We know a lot more today than we did in the 1880s, when this format was devised, about how students learn and how teaching can be made more effective. We can certainly develop a modern curriculum to teach these topics and skills in six months.
The University of Illinois issued its final report this week on the goosing of class profile data posted by the College of Law publicly and reported to the ABA. This really does look like déjà vu all over again.
Law schools depend on their graduates being able to get jobs, and graduates' ability to get jobs depends on USNWR rankings. The consequence is a market-induced disaster.
This month, thousands of ambitious young people are asking themselves the same question: Does it make sense to invest $100,000 to $250,000, and the ne...
Once again, the magazine has refused to consider diversity as a factor in its ranking system. There is a broad consensus among law school deans and professors that diversity enriches law school education.
For the twentieth year running, Yale University remains the best law school in the country, according to rankings released Tuesday by U.S. News and Wo...
Although Yale may be U.S. News and World Report's best law school, hiring firms themselves prefer Harvard.
According to a survey of 105 of the countr...
Fall is in the air, which can mean only one thing: Law school applications will soon be due. Based on data from 172 schools, the Princeton Review dete...