Hat tip to Chicago Law prof Brian Leiter for calling attention to the Jan. 26, 2012 Bloomberg Law interview of NYT reporter David Segal. You know who he is, right? (The author of a long running series of New York…
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Fact-checking the Duncan Law School Story
In an earlier post, I speculated that it was probably not a coincidance that Duncan Law was featured in a New York Times article by David Segal just before the law school received official notice that the ABA denied its…
Controversy Over the ABA Denying Provisional Accreditation to Duncan Law School
Duncan Law School of Lincoln Memorial University was recently featured in David Segal’s Dec. 17, 2011 NYT article For Law Schools, a Price to Play the A.B.A.’s Way. In fact, the article opened and closed with comments from Duncan Law…
Impervious to Change: Happy Law Faculty, ABA Gatekeeper, US News Rankings All Contribute to …
… The Price to Play Its Way, David Segal’s latest NYT article. [JH]
Law School Theory Vs. Practical Skills, One More Time
Yale’s own Professor Stanley Fish provided his own response to David Segal’s recent article in the New York Times that berated law schools for not teaching practical legal skills. His lead example is his class on law, liberalism and religion…
There’s No Business Like Law School Business
In his June 16, 2011 NYT Business Day article, David Segal observes that the basic rule of supply and demand does not apply in the legal academy. Legal diplomas have such allure that law schools have been able to jack…