National Jurist Editors

Mercer appoints new law dean

Mercer University recently announced the appointment of Gary J. Simon as dean of the Walter F. George...

Job market proves weak for Class of 2009

According to a recent study by the National Association of Law Placement, the employment rate for new...

University of South Carolina law dean to step down

Walter Pratt, Jr. announced last week that he will step down as dean of the University of...

NYLS and Harvard partner to discuss the future of legal education

New York Law School and Harvard Law School partnered up to produce a two-day conference called “Future...

Dean Brian Bromberger prepares for retirement

In conjunction with his golden anniversary of teaching, Loyola University New Orleans College of Law Dean Brian...

Moving on from law school

I’ve written dozens of columns about law school in general, and you might expect me here to...
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The beauty of merit-based compensation

 In my most recent Advice & Consent column, I called out lazy law professors. When (some) profs...

What to make of the rise in faculty size?

There has been a profound increase in the number of faculty at American Law schools. The average...

No laptop in the classroom equals less distraction, more work

I have a confession. Last semester, I visited Facebook during class. I shopped for shoes, checked my...

Clinic work: My training wheels

After waffling for two and a half years about whether or not I actually want to be...