Welcome back to Ahead of the Curve. I’m Karen Sloan, legal education editor at Law.com, and I’ll be your host for this weekly look at innovation and notable developments in legal education.

I hope you had a nice Memorial Day weekend. Ahead of the Curve’s slimmed down for the summer, but there’s still plenty of news to discuss. On that note, what’s up will all the new law profs with Ph.D.s? I chat with Northwestern Law’s Sarah Lawsky about her theories. And Penn Law grad Wendell Holland found a novel way to pay off his student loans: Win “Survivor.” Finally, I’m running down some notable dean developments from the past week.