Newsweek: Law Schools: Reform or Go Bust, by James Huffman (Former Dean, Lewis & Clark): Like it or not, law schools face real business challenges. Demand has declined every year since 2010—not just a little but by nearly 40 percent. The same number of law schools have 33,000 fewer prospective…

Tallahassee Democrat, Markel’s Death Remains a Mystery: Seven months after someone shot Florida State law professor Dan Markel in the garage of his Betton Hills home, the Tallahassee Police Department has yet to make an arrest or identify a suspect. It’s frustrating to those who knew the 41-year-old father of…

Washington & Lee School of Law Strategic Transition Plan: n response to the changes in the legal profession and legal education nationally, Washington and Lee’s School of Law has adopted a proactive approach to stabilize the school’s enrollment and financial structure without sacrificing its special strengths. The University’s senior administration,…

Inside Higher Ed, Who Is Being Political?: There is wide agreement in North Carolina that Gene Nichol is an articulate and forceful advocate for the impoverished of his state, unafraid to criticize political leaders who in his opinion aren’t doing enough about poverty. Nichol does so from an academic perch….

The Volokh Conspiracy: Law Faculty Productivity Over Time, by Orin Kerr (George Washington): It’s generally understood that faculty productivity declines over time. The common wisdom is that professors write up a storm to get tenure; they then write somewhat less mid-career; and they don’t do much writing at all when…