking into is who ate the bones? [CNN] * Two more law schools, University of Mary Hardin-Baylor and York College of Pennsylvania admit they gave false information to U.S. News resulting in better rankings. Those were their BETTER rankings? [TaxProf Blog] * To keep “misleading statistics” in perspective, the Department of Education leveled one of its steepest fines on Yale for covering up multiple “forcible sex offenses” to keep its campus safety statistics down. [Chronicle of Higher Education] * A measure of resource governance finds the U.S. has the second best governance of its oil, gas and mining sectors. Give yourself a hand regulators. And we’re gunning for you Norway! [Breaking Energy] * The Honorable Felicia Mennin does not grasp how time works. Thinks artist should have been more conscious of the public fear surrounding the Boston bombings… back in February. [New York Times] * Congratulations readers for helping the profile of a White House petition to reform student loan policy. Here are a couple more if you feel like making more reforms to the process… or at least more suggestions for reforms that will sit on someone’s desk. [Whitehouse.gov and Whitehouse.gov] * Is political intelligence practice too risky? Is political intelligence an oxymoron? An interview with Robert Walker of Wiley Rein LLP after the jump [Bloomberg Law]
The Most Overrated and Underrated Law Schools
This one's for the people who still think that inputs like LSAT scores and peer assessments should matter in law school rankings.
USCIS shift to electronic payments: What immigration firms need to know
As of October 2025, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services requires electronic payments for filing fees. Learn key updates, exemptions, and how firms can prepare.
In Defense of Law Schools Hiring Their Own Graduates
Why are law-school-funded job programs a good thing? Let us count the ways.
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!
Which Law Schools Employed the Most Graduates as Real Lawyers Versus Real Baristas?
Would you rather be a bar member or a bartender? Let's take a look at these new law school employment rankings.
What Would a More Relevant Law School Ranking Look Like? You Told Us
What does the ATL readership believe should matter when it comes to ranking law schools?
Which Law Schools Had the Highest Yield Rate?
Some of the law schools prospective students were most eager to attend might surprise you.