Legal Education Roundup (May 19, 2023)
Recent reports on the future of law schools and legal education.
"Pass Rate on California's February Bar Exam Dips Below 33%," The Recorder
"Law Schools Shouldn't Blame 'U.S. News' for Their Own Moral Choices," The Chronicle of Higher Education
"Dean Rutledge: Law Schools Shouldn't Blame U.S. News For Their Own Moral Choices," TaxProf Blog
"With LSAT poised for elimination, law deans call for compromise," Reuters
"Study Reveals How Pedigree of Law Schools, Law Firms Influence In-House Pay," Corporate Counsel
"Ahead of the Curve: How Law Schools Are Trying to Counter 'Multifaceted Societal Inequities'," Law.com
"63 Law Schools Boycotted US News Law School Rankings," The National Law Journal
"The 2023-24 US News Rankings Are Out and Official," Law.com
"Revamped US News law school rankings yield major shifts," Reuters
"Big shifts in U.S. News & World Report law school rankings. Here's why," Reuters
"U.S. News Releases Its Latest, Disputed Rankings of Law and Medical Schools," The New York Times
"What the New 'U.S. News' Law-School Rankings Reveal About the Rankings Enterprise," The Chronicle of Higher Education
"Students, Meet the Superego," Inside Higher Ed
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