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Suit Against New York Law School Dismissed

Brian R. Leiter
March 22, 2012 10:28

Yesterday, Judge Melvin Schweitzer of the Supreme Court of New York, New York County, dismissed the suit charging that New York Law School fraudulently reported...

Did US News Law School Rankings Rely On Incorrect Data?

Brian R. Leiter
March 21, 2012 18:59

Robert Morse, ranker-in-chief, announced that St. Thomas (MN) reported incorrect at-graduation placement data. Rather than having placed 80.6% of its grads at graduation, as US...

Morrison from Columbia to Chicago

Brian R. Leiter
March 21, 2012 10:03

I've largely stopped posting individual announcements about hiring, leaving it to Dan Filler to aggregate that information at Faculty Lounge. But as a point of...

Blogging will be light next week...

Brian R. Leiter
March 16, 2012 12:34

...as it's Spring Break.

Mark Mihaly to Lead Vermont Law School

Brian R. Leiter
March 16, 2012 10:20

Professor Mark Mihaly of the Vermont Law School has been named the school's new president and dean, effective August 1. Mihaly, who holds a JD...

Obamacare Ironies

Brian R. Leiter
March 15, 2012 13:19

This one is rich.

In Memoriam: John Kidwell

Brian R. Leiter
March 15, 2012 11:10

John Kidwell, Professor of Law Emeritus at the University of Wisconsin School of Law, passed away on Saturday. Kidwell joined the Wisconsin faculty in 1972...

In Memoriam: Hunter Tart

Brian R. Leiter
March 14, 2012 19:13

I am particularly sad to report the passing of my young colleague John Hunter Tart after a very brief illness. Hunter was a visiting assistant...

U.S. News Reputation Survey of Lawyers and Judges

Brian R. Leiter
March 14, 2012 16:29

The response rate to this survey is veyr low--12% this year. Because the rates are so low, they average two years' worth of results, which...

New York Post on Law School Employment Data

Brian R. Leiter
March 14, 2012 11:28

Here.