Legal Education Roundup (Dec 20, 2024)
Recent reports on the future of law schools and legal education.
"First-Gen In The Field," TaxProf Blog
"40% Through The Fall 2025 Law School Admissions Season: Applicants Are Up An 'Unnatural' 25% (Black Applicants Are Up 39%)," TaxProf Blog
"Charleston Law School Converts To § 501(c)(3) Tax-Exempt Status, Will Seek Department Of Education Approval In January," TaxProf Blog
"University Of Michigan Eliminates Diversity Statements In Faculty Hiring, Promotion & Tenure And Recommits To DEI Goals," TaxProf Blog
"UND School of Law faces $2.1 million deficit by 2028," Grand Forks Herald
"A Law School Clinic’s Latest Venture: AI Tools to Shield Media from Defamation Suits," Columbia Journalism Review
"AI and the Law," University of Chicago Law School
"The ‘Unnatural Interest in Law School," Above the Law
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