This is a list of readings that I have found that expound on the crisis in legal education. I am gathering them here for various reasons, but thought it would be helpful to make this a public place so that others might benefit.
BLOGS
- Law School Transparency - "LST will contribute to the reform by holding other stakeholders accountable, by making relevant data and information easy to consume, and by pursuing policies that aim to make legal education better and more affordable. Reform starts with transparency and will end with a total reimagination of the modern law school."
- Inside the Law School Scam - Professor Paul Campos of University of Colorado-Boulder School of Law blog - last post was 2/27/13.
REPORTS
- 2013 Report on the State of the Legal Market - PDF from Georgetown.
WEB ARTICLES
- Why Waste This Crisis in Legal Education?, Paul Lippe
- Read This if You Want A Legal Job - Law.com
LAW REVIEW ARTICLES
- Blueprint for Change
William D. Henderson
Indiana University Maurer School of Law - The Crisis of the American Law School
University of Michigan Journal of Law Reform, October 2012 , U of Colorado Law Legal Studies Research Paper No. 12-13
Paul Campos
University of Colorado Law School - The Crisis in Legal Education: Dabbling in Disaster Planning
University of Michigan Journal of Law Reform, 2012
Kyle P. McEntee , Patrick J. Lynch and Derek Michael Tokaz -
The Ninety-Five Theses: Systemic Reforms of American Legal Education and Licensure
South Carolina Law Review, Vol. 64, 2012 Brent Evan Newton
Georgetown University Law Center - What Ails the Law Schools?
Michigan Law Review, Vol. 111, No. 6, 2013, U of Alabama Public Law Research Paper No. 2113116
Paul Horwitz
University of Alabama School of Law - Redesigning the American Law School
Cleveland-Marshall Legal Studies Paper No. 09-182
David Barnhizer
Cleveland-Marshall College of Law, Cleveland State University - Law School Disruption
Georgetown Journal of Legal Ethics, Forthcoming
Ray Worthy Campbell
Peking University School of Transnational Law - Should American Law Schools Continue to Graduate Lawyers Whom Clients Consider Worthless?
Maryland Law Review, Vol. 70, p. 499, 2011, Georgia State University College of Law, Legal Studies Research Paper No. 2011-11
Clark D. Cunningham
Georgia State University College of Law - A Proposal to Restructure Legal Education
U.S. Student Law News, Vol. 2, No. 3, 1986
Jeremy M. Miller
American International School of Law - The Law School Crisis: What Would Jimmy McMillan Do?
Paul L. Caron
University of Cincinnati - College of Law - Redeeming Law Schools: How the Crisis in Legal Education Can Revitalize Our Profession and Save Its Soul
Mary A. Lynch
Albany Law School - The Lawyer of the Future
Deanell Tacha
Pepperdine Law School - The Law School Crisis: What Would Kimmy McMillian Do?
Paul Caron
University of Cincinnati School of Law - Democratizing the Delivery of Legal Services
Renee Knake
Michigan State University College of Law
LAW SCHOOLS OPENING LAW FIRMS (aka "Incubators")
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Graduates of Pace Law School Join Pace Community Law Practice
http://www.jdjournal.com/2013/04/09/graduates-of-pace-law-school-join-pa... -
‘Teaching hospital for law school graduates’ is launching at Arizona State
http://www.abajournal.com/news/article/hospital/ -
To Place Graduates, Law Schools Are Opening Firms
http://www.nytimes.com/2013/03/08/education/law-schools-look-to-medical-...