Yesterday I wrote at length about some of the most egregious misrepresentations in University of Denver law school dean Martin Katz’s plea for more applicants. My colleague Deborah Merritt revea
Last spring I participated in a “debate” with Martin Katz, dean of the University of Denver’s law school, at a bar association event. It turned out not to be much of a debate: I presented the ar
Somebody — I think it may have been the most overrated philosopher of all time, J.S. Mill — said that truth goes through three stages. First it’s mocked as absurd. Then it’s de
In 2010 87,900 people applied to ABA law schools. This number was down 12.6% from the all-time high of 100,600 six years earlier — a fact that ought to have served as an early warning signal to
If you guessed “another folk singer” you are incorrect. James Shadid, a federal judge in Peoria, IL has a dream: He wants to start a new law school at Bradley University (h/t LSTB). Now th
“Your great-grandfather was a former governor of this state,” she said. “Your grandfather was a prosperous land-owner. Your grandmother was a Godhigh.” “Will you look around you,” he said
If you want a glimpse into the short-term future of American legal education, take a look at what New England Law did this year with its entering class. NEL has, even by the standards of low-ranked la
Yesterday Cook County Circuit Court Judge Neil Cohen granted DePaul’s motion to dismiss a class action suit brought by several DePaul graduates, who enrolled at the law school between 2003 and 2