[by Rick Bales]I wanted to riff on a couple of David Yellen’s recent posts, one noting the relative paucity of law school closures given recent application/enrollment declines, and the other noting the increase in the hiring of non-academic university
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Why Are Fewer College Presidents Academics?
By David Yellen
Interesting article in The Atlantic. Of course, we have seen a similar trend in the hiring of law school deans. My completely unscientific observation is that law school deans who have come from outside of the academic world have a…
ABA Approves William Mitchell/Hamline Merger
By David Yellen
Here. Will there be other similar moves, or school closures? It is pretty remarkable that no law school has closed during this crisis. Compare that with dental schools, which experienced a dramatic decline in applications and enrollment from the…
Student Demands at Harvard Law School
By David Yellen
In case you missed it, here are the demands that a group of students and staff presented to Harvard Law School on Friday. The "deadline" for the school to agree to the demands passed yesterday. It is hard to imagine…
Law School Transparency Responds to LSAC
By David Yellen
Their longer response is here.
Law School Admissions Council Rebuts Law School Transparency’s Claims
By David Yellen
The Good Wife Gets a Failing Grade
By David Yellen
On the most recent episode of The Good Wife, an applicant for an associate position at a large law firm is disparaged for attending "Loyola Law School" (I assume it is Loyola Chicago, since that is where the show is…
A Happy Ending, and a New Beginning
Dean Scott DeVito (Florida Coastal) reponds to NY Times
By David Yellen
In its editorial last weekend, the New York Times called Florida Coastal School of Law a "scam." Dean Scott DeVito has responded.
Dean Nick Allard (Brooklyn) on the NY Times Controversy
By David Yellen
Dean Nick Allard of Brooklyn Law School has written the following message to fellow deans. He asked me to post it here as well.Dear Colleagues, While the New York Times editorial of Sunday, October 25th, “The Law School Debt Crisis,”…