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Declining Academic Credentials of 1Ls: Will the mad dash to fill seats in the legal academy put lower-tier law schools at risk of losing ABA accreditation?

14 Oct

After presenting a statistical analysis showing that enrollment rates at ABA law schools have been increasing while LSAT takers and law school applicant rates have been declining over time, Gary Rosen writes If the sharp drop in takers in June…

 

Finally a Law School Scandal That Does Not Implicate the ABA as an Accomplice

12 Oct

The ABAJ is reporting that Douglas Leman, a former controller who worked at New England School of Law for 17 years, has pleaded guilty to charges alleging he embezzled $173,000 from the school between September 2008 and March 2011 in…

 

Do you have an elevator pitch?

11 Oct

As some of you reading LLB might know, a few weeks ago I moved from New York to Honolulu to take a new position on the faculty at the Richardson School of Law – where I am the Library Director…

 

Senator Boxer Calls Out ABA On Jobs Data And Scholarships

10 Oct

Senator Barbara Boxer (D-CA) sent a letter to the American Bar Association last Thursday asking the organization take steps to protect law student consumers. She is “disappointed” to learn that the ABA is not requiring law schools to report the…

 

The "Product Intrigue" Boogie for Lexis Advance

04 Oct

Lexis Advance for Solos has been available for some time now and the Company is starting to advertise it on legal media sites like the National Law Journal. So I clicked on an ad link and was sent here. Damnit…

 

Is Vendor Software Consuming Law as We Have Known It?

04 Oct

No the title of this post is not referring to just online legal search although certainly the great unknowing about how some “upgraded” legal search engines work certainly is part of the issue. So, thinking about how much of our…

 

Friday Fun: Gorilla Sighting in Harvard Law School Library!

30 Sep

Hardly noticed by one law student who continued her studying. [JH]

 
 

Are eBooks Destined to Become the "8-track Tape" of the 21st Century?

29 Sep

In the context of current law eBook offerings, I think we can conclude from Jean O’Grady’s recent Dewey B Strategic post the answer to the title question is “yes.” (“The more I talk to publishers about the model for “circulating”…

 

The Bloomberg Law-SCOTUSblog Connection: More Than Just an Exclusive Ad Sponsorship Deal

28 Sep

Bob Ambrogi reviews what by his count is the fourth major redesign of SCOTUSblog, highlighting some of its new features as well as a pulling back on some of the last redesign’s features according to quoted comments by SCOTUSblog’s founder…

 

Applications Are Down At Law Schools – Does It Matter?

27 Sep

The Minneapolis Star Tribune is reporting on the drop in law school applicants nationally and at law schools located in Minneapolis. The latest statistics from the Law School Admissions Council shows an 18.7% drop in LSATs administered in June of…