Legal Education Roundup (Nov 25, 2022)
Recent reports on the future of law schools and legal education.
"Some Thoughts on Elite-Law-School Bias in Clerkship Hiring," Reason
"The Cost of Going to Law School: How Countries Compare," Law.com
"3 law schools ranked in U.S. News top 10 will no longer participate in its rankings," ABA Journal
"As More Law Schools Drop Out, Are the U.S. News Rankings in Danger?," Daily Report
"Dean’s Message: Berkeley Law will not participate in the U.S. News rankings," Berkeley Law
"Yale and Harvard law schools to shun influential U.S. News rankings," Reuters
"Yale and Harvard’s Law Schools Are Ditching the ‘U.S. News’ Rankings. Will Others Follow?," The Chronicle of Higher Education
"Yale and Harvard Law Schools Abandon U.S. News Rankings," The Wall Street Journal
"Pass rates for first-time bar-takers decrease; are online classes the cause?," ABA Journal
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