Month: November 2012

Penn State Law announced to students this week that the University plans to split the law school into two separate institutions starting in 2015.   I have many thoughts about…

I've never heard of, or seen, a bacon wrapped turkey.  But today, the Swarthmore Co-op (my local gourmet-ish food store) featured this elaborately bandaged bird on its Facebook page.  …

I spent a little time looking at Dan Filler's data that compares the 2011 and 2012 entering first year student credentials (what he calls predictors).  Obviously we don't yet have…

For those parents who may be having trouble getting their teenage children to read or understand Shakespeare, I've just come across an interesting companion to "Hamlet" which might be more…

In the context of faculty hiring, most schools employ various levels of scrutiny on the path toward making offers.  Most, if not all, schools will use some form of committee…

We compiled this chart of 2012 law school entering class sizes and predictors  a few weeks ago, using law school website information.  Apologies for any errors - and sorry it's…

The Law School Admissions Council reports a further dip in the number of students sitting for the LSAT.  According to recently compiled data from LSAC, the number of people sitting…

From the Baldy Center announcement: The Baldy Center for Law & Social Policy at the State University of New York at Buffalo plans to award several fellowships for 2013-14 to…

I recently received some law porn from Northeastern Law trumpeting the arrival of Dean Jeremy Paul.  The title of the circular is "My Aim is True" and inside we learn…

Dean Paul Schiff Berman at George Washington University School of Law will be leaving his post in January to take over as the University's Vice-Provost for Online Education and Academic Innovation.…