Matt Leichter

July 27, 2012 | Texas Lawyer

After NALP and the ABA released the results of their class of 2011 survey data, The Wall Street Journal interviewed deans of law schools whose graduates did not fare well—an unenviable experience for the deans. One defense the deans offered was to blame the economy, which of course carries some weight, but the more interesting defense of legal education they gave is also the one that's hardest to substantiate: that a juris doctor is worth obtaining because of its "versatility."

By Matt Leichter

8 minute read

January 30, 2012 | The American Lawyer

By Matt Leichter

8 minute read

November 22, 2011 | The American Lawyer

By Matt Leichter

6 minute read

May 16, 2012 | The American Lawyer

Those seeking an accurate estimate of what a legal education costs can choose from multiple estimates providing different numbers, and no overarching explanation of what those differences are.

By Matt Leichter

9 minute read

January 15, 2013 | The American Lawyer

Two months after his controversial op-ed appeared in The New York Times, Case Western School of Law dean Lawrence Mitchell was interviewed by Bloomberg Law. Although he discussed tuition increases, Mitchell didn't specify how law schools redistribute tuition among students just to maintain their prestige, much less whether such redistribution is sustainable.

By Matt Leichter

9 minute read

March 19, 2012 | The American Lawyer

By Matt Leichter

7 minute read

September 26, 2012 | The American Lawyer

The New York Court of Appeals' new rule requiring bar applicants to perform pro bono work won't make things too much worse for law students, but bar admission should require fewer rules, not more.

By Matt Leichter

7 minute read

July 17, 2012 | Law.com

Responding to news of high graduate unemployment rates, some law school deans lean on the "versatile juris doctor" argument to defend their enterprises. But they aren't very credible when their schools didn't do well even in good times.

By Matt Leichter

8 minute read

May 14, 2013 | The American Lawyer

Two years after the first state-by-state breakdowns of annual law graduate and lawyer surpluses revealed just how bleak the legal industry's employment picture had become, revised state government data show that many parts of the country have seen an increase in the number of law school graduates and licensed attorneys for each available job.

By Matt Leichter

34 minute read

March 28, 2013 | The American Lawyer

An analysis of U.S. Education Department federal loan volume data shows how rapidly the country's nearly two dozen stand-alone private law schools are absorbing federal Grad PLUS loan dollars.

By Matt Leichter

8 minute read