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Law school "denaming" sparks donor debacle

Inside Higher Ed

Williams from its law school, Williams’s descendants were irate. Richmond president Kevin Hallock broke the news to Robert Smith, Williams’s great-great-grandson and a graduate of the law school, over the phone. Williams enrolled at what was then called Richmond College in 1848. He acknowledged that a $3.4

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What Just Happened at Stanford Law School?

Academe Blog

BY JENNIFER RUTH Inside Higher Ed covers a story today that blew up over the weekend. That is, it “blew up” in a particular way in particular outlets. I found out about it quickly only because I look at the twitter accounts of those on the right who believe that institutions of higher ed are…

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Following a dream to the bachelor’s completion program at Georgetown

Coursera blog

Amanda finds the online learning she needs to prep for law school and mor e Amanda is a student in the Bachelor of Arts in Liberal Studies program at Georgetown University’s School of Continuing Studies. For Amanda, it’s clear what lies ahead: “After graduation, I plan to apply for law school.”

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2 emerging law school recruitment challenges – and how to address them

EAB

2 emerging law school recruitment challenges – and how to address them. In the last 20 years, law school enrollment has been anything but consistent. In just a five-year period, from 2010 to 2015, the number of first-year law students decreased by more than 29%. For the 2022 cycle, law school applications are down.

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Rankings and the Real World: Incentivizing a Fictional University

Academe Blog

BY TALIA SCHAFFER, SETH KAHN, RACHEL SAGNER BUURMA, AND CAROLYN BETENSKY Over the past few weeks, a slew of law schools have announced that they will no longer participate in the US News and World Report’s rankings because of the publication’s problematic methodology and the effects of their rankings.

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Harvard and Yale law schools ditch U.S. News & World Report’s rankings: “Profoundly flawed”

University Business

Officials at Yale’s and Harvard’s law schools said Wednesday the institutions will no longer participate in U.S. News & World Report’s annual rankings of the top law schools. An official at Yale Law School called the methodology behind the influential listing “profoundly flawed.”

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Full Recording of Judge’s Disrupted Stanford Talk

Inside Higher Ed

A full recording has emerged of students at Stanford University law school disrupting a talk by Judge Kyle Duncan of the U.S. The audio recording was reproduced by David Lat for the legal blog Original Jurisdiction. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit. Duncan was a target because he has a history of anti-LGBT activism.