Matt Leichter
March 01, 2012 | Law.com
At Last, a Rational Explanation for Why Law School Tuition Keeps RisingBy Matt Leichter
1 minute read
December 05, 2011 | Law.com
Data Show Feds Will Lend $54.3 Billion to U.S. Law Schools by 2020By Matt Leichter
1 minute read
August 15, 2012 | Texas Lawyer
The Juris Doctor is 'Versatile' Thanks Mainly to Numerous Logical FallaciesIt's time to put the "versatile juris doctor" argument to rest before it becomes entrenched. Decades ago, the ABA asserted that post-undergraduate legal education was necessary to train effective lawyers, although its actual, semi-stated goal was to wall the profession off from people with undesirable origins and creeds and to ape the similarly consolidated medical education system.
By Matt Leichter
2 minute read
October 11, 2012 | Texas Lawyer
Income-Based Repayment: Lifeline for Law Graduates, Certain Loser for GovernmentContrary to the Official Guide's dire warnings, law school debt repayment is no longer a simple "pay-or-else" proposition.
By Matt Leichter
3 minute read
December 23, 2011 | Law.com
ABA Regulations Don't Cause Tuition Increases, Law Schools DoBy Matt Leichter
1 minute read
December 05, 2011 | The American Lawyer
Law School Debt Bubble, Part II: Data Show Feds Will Lend $54.3 Billion to U.S. Law Schools by 2020By Matt Leichter
2 minute read
June 11, 2013 | The American Lawyer
IBR May Not Bar Some Student Debtors from Shedding DebtLaw school debtors take note: In two recent decisions, federal courts ruled that federally backed student loans could be discharged via bankruptcy despite creditors' arguments that the debtors should have signed on to the government's Income-Based Repayment program.
By Matt Leichter
7 minute read
February 13, 2013 | The American Lawyer
How Grad PLUS Loans Sustain Zombie Law SchoolsOvershadowed by Case Western Reserve dean Lawrence Mitchell's November 2012 op-ed in The New York Times, Georgetown University Law Center professor Philip Schrag offered his own strong defense for government subsidies to legal education. Unfortunately, Schrag's arguments aren't strong enough.
By Matt Leichter
9 minute read
April 29, 2013 | The American Lawyer
Why Are There No Puerto Rican Scamblogs?Compared to its peers in the United States proper, the island commonwealth's three ABA-accredited law schools perform appallingly, yet no one protests.
By Matt Leichter
7 minute read
January 05, 2012 | The American Lawyer
New BEA Data Showing Legal Sector Grew 2.3 Percent in 2010 Is No Reason to CelebrateBy Matt Leichter
7 minute read
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