Readers of Richard Susskind’s The Future of Law: Facing the Challenges of Information Technology (OUP, 1998) and The End of Lawyers?: Rethinking the Nature of Legal Services, Revised Ed. (OUP, 2010) can already see forecasted changes in the provision of…
Posts Tagged ‘aba’
Thomson Reuters Is Going to Win the Second Round of the Law eBook Slugfest
27
Sep
Looks like the first round goes to Lexis. While you can acquire a few TR Legal eBooks via Amazon (yawn) and you can acquire some CCH and ABA eBooks on their e-commerce site (ditto, yawn), by the end of the…
"Trust Me"? Might Be Time to Verify LSAT/GPA Stats Self-Reported to the ABA by Law Schools
23
Sep
It is at the Univ. of Illinois College of Law. After an internal investigation, the University of Illinois reported that its College of Law’s median LSAT score was 163, not 168, and median GPA was 3.70, not 3.81, for the…
Resistance? No Doubt, but the Timing is Ripe to Make an Attempt: Reforming Legal Research & Writing Instruction Requires Transforming the Status Quo Model of Law School Curriculum and Faculty Governance
06
Sep
Alas, I seriously doubt any such reform will by mandated by the ABA’s review of accredition standards since not interfering with the how the legal academy should produce “pratice ready” grads beyond aspirational goals for “outcomes” appears to be the…
Law Grad Jobs, The ABA, And U.S. News
01
Sep
Two stories on the law student job market caught my eye today. One is from the Associated Press via Google News. It’s called Law Schools Lure Fewer Students As Jobs Dry Up. It relates how law schools in Missouri are…
A Bit More on Senator Grassley And The ABA
17
Aug
I wrote yesterday about the most recent letter Senator Charles Grassley sent to the ABA seeking additional information about the organization’s oversight of law schools in regard to mounting graduate debt and poor job prospects. See my post Grassley to…
Grassley to ABA: I’m Not Going Away That Easily
16
Aug
Senator Charles Grassley is back, asking the ABA follow-up questions based on its response to his previous inquiry. See my posts, Senator Asks ABA Questions About Scholarships and Debt, and ABA Responds To Senator Grassley for details of the earlier…
"This Situation Absolutely Requires a Really Futile and Stupid Gesture Be Done on Somebody’s Part:" ABA Adopts Resolution on Skills Training
11
Aug
Tuesday, the ABA adopted a Resolution on Skills Training, politely charactered by Paul Kirgis as “tepid” on ADR Prof Blog (“No mention of the actual skills that lawyers need.”). I think the edited text speaks for itself: Click to enlarge….
