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Law & Economics Prof Blog
Political Corruption at Texas Law School
Looking for a good research topic? Here's a good methodology for finding political influence in state-funded laws schools from Watchdog.com: Normally, almost nobody who gets into UT Law fails the bar.…
Education Law Prof Blog
Black and Latino Student Admissions Continue to Fall at Elite NY High Schools
Two years
The Legal Whiteboard
PROJECTIONS FOR LAW SCHOOL ENROLLMENT FOR FALL 2014
By Jerry Organ
This is the first part of a likely two-part posting regarding projections for Fall 2014 first-year enrollment. In this posting I estimate the likely total applicant pool, the likely number…
Education Law Prof Blog
New Rules for Affirmative Action? Oral Arguments at the Fifth Circuit Suggest So by Scott Greytak
By Derek Black
Just last month, the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals held a new round of oral arguments regarding Abigail Fisher’s ongoing claim that the University of Texas at Austin (“UT”) rejected…
The Faculty Lounge
Law School Applicant Pool Likely To Shrink Further
LSAC has now released data about the number of people who sat for the October LSAT. The total number of takers was down 10.9% from October 2012. The number of…
Education Law Prof Blog
Aaron Taylor on George Washington University Admitting to Misrepresenting Its “Need-Blind” Status
By Derek Black
Welcome and thanks to Aaron Taylor, Saint Louis University School of Law, who is blogging with us for the first time. Professor Taylor's expertise and interests fall in higher education admissions…
GlobalTort
Litigation Pendulums
By Kirk Hartley
There are rhythms, ebbs and flows to litigation, and global, national and regional attitudes and perceptions. All corporate defendants and insurers should note and consider the larger significance of the…
Alabama Employment Law Report
Supreme Court Defers On Affirmative Action
In a case lost in the publicity of Voting Rights Act and Gay Marriage issues, the Supreme Court vacated and remanded an Affirmative Action case to the Fifth Circuit Court of…
The Legal Whiteboard
PROJECTIONS FOR LAW SCHOOL ENROLLMENTS AND PROFILES FOR FALL 2013
APPLICANTS -- In my November blog posting, I noted that for the three-year period from 2010-2012, the number of applicants in each admissions cycle represented an average of 92.9% of…
Civil Procedure & Federal Courts Blog
SCOTUS Oral Argument in Fisher v. University of Texas
By Civil Procedure & Federal Courts Blog
Yesterday’s Supreme Court oral argumentin Fisherv. University of Texas has garnered a lot of attention—you can find a hostof links at SCOTUSblog’sThursday round-up. The argument included several interestingexchanges on the…