First Monday Musings By Dean Vik Amar: A Guided Tour Through The Debate Over Changing The ABA Employment Data Form
It's a complicated mix of arguments about substantive policy, procedural thoroughness, and outside perception.
First Monday Musings By Dean Vik Amar: The Supreme Court Going Forward
How much does the Supreme Court matter in the big picture?
How Checkbox’s ‘Legal Front Door’ Can Transform Your Workflow
Leveraging agentic AI to triage, prioritize, and automate the law department inbox.
How Law Deans Spend Their (Or, At Least, How One Dean Spent His) ‘Summer Vacation’
There's a lot to keep law school deans busy over the summer.
First Monday Musings By Dean Vik Amar: How The Bar Exam Might Be Improved
In light of how high bar-exam stakes are today, we need to ask some basic questions about this crucial test.
First Monday Musings By Dean Vik Amar: Reflections On Judge Posner’s ‘Divergent Paths’
Some of Judge Posner's points are clearly correct; in other cases, the situation is more complicated than he seems to appreciate.
First Monday Musings By Dean Vik Amar: 4 Tips For Law Students For Final Exams
Dean Vikram Amar offers advice to law students about how to show their stuff come exam time.
AI Is Reshaping Legal Practice—But Tools Aren’t The Real Differentiator.
Explore the mindset, cultural shifts, and training strategies that define the AI‑savvy lawyer, revealing why human judgment, standardized competence, and integrated learning—not technology alone—will shape the future of the profession.
First Monday Musings By Dean Vik Amar: Bureaucracy And Metrics
Please welcome our newest columnist, Dean Vikram Amar of the University of Illinois College of Law, who will be writing about legal education.
Meet A New Law School Dean: An Interview With Vikram Amar
Vikram Amar of Illinois Law explains why he's excited about his new job and outlines his priorities as dean.
The Supreme Court Rules In Two Major Gay Marriage Cases
Finally! The Supreme Court's long-awaited rulings on gay marriage in California and the Defense of Marriage Act. What did the Court rule?