The Latest Breaking News from Law School

Justice Sotomayor Tells Law Professors She Felt "Shell Shocked" After Last Supreme Court Term

A brief report on Justice Sonia Sotomayor's remarks to the Assocation of American Law Schools conference.

Reason · Jan 5, 2023

US news alters law school rankings after Yale, Harvard quit

US News & World Report pledged to modify its law school rankings after a growing number of institutions, including Yale and Harvard, called the rankings “flawed.”

Tribune News Service · Jan 4, 2023

US News to change ranking system after law schools' boycott

U.S. News & World Report will change how its rankings of law schools are calculated in response to a boycott by a number of top programs

The Independent UK · Jan 3, 2023

Commentary: The legal profession lacks diversity, and the LSAT makes matters worse

Law schools are the gateways to a legal profession that lacks diversity by race, ethnicity, gender, disability and more. An important step to creating a more diverse legal profession is to change law schools’ admission policies.

Los Angeles Times · Dec 16, 2022

John Clay: Two architects of Kentucky football’s ‘Air Raid’ era have now died, both too soon

They were both part of Hal Mumme’s first staff as football coach at the University of Kentucky. Guy Morriss was the former NFL offensive lineman from Texas. Mike Leach was the quirky law school graduate from California. Both are now gone, both way too soon.

Tribune News Service · Dec 14, 2022

Top law schools snub ‘US News’ rankings, marking shift in legal industry

When Elizabeth Samuels began applying to law schools in 2020, her highest priority was to get into a T14 school — one in the top 14 according to US News & World Report, the go-to source for such rankings.

Tribune News Service · Dec 13, 2022

USC Lawprof Michael Simkovic Defends the LSAT

Simkovic, over at Leiter's Law School Reports, defends the LSAT from those who would eliminate it in an effort to enhance law school "diversity" (see the original for hyperlinks supporting various assertions): If standardized test scores were removed from the rankings, or their weight reduced, law schools probably would spend…

Reason · Dec 11, 2022

What do Elite Universities Mean by "Diversity?"

At oral argument in the recent affirmative action cases, attorneys for the defendants argued that although they do ask applicants to check a racial/ethnic box, they do not limit their consideration of diversity just to those classifications, but also to religion, ideology, and other aspects of identity that affect viewpoint.…

Reason · Dec 8, 2022

Free Speech Rules, Free Speech Culture, and Legal Education: Still More Responses to Objections + Conclusion

I was invited to participate in a Hofstra Law Review symposium on free speech in law schools, which will be happening in February, and I thought I'd serialize my current draft article; there's still plenty of time to improve it, so I'd love to hear people's comments. Here are some…

Reason · Dec 8, 2022

Free Speech Rules, Free Speech Culture, and Legal Education: More Responses to Objections

I was invited to participate in a Hofstra Law Review symposium on free speech in law schools, which will be happening in February, and I thought I'd serialize my current draft article; there's still plenty of time to improve it, so I'd love to hear people's comments. Here are some…

Reason · Dec 7, 2022