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By Donald Tobin
A thoughtful strategic planning process can provide a valuable opportunity to bring the law school community together to set priorities, align resources, and move ahead in ways that support long-term success.
A thoughtful strategic planning process can provide a valuable opportunity to bring the law school community together to set priorities, align resources, and move ahead in ways that support long-term success.
By Susannah Pollvogt
The majority of law professors expect their students to be able to participate in Socratic dialogue, also known as cold calling. But where do we teach this skill? The short answer is that we generally don’t.
The majority of law professors expect their students to be able to participate in Socratic dialogue, also known as cold calling. But where do we teach this skill? The short answer is that we generally don’t.
By Susan L. Krinsky
After careful review, we have decided to delay implementation of LSAC GPA calculation changes until summer 2027, enabling candidates and law schools to adjust to the new policy.
After careful review, we have decided to delay implementation of LSAC GPA calculation changes until summer 2027, enabling candidates and law schools to adjust to the new policy.
By James Leipold
The employment outcomes for the law school class of 2025 tell a nuanced story, as the National Association for Law Placement’s recent analysis of this data makes clear in its annual report.
The employment outcomes for the law school class of 2025 tell a nuanced story, as the National Association for Law Placement’s recent analysis of this data makes clear in its annual report.
By Susannah Pollvogt
How can law schools create assessable learning outcomes? It can be helpful to work backwards, starting by identifying competencies of focus and available assessment evidence.
How can law schools create assessable learning outcomes? It can be helpful to work backwards, starting by identifying competencies of focus and available assessment evidence.
By James Leipold
For almost 50 years, the way law firms and other legal employers recruited law students was routinized and predictable. Now, though, technology and an aggressive free market have disrupted the process.
For almost 50 years, the way law firms and other legal employers recruited law students was routinized and predictable. Now, though, technology and an aggressive free market have disrupted the process.
By Elizabeth Bodamer and Danielle Taylor
First-semester law students are facing increased pressure to secure jobs early in their law school journey — and this new dynamic is negatively affecting many students’ first-year experience.
First-semester law students are facing increased pressure to secure jobs early in their law school journey — and this new dynamic is negatively affecting many students’ first-year experience.
By Elizabeth Bodamer
LSAC and AALS are partnering on the Before the JD II study to examine undergraduate students’ decisions about their future careers and postgraduate education.
LSAC and AALS are partnering on the Before the JD II study to examine undergraduate students’ decisions about their future careers and postgraduate education.
2025 1L Class Was Largest in Recent Years, but First-Gen College Grad Representation Declines Again
By Elizabeth Bodamer
There has been a decrease in the percentage of first-generation college graduates entering law school for two consecutive years.
There has been a decrease in the percentage of first-generation college graduates entering law school for two consecutive years.
By James Leipold
The National Association for Law Placement (NALP) released its annual Report on Diversity in U.S. Law Firms. The results are sobering, if not surprising, on several fronts.
The National Association for Law Placement (NALP) released its annual Report on Diversity in U.S. Law Firms. The results are sobering, if not surprising, on several fronts.
