By Christine Charnosky | January 30, 2023
While the recent overall of the methodology has dropped some of the worst flaws, "the U.S. News ranking will inevitably require continuing reinvention in the years ahead and past practice does not inspire confidence in the accuracy of that enterprise," David D. Meyer, dean and Mitchell Franklin Professor of Law at Tulane Law, said in a message to the law community.
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By Christine Charnosky | January 30, 2023
Haider Ala Hamoudi, vice dean of Pitt Law, has agreed to assume day-to-day oversight of the school until an interim dean is named.
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By Jane Wester | January 27, 2023
The mural artist, Samuel Kerson, sued the law school in 2020, arguing that the covering of the mural would violate his rights under the Visual Artist Rights Act.
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By Christine Charnosky | January 27, 2023
"I am ashamed of my conduct," Professor Daniel Capra said in an email to Law.com on Friday. "I apologized to the student and to my class."
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By Brian Lee | January 27, 2023
NYSTLA has been at the forefront of advocating for passage of the Grieving Families Act, which aims to update New York's wrongful death law, which was passed in 1847.
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By Dan Roe | January 26, 2023
U.S. law firm exchanges will begin later this year, according to global legal network Meritas, which has already facilitated recent lawyer swaps in the U.K. and Oceania.
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By Christine Charnosky | January 26, 2023
"In deciding whether to complete this year's statistical survey, we asked U.S. News to make this information available to students free of charge," Law Dean Dan Tokaji said in his announcement. "Unfortunately, U.S. News has not committed to do that" so "[w]e see little reason to devote our resources to completing this lengthy survey so it can sell the information back to prospective students."
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By Christine Charnosky | January 26, 2023
"Even though at times hard to hear or read, everything Prof. Wax is accused of saying finds support in social science research and other empirically based sources and has been expressed by various critics and commentators all over the country and the world," Wax's attorney, David Shapiro, wrote in the grievance.
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By Christine Charnosky | January 25, 2023
Seattle University School of Law Dean Anthony Varona wrote in an email to students and faculty Monday that the school is conducting an internal probe into allegations of racism against a visiting professor that were made public by the university's student newspaper.
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By Christine Charnosky | January 25, 2023
Prospective law students can easily find information about our performance in "without the muddy signaling that the U.S. News rank creates," Jennifer Gerarda Brown, dean and professor of Law at Quinnipiac Law, said, adding that "devoting precious administrative resources and sometimes catering to U.S. News ranking methodology distracts and detracts from our efforts."
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