Law School
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[Brian Tamanaha] What's Wrong With Income Based Repayment In Legal Academia: A Response to SchragLaw School 2013. 6. 20. 15:37
What's Wrong With Income Based Repayment In Legal Academia: A Response to Schrag Brian Tamanaha ........ That said, in my view IBR does not solve the basic underlying problem of the warped economics of legal education, but actually has the potential to make it worse. I will identify just two reasons to doubt Schrag's assertion that no big changes are necessary. First, I find it alarming, not rea..
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[Law Prof.] The fool doth think she is WeiserLaw School 2013. 6. 15. 09:59
The fool doth think she is Weiser. In a country, actually an entire planet, overwhelmed by suffering and oppression, the downtrodden cry out for assistance. Their humble request is for more law school graduates to analyze subordination for them, and provide them with much-needed leadership. But American law schools, though fantastical places that provide their students with super-cerebral analyt..
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[Book Review] Steven J. Harper - The Lawyer BubbleLaw School 2013. 6. 1. 16:26
The Belly of the BeastSteven J. Harper Is There a ‘Lawyer Bubble’?By Adam Cohen May 07, 2013 A new book by a former litigator at Kirkland & Ellis, one of the nation’s largest law firms, has delivered a frisson to the already rattled legal profession. In The Lawyer Bubble: A Profession in Crisis, Steven J. Harper argues that legal jobs are disappearing not because of short-term economic fluctuati..
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Failing Law Schools by Brian Z. Tamanaha (VIDEO)Law School 2013. 6. 1. 12:03
Failing Law Schools by Brian Z. Tamanaha Video The economic model of law schools is broken, says Brian Z. Tamanaha, JD, JSD, professor of law at Washington University in St. Louis and author of the new book, Failing Law Schools, published by the University of Chicago Press.“The best example to demonstrate this is that in 2010, the average debt of law students was $100,000 and the median salary w..
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Reduce Credit RequirementsLaw School 2013. 6. 1. 11:59
Reduce Credit Requirements David Van Zandt Updated July 25, 2011, 11:40 AM The cost of a legal education is driven by two significant factors. The first is demand for the education and the certification it makes possible. The second involves the requirements the American Bar Association imposes on law schools. Practicing law in the United States almost always requires a juris doctor issued by a ..
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Brian Z. Tamanaha - The Failure of Crits and Leftist Law Professors to Defend Progressive CausesLaw School 2013. 5. 30. 00:42
The Failure of Crits and Leftist Law Professors to Defend Progressive Causes Brian Z. TamanahaWashington University in Saint Louis - School of Law April 25, 2013Stanford Law & Policy Review, Vol. 24, 2013Washington University in St. Louis Legal Studies Research Paper No. 13-04-02 Abstract: Future generations will look back at the first decade of the twenty-first century as a pivotal time when a ..
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Allow Anyone to Take the BarLaw School 2013. 4. 15. 21:18
Allow Anyone to Take the Bar George Leef Updated July 25, 2011, 11:40 AM The legal profession has long sought to turn itself into a cartel. Among its anti-competitive tactics is mandating that prospective lawyers go through a needlessly long and expensive period of education. The truth is that very little that a lawyer needs to know is learned in law school classrooms and that which is essential..
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It’s Not a Trade SchoolLaw School 2013. 3. 23. 16:21
It’s Not a Trade SchoolKevin Noble Maillard Updated June 7, 2012, 12:10 PM Law school is not a trade school. In that narrow model, a legal education would prepare students for one single thing: a job as a lawyer. But people go to law school, pay tuition and graduate to become many things: educators, business leaders, politicians and, yes, attorneys. Shortening the curriculum to cut costs mistake..