Preface,
2012
West Virginia University
Baker Tribute,
2012
West Virginia University College of Law
The Crisis Of The American Law School,
2012
University of Colorado Law School
The Crisis Of The American Law School, Paul Campos
University of Michigan Journal of Law Reform
The economist Herbert Stein once remarked that if something cannot go on forever, it will stop. Over the past four decades, the cost of legal education in America has seemed to belie this aphorism: it has gone up relentlessly. Private law school tuition increased by a factor of four in real, inflation-adjusted terms between 1971 and 2011, while resident tuition at public law schools has nearly quadrupled in real terms over just the past two decades. Meanwhile, for more than thirty years, the percentage of the American economy devoted to legal services has been shrinking. In 1978 the legal sector …
September 2012 Newsletter,
2012
Maurer School of Law: Indiana University
A Bakerian Response To Weinstein's Free Speech Theory,
2012
West Virginia University College of Law
A Bakerian Response To Weinstein's Free Speech Theory, Anne Marie Lofaso
West Virginia Law Review
No abstract provided.
Training Lawyer-Entrepreneurs,
2012
Texas A&M University School of Law
Training Lawyer-Entrepreneurs, Luz E. Herrera
Faculty Scholarship
The Great Recession has caused many new attorneys to question their decisions to go to law school. The highly publicized decline in employment opportunities for lawyers has called into question the value of obtaining a law degree. The tightening of the economy has diminished the availability of entry-level jobs for law graduates across employment sectors. Large law firms are laying-off lawyers, bringing in smaller first year associate classes, hiring more contract and experienced lateral attorneys. Government entities and public interest organizations have suffered furloughs, and hiring freezes, and are relying more on volunteers than on new employees to get the …
The Law School Critique In Historical
Perspective,
2012
Washington and Lee University School of Law
The Law School Critique In Historical Perspective, A. Benjamin Spencer
Washington and Lee Law Review
Contemporary critiques of legal education abound. This arises from what can be described as a perfect storm: the confluence of softness in the legal employment market, the skyrocketing costs of law school, and the unwillingness of clients and law firms to continue subsidizing the further training of lawyers who failed to learn how to practice in law school. As legal jobs become increasingly scarce and salaries stagnate, the value proposition of law school is rightly being questioned from all directions. Although numerous valid criticisms have been put forth, some seem to be untethered from a full appreciation for how the …
Formal Equality, Formal Autonomy, And Political Legitimacy: A Response To Ed Baker,
2012
Arizona State University College of Law
Formal Equality, Formal Autonomy, And Political Legitimacy: A Response To Ed Baker, James Weinstein
West Virginia Law Review
No abstract provided.
The Crisis In Legal Education: Dabbling In Disaster Planning,
2012
Law School Transparency
The Crisis In Legal Education: Dabbling In Disaster Planning, Kyle P. Mcentee, Patrick J. Lynch, Derek M. Tokaz
University of Michigan Journal of Law Reform
The legal education crisis has already struck for many recent law school graduates, signaling potential disaster for law schools already struggling with their own economic challenges. Law schools have high fixed costs caused by competition between schools, the unchecked expansion of federal loan programs, a widely exploited information asymmetry about graduate employment outcomes, and a lack of financial discipline masquerading as innovation. As a result, tuition is up, jobs are down, and skepticism of the value of a J.D. has never been higher. If these trends do not reverse course, droves of students will continue to graduate with debt that …
Internships And The Making Of Future Lawyers,
2012
Singapore Management University
Internships And The Making Of Future Lawyers, Seow Hon Tan
Research Collection Yong Pung How School Of Law
As law firm internships provide law students with their first substantial encounters with lawyers, in situations where they are especially eager to impress, a project was undertaken to examine the impact of private law firm internships on the professional identities of future lawyers. Fifty-two volunteers from the Singapore Management University, which mandates 10 weeks of internships with approved partners, were surveyed. Most had done corporate or civil litigation work at local firms in Singapore. The findings of this research project were presented at the fifth International Legal Ethics Conference, held in Canada in July.
Search Committee Seeks To Appoint New Law Dean,
2012
Maurer School of Law: Indiana University
Search Committee Seeks To Appoint New Law Dean
Lauren Robel (2002 Acting; 2003-2011)
No abstract provided.
Search Committee Seeks To Appoint New Law Dean,
2012
Indiana Daily Student
Search Committee Seeks To Appoint New Law Dean, Michelle Soko
Hannah Buxbaum (2011-2013 Interim)
No abstract provided.
Vol. 43, No. 01 (August 27, 2012),
2012
Maurer School of Law: Indiana University
Fantasies And Illusions: On Liberty, Order, And Free Markets,
2012
The University of Chicago
Fantasies And Illusions: On Liberty, Order, And Free Markets, Bernard E. Harcourt
Cardozo Law Review
No abstract provided.
A Tribute To Judge Lazer,
2012
Touro Law Center
Leon Lazer: The Giant Among Us,
2012
Touro Law Center
Leon Lazer: The Giant Among Us, Howard Glickstein
Touro Law Review
No abstract provided.
Virginia Bar Exam, July 2012, Section 1,
2012
Washington and Lee University School of Law
Virginia Bar Exam, July 2012, Section 1
Virginia Bar Exam Archive
No abstract provided.
Virginia Bar Exam, July 2012, Section 2,
2012
Washington and Lee University School of Law
Virginia Bar Exam, July 2012, Section 2
Virginia Bar Exam Archive
No abstract provided.
University Of Michigan Bar Passage 2004-2006: A Failure To Replicate Professor Sander's Results, With Implications For Affirmative Action,
2012
University of Michigan Law School
University Of Michigan Bar Passage 2004-2006: A Failure To Replicate Professor Sander's Results, With Implications For Affirmative Action, Richard O. Lempert
Law & Economics Working Papers
In a recent issue of the Denver Law Review, Professor Richard Sander presents data on race-based affirmative action that purportedly support his theory that any benefits African Americans enjoy from affirmative action are more than offset by detrimental effects of academic mismatch. Specifically, he references a yet unpublished study in which he claims to have found that for the years 2004-2006 the bar passage rate of African-American graduates of the University of Michigan Law School is 62 percent for first time takers rising to only 76 percent after multiple takes. This paper shows that these results are quite implausible given …
Promoting Clinical Legal Education In India: A Case Study Of The Citizen Participation Clinic,
2012
Cornell Law School
Promoting Clinical Legal Education In India: A Case Study Of The Citizen Participation Clinic, Sital Kalantry, Elizabeth Brundige, Priya S. Gupta, Cornell Law School. International Human Rights Clinic, Jindal Global Law School. Good Rural Governance And Citizen Participation Clinic
Cornell Law Faculty Publications
This Report is the product of a unique collaboration between the Good Governance and Citizen Participation Clinic at Jindal Global Law School and the Cornell International Human Rights Clinic at Cornell Law School. Students based in the Jindal Global Law School (Sonipat, India) and Cornell Law School (Ithaca, N.Y.) participated in a joint class using videoconferencing technology from January to May, 2012 and worked on preparing the Report.
The Report points out that most law schools in India lack robust clinical legal education programs. Clinical legal education is essential to preparing law students to practice law effectively and promoting access …
