Dean Ferruolo of the Universiy of San Diego will likely – and understandably – ignore the call for his apology or resignation issued by Professor Brian Leiter of the University […]
A recent meeting of the State Bar’s Committee of Bar Examiners (CBE) suggests to me that the California Bar may have a problem with race. That is, its leaders do […]
The State Bar of California has released a study today it conducted of the so-called “cut score” which determines who does and does not pass the California bar exam. Using […]
As loyal readers of this blog well know, California legal education has been facing severe pressure as demand by recent college graduates for a J.D. has fallen off despite a […]
The downturn in bar exam passage rates in California has triggered an important debate about the future of legal education. The bar passage rate in July 2016 hit a 32 […]
Confirming earlier blog posts (here and here) on the Whittier College law school closing, KPCC Radio reported yesterday that Whitter College President Sharon Herzberger stated the decision to close was […]
Chicago’s Brian Leiter weighed in today in the great Whittier Debate on the side of his north side colleague Dan Rodriguez. He endorses Rodriguez’s claim that blogging about the shutdown […]
A few years ago my wife hosted a conference on education reform here in Silicon Valley. After she gave her opening remarks she was approached by an urbanely dressed man […]
Inevitably law school critics are crowing over the recently announced closure by Whittier College of its 50 year old ABA accredited law school. The news shocked and angered students who […]