Ahead of the Curve: The Rise of the Ph.D. Law Prof | Surviving Law School Debt | Dean Developments
What's up will all the new law profs with Ph.D.s? Also, a Penn Law grad has found a novel way to pay off his student loans. Plus, notable dean developments.
May 29, 2018 at 07:00 AM
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Welcome back to Ahead of the Curve. I'm Karen Sloan, legal education editor at Law.com, and I'll be your host for this weekly look at innovation and notable developments in legal education. I hope you had a nice Memorial Day weekend. Ahead of the Curve's slimmed down for the summer, but there's still plenty of news to discuss. On that note, what's up will all the new law profs with Ph.D.s? I chat with Northwestern Law's Sarah Lawsky about her theories. And Penn Law grad Wendell Holland found a novel way to pay off his student loans: Win “Survivor.” Finally, I'm running down some notable dean developments from the past week. Not signed up to get Ahead of the Curve delivered to your inbox? Go here Please share your thoughts and feedback with me at [email protected] or on Twitter: @KarenSloanNLJ.
|Bring on the Law Prof Ph.D.s
A Ph.D. couldn't hurt Northwestern University Pritzker School of Law associate dean for academic affairs Sarah Lawsky. crunches the numbers PrawfsBlawg But it rocketed up to 42 percent in 2017 and landed at 49 percent for 2018. Those are the folks who will show up on campus in the fall. Yale Law School's Ph.D. program Overall hiring bounced back somewhat Harvard Law School was a surprising fourth place in producing new law faculty My thoughts:
|Surviving Law School Debt
Survivor” is still on TV Wendell Holland University of Pennsylvania Law School in 2011 Beve Unlimited The takeaway: new report AccessLex Institute
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The Law Dean Turnover Machine
Nick Allard is vacating the dean's office Brooklyn Law School, —North Carolina Central University School of Law Dean Phyliss Craig-Taylor is also out Boston University Angela Onwuachi-Willig Antony Page, vice dean at Indiana University Robert H. McKinney School of Law named the new dean Wake Forest University School of Law Dean Suzanne Reynolds announced
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Extra Credit Reading
Khan Academy's free LSAT prep program Arizona Summit Law School sue the ABA Columbia Law grad Chad Klitzman write a Hollywood movie New York Law School Everytown for Gun Safety first clinic devoted solely to gun safety legislation
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