Month: January 2014

I was really pleased to see this short piece at philly.com on the West Chester University library's special collections.  I grew up in West Chester and benefitted over many years from…

Following up on some other recent posts on books I'm looking forward to seeing this spring (like Sarah Roth's Gender and Race in Antebellum America) I want to mention an edited…

Following up on my recent post on LSAC data on LSAT administrations and applications for fall 2014, I wanted to call attention to these statements from the LSAC:  "As of 1/10/14, there are 152,230 fall…

After 700 years of administering fall term finals in January, Yale Law has decided to instead administer them in December.  The radical maneuver will take effect in the 2015-16 year,…

Roger Williams University School of Law announced that Michael Yelnosky, who was a founding member of the RWU joining the school in 1993, will replace the outgoing Dean, David Logan,…

The University of Florida is searching for a new law dean.  Like every dean search committee, this one prefers to maintain confidentiality for as long as possible in the process.…

Following up on Dan's post on historical data on first year enrollment, a reader send along this link to the ABA's website, which has "First Year and Total J.D. Enrollment by…

The Iowa Bar Association is floating a proposal to extend in-state diploma privilege to graduates of its two law schools: the University of Iowa and Drake.  This would be a…

I have just heard that Elon University has named Luke Bierman dean of their law school.  He will begin duties on June 1.  Cribbing now from their announcement:  Bierman is currently…

Mark Bookman has an interesting essay up at The Atlantic about judges who override juries and impose death.  Alabama remains ground zero for that phenomenon.