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…
Posts Tagged ‘law school’
A Three Tiered World of Employed Law School Grads: Understanding The National Jurist’s Ranking of Best Law Schools for Standard of Living
15
Jul
The September issue of The National Jurist will publish its ranking of 135 law schools by a standard of living metric that uses median starting salaries, average debt payments, estimated federal and state taxes and cost of living adjustments for…
On the Peasant-Landload Relationship in the Ancien Regime: Ignoring Tradition-Bound "Professional" Rhetorical Norms of Restraint and Civility to Promote Reforms
08
Jul
The “scam blogger” movement refers to those in the law-related blogoshere who criticize the legal academy for continuing to spin the story of “Come to law school. Sure, you’ll take out loans, but it will all be worth it in…
Paradigm Shift Ignored: On Reasons Why Law Schools Admit So Many Students When Their Employment Prospects are So Dismal
05
Jul
Commenting on the EMSI estimate of the surplus of law school grads on a state-by-state basis which was reported on LLB at Cut the Glut: State-by-State Empirical Labor Market Model for Law School Grads, in The Coming Crunch for Law…
Cut the Glut: State-by-State Empirical Labor Market Model for Law School Grads
29
Jun
In The Oversupply of Lawyers in America, ATL’s Elie Mystal asks “if we’re producing twice as many lawyers than we need, is it time to close half of the law schools?” I’m inclined to believe Elie’s answer is “yes.” I’m…
Law School Grad Labor Market Oversupply: Not Yet a Trend But Creighton Law Is Willing to Share the Pain
21
Jun
Jim Levy on Legal Skills Prof Blog, by way of ATL’s Trendspotting: Will Law School Start Decreasing The Supply of Unemployable New Lawyers?, reports that two more schools have decided to admit fewer students – Creighton and Western New England….
Opening: Reference Librarian, Liberty Univ. School of Law
10
Jun
The Liberty University School of Law, Ehrhorn Law Library, invites applications for a non- tenure-track full-time administrative faculty library position serving as a Reference Librarian (Position #: 9002642). The mission of the Law Library is to support the Law School…
