National Jurist Editors

Moving on from law school

I’ve written dozens of columns about law school in general, and you might expect me here to...

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...

When law profs slack, the students suffer

As in most other aspects of life, the “Seven Deadly Sins” manifest themselves in legal education. There’s plenty...
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Do we need another ABA law school in Massachusetts?

In a recent post, we asked if there are too many law schools? Now we learn that...

All the work, none of the inspired motivation

The first day of school was always a big deal. I looked forward to new teachers, new...

Too many law schools?

Mark Greenbaum, a Washington, D.C. attorney, has been widely quoted over the past week for an opinion...

The benefits of a recession for legal education

A few months ago I wrote about the need to teach morality in law schools. Now according to...