For a couple of years now, the search term “law professor salary” or “law professor salaries” consistently has been one of the top 10 search terms used to find my blogs. It seems to be a topic of significant interest!…
From InsideHigherEd: “This much is undisputed: One evening three years ago, a then-professor at the University of Iowa’s College of Law tampered with anonymous student evaluations that rate teaching effectiveness. Kenneth Kress admits to replacing three unfavorable student-completed questionnaires with…
Marquette Law is back in the second tier of law school rankings after having dropped to the third tier last year. I’m shocked (massive sarcasm). See my prediction of this development from last April. Note my next prediction that Marquette…
IMHO, last night’s gathering of Bay Area Blawgers was a smashing success! The Crowd We had over 45 people show up at the event, exceeding our seating capacity! Typically, a fair number of lawyers who RSVP to an event don’t…
Judge Real preliminarily approved the settlement in the Bar/Bri antitrust case.
I compiled a list of Bay Area Blawgers. I welcome any updates or corrections.
A new research study from Yale suggests that outgoing links, even to competitors, builds traffic. The argument goes: outgoing links can help a blog’s readers answer their informational needs, even if the content isn’t originated at the linking blog. Therefore,…
One underwriter (rightly or wrongly) says that lawyer blogging would void its malpractice insurance coverage. I suspect this is one of those early overreactions to theoretical risks by an insurance carrier, and the insurance industry will wise up after a…
According to this article in the San Jose Business Journal, lawyers’ average hourly billing rates have grown faster than the rate of inflation for the past several years. This should hardly be surprising given the growth in lawyer compensation over…
I own a lot of unusual Slinky items, but this one rivals the bizarrest of them. Via eBay, I just bought a “Stonerware” item called “Chronic Coil,” which is a green-colored plastic slinky in the shape of a marijuana leaf….