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This is cross-posted from the Legal Ethics Forum Symposium on Legal Education’s Response to the Economic Realities Facing the Profession. Like Cassandra Burke Robertson, I had another life before becoming a law professor full-time. Working as a law librarian for 25 years … Continue reading →

A classic viola joke: Once there was a violist playing in the Winnipeg Symphony. He wasn’t that wonderful a player, so he sat at the back of the section. One day he was cleaning out his attic and discovered an … Continue reading →

This is cross-posted from Legal Ethics Forum, where I am one of some two dozen invited participants in the LEF Symposium on Legal Education’s Response to the Economic Realities Facing the Profession. I look forward to your comments, either here or … Continue reading →

Beyond Transparency: The Crisis of Confidence in Legal Education Law schools have long kept a comfortable distance from the concerns of the practicing bar. Earlier calls for reform such as the MacCrate Report (1992), the Carnegie Foundation’s Educating Lawyers: Preparation … Continue reading →

Paul Campos (LawProf at Inside the Law School Scam) reprints the following letter from a law school applicant having second thoughts: I think that the reason why 0Ls continue to perceive law school as an attractive option regardless of the … Continue reading →