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.

This week, I’m taking a closer look at the tumultuous world of California’s law schools and whether we are poised to see an exodus from ABA accreditation among those campuses. Next up is a new study from a trio of professors at Roger Williams University focused on whether law students who take notes by hand get better grades.