Clemson/US News Ranking Recap
Last week, a Clemson administrator, Catherine Watt, made a presentation about Clemson’s obsessive focus on improving its US News rankings, which seemingly drives every aspect of Clemson’s decision-making. Some of Clemson’s ranking-driven decisions may not be especially controversial and may…
Flexibility of JD Overstated
Leigh Jones from the National Law Journal writes: Law schools and placement professionals frequently tout the versatility of a law degree as a path to alternative careers. But even in good economic times, the advantage of a juris doctor degree…
How to Pay for Your Law Degree 2008-10
I’m pleased to announce the third edition of How to Pay for Your Law Degree [Amazon Affiliate link], a book of financial aid opportunities for law students published by my mom. I contributed a foreword. This book has gotten better…
Teaching Cyberlaw Article
[Cross-posted to the Technology & Marketing Law Blog] As part of the recent St. Louis University Law Journal’s issue on Teaching Intellectual Property Law, I published a short article entitled “Teaching Cyberlaw.” The abstract: “Over the past dozen years, Cyberlaw…
David Lander: “Are Adjuncts a Benefit or a Detriment?”
David Lander, Are Adjuncts a Benefit or a Detriment?, 33 U. Dayton L. Rev. 285 (2008). This article looks at the pros and cons of staffing a course with an adjunct vs. full-time faculty and some ways to get the…
Law School Proliferation
The legal education industry is facing a potentially significant expansion of supply. As Leigh Jones at the NLJ reports, up to 10 different universities are investigating adding new law schools. Some of the potential new entrants include: * Wilkes University,…
Arthur Best on Student Evaluations
Arthur Best, Student Evaluations of Law Teaching Work Well: Strongly Agree, Agree, Neutral, Disagree, Strongly Disagree, Southwestern University Law Review, 2008 Another article on the deficiencies of student evaluation forms. A couple of takeaway points: * “data from student evaluation…
Secunda on Law Professor Lateraling
If you are interested in the topic of law professor lateraling, you’ve probably already seen Paul Secunda’s series at Concurring Opinions. That series is worth checking out to see all of the comments. However, for your convenience, Paul has glued…
“I’m on a One-Woman Mission to Talk People out of Law School”
Kirsten Wolf, a 32-year-old graduate of BU Law, is out to warn people about law school. At WSJ Law Blog, she complains: Lots of people go to law school as a default. They don’t know what else to do, like…
Teaching Contract Drafting
In February 2006, I spoke about teaching contract drafting at a symposium at Brooklyn Law School. Nearly 2 years later, I have finally posted the associated essay, entitled “Integrating Contract Drafting Skills and Doctrine.” It’s brief (6 pages) and breezy,…