Legal Education Roundup (Apr 18, 2025)
Recent reports on the future of law schools and legal education.
"US News & World Report law school rankings show shakeup at the top," Reuters
"Kaplan Survey: Law School Admissions Officers Increasingly Say the Rankings Have Lost Prestige," Business Wire
"Elite schools got what they wanted — a more transparent, volatile rankings system that disadvantages them," Excess of Democracy
"'Like Oprah Handing Out T14 Titles': Redditors Air Grievances Over US News Law School Rankings," Law.com
"Tobin: Building A Better Law School Rankings Mousetrap," TaxProf Blog
"Who's Still Boycotting the US News Law Schools Rankings?" Law.com
"Law students say they want to work for the firms standing up to Trump," Politico
"Delaware to Administer NextGen Bar Exam Starting February 2028," Delaware Court Business Insider
"Texas high court considers dropping ABA accreditation as requirement to practice law," Reuters
"Dropping ABA requirement for lawyers is bad idea, law school association says," Reuters
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