Legal Education Roundup (Jun 14, 2024)
Recent reports on the future of law schools and legal education.
"NYU law school dodges white man's lawsuit claiming law review discrimination," Reuters
"State AGs Warn Bar That Its Law School DEI Rules Are Illegal," Bloomberg Law
"Report: Toronto Law Students Did Not Breach School's Code of Conduct With Pro-Palestinian Letter," Law.com International
"Meet Jennifer Rosato Perea, who'll lead ABA accreditation and legal ed as managing director," ABA Journal
"GPT-4 didn't ace the bar exam after all, MIT research suggests — it didn't even break the 70th percentile," Live Science
"U.S. News & World Report's law school rankings 'irrelevant' to applicants, study finds," Reuters
"Frye & Ryan: Entering Law Students Do Not Rely On The U.S. News Rankings In Choosing A Law School," TaxProf Blog
"Once A Standard, US News Rankings Now 'Entirely Irrelevant,'" Law360
"U.S. News Law School Rankings Aren't Useful Anymore to Applicants," Bloomberg Law
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