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. Just a heads up, Ahead of the Curve will take a break next week for Christmas but will be back in the New Year. 

This week, I’m talking with Judge Cynthia Martin, who is heading up the National Conference of Bar Examiners’ Testing Task Force, about the bar exam of the future. Next, we’ll check out some early analysis around the web of the latest data on law school enrollment from the American Bar Association. Last, the faculty at Stanford Law School shares their must-reads in what I think is a charming holiday tradition.