Month: December 2014

I commend Dean Jay Conison of Charlotte School of Law for coming on to The Faculty Lounge and trying to defend the recent admission practices of Charlotte and his sister ...

One Philadelphia trolley operator took his holiday decorations to a new level.

The following is a guest post from Jay Conison, who is Dean of Charlotte Law School. It responds to David Frakt's recent post on lsat scores as predictors of success: ...

I've previously blogged about law school tuition wars in Philadelphia.  You can read those posts here and here. I've noted that underneath much of the broad-stroke reporting about law school enrollment and…

Can you name this college town? No Google image searching allowed! Hint: Unlike the last one, this town has a law school.

My Durham neighbors Katherine T. Bartlett and Mitu Gulati have just posted an exciting -- and I'd add controversial -- paper called "We do we allow customer discrimination?" Cribbing now…

Critics of the Obama administration's prisoner exchanges (with Cuba and the Taliban) should read the following paragraphs from the obituary of Richard C. Hottelet, who reported from Germany for CBS…

When I visited Florida Coastal last spring for my Dean interview, my prescription to turn the school around was drastic.  I told them they should immediately rescind offers of admission…

The latest issue of Law & Contemporary Problems is now out and you can access all of the articles in the volume online (see the embedded webpage below, or go…

A lot of my friends have been helping their high school kids find the best college for them and it involves college trips to various cities and towns around the…