Month: January 2014

How large were entering law school classes at ABA schools prior to 1975?  This year, there were 39,675 entering students; in 1975 there were 39,038 1L's.  Recent reports about the…

The incoming President of Alabama State University, Gwendolyn Boyd, is single.  And she has also just signed a contract with the University which provides her housing in a university-owned home.…

I missed this story last month: Henry Strickland has been named the new dean of Samford University Cumberland School of Law, starting this summer.  He takes over from John Carroll,…

For some reason I've missed the story from last December that the ABA has approved (or given a variance for) a JD program at William Mitchell that includes about 50%…

The University of North Texas' Dallas College of Law has recently announced three new faculty  -- David Epstein, Tom Perkins, and Cheryl Brown Watley.  My former colleague David Epstein currently…

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 1/03/14, there…

For those of you who were not able to make it to New York for the AALS because of weather, there is a possibility of getting some of your registration…

I thought I'd dig into my stash of courthouse photographs to ask a question related to a story that's making the rounds today.  Where is this courthouse and what story…

Our friends at the University of Calgary pass along this hiring announcement: The University of Calgary continues to expand its faculty ranks, and for the third year in a row,…

But he wrote a spunky parody of someone who might have toked up with David Brooks (Radnor High Class of '79.)  (If you're that person who hasn't yet read Brooks'…