Publications
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Academic
Journal of Legal Education (2021)
Gender Equity in Law School Enrollment: An Elusive Goal.
Florida International Law Review (2019)
Nebraska Law Review (2013)
The Evaporating Trust in American Legal Education.
Michigan Journal of Law Reform (2012)
The Crisis in Legal Education: Dabbling in Disaster Planning.
Journal of Legal Metrics (2012)
Pace Law Review (2010)
A Way Forward: Transparency at American Law Schools. The original version was published in April 2010 on SSRN. An updated version was published in 2012 by Pace Law Review.
Law School Transparency Investigations
LST's 2025 Vision: A Blueprint for Modern Change.
A Way Forward: Transparency in 2018.
2015 State of Legal Education.
Regulatory Comments
Notice & Comment Memo on ABA Consumer Protection (ABA Standards 316 and 501), 2016-07
To the Council of the ABA Section of Legal Education: Interpreting and Enforcing Standard 501(b), 2015-10
Comment to ABA Recommending Against New Data Policy, 2013-07
Comment on the ABA Task Force on the Future of Legal Education's Working Paper, 2013-02
Notice & Comment Memo on ABA Consumer Protection (ABA Standard 509), 2012-05
Notice & Comment Memo on ABA Consumer Protection (ABA Standard 509), 2011-11
Comment to ABA Imploring Cooperation with NALP, 2011-08
Notice & Comment Memo on ABA Consumer Protection (ABA Standard 509), 2011-07
Notice & Comment Memo on ABA Consumer Protection (ABA Standard 509), 2011-04
Podcasts
I Am The Law features lawyers from around the country discussing their jobs so that students can better understand what the practice of law is really like. The show launched in January 2015 and is one of the largest and best-regarded podcasts covering the legal profession.
Women In The Law is a mini-series released in Fall 2016 about the challenges women continue to face in the legal profession. It was distributed through traditional podcast platforms, such as Apple Podcasts and Stitcher, as well as various media outlets, including Bloomberg Big Law Business, Above the Law, Lawyerist, and Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly.
Columns & Editorials
Above the Law (April 2021)
Chaos Reigns: Notre Dame Law School Tells Non-Wealthy Students 'Thanks, But No Thanks'
Above the Law (March 2021)
The Law School Rankings Rat Race Has New Cheese
Above the Law (July 2020)
Scholarship Or Loan In Disguise? Law School Policy Has Experts Asking Questions
Above the Law (August 2019)
Above the Law (October 2017)
Young Lawyers Deserve Seats At The Law School Accreditation Table
National Law Journal (October 2017)
On Richard Susskind's Ideas on the Profession's Future
Inside Higher Ed (August 2017)
Above the Law (August 2017)
ABA Takes Giant Step Backwards On Transparency
National Law Journal (July 2017)
The Applicant Plunge is not a PR Problem
Above the Law (March 2017)
Low-Cost Bar Prep Materials? Unbundling to Drive Down Costs
Above the Law (January 2017)
Law School Deans Ask for Extension on Exploitation
Above the Law (January 2017)
Charlotte School Of Law Should Be More Transparent, Immediately
Above the Law (December 2016)
A Playbook for Combating Implicit Bias
Bloomberg Big Law Business (December 2016)
Will This Law School Close After Feds Cut Funding?
Bloomberg Big Law Business (November 2016)
The Gender Bias in Law School Admissions
Bloomberg Big Law Business (August 2016)
Transcript Reveals Debate Over ABA's Accrediting Power
Bloomberg Big Law Business (July 2016)
Banking on a $180k Entry Salary? Check This Out
Bloomberg Big Law Business (July 2016)
Massachusetts Adopts New Bar Exam
Above the Law (June 2016)
Law Books For The Price Of Printing?
Above the Law (June 2016)
Did Firms Raise Salaries High Enough?
Above the Law (June 2016)
Caveat Venditor: Throwback To The Days Of Junk Employment Statistics
Above the Law (May 2016)
Caveat Venditor: Empty Threats From Notorious For-Profit Law Schools
Above the Law (May 2016)
New Student Loan Rates For Law Students
Above the Law (May 2016)
How Law School Job Rates Changed This Year
Bloomberg Big Law Business (May 2016)
Law Grads Still Face a Tough Job Market
Above the Law (March 2016)
The Fall Of Systemic Deception At Law Schools
National Law Journal (March 2016)
Trial Over Law School's Job Statistics Symbolizes an Industry Gone Wrong
Above the Law (March 2016)
The U.S. News Rankings Are Horrible. Stop Paying Attention.
Above the Law (March 2016)
ABA Poised To Tighten Accreditation
Above the Law (February 2016)
Attrition May Jeopardize Accreditation Status Of Dozens Of Law Schools
Bloomberg (February 2016)
What President Obama's 2017 Budget Tell Us About Law Schools
Above the Law (February 2016)
The ABA's New Bar Pass Rate Standards
Above the Law (February 2016)
Washington D.C. Adopts Uniform Bar Exam
Above the Law (February 2016)
ABA House To Vote On Uniform Bar Exam
Bloomberg (January 2016)
Here's How The Law School Crisis Is Affecting Harvard
Above the Law (January 2016)
How Student Loan Refinancing Could Undo Federal Loan Policy
Above the Law (January 2016)
Law Schools More Transparent Than Ever
Bloomberg (January 2016)
Why Ranking Law Schools Nationally Is Nonsensical
Above the Law (January 2016)
How To Fix The U.S. News Law School Rankings
Above the Law (January 2016)
Bloomberg (December 2015)
The So-Called Life of a Big Law Associate
Above the Law (December 2015)
Law School Enrollment Falls Again
Above the Law (December 2015)
The ABA Takes First Step To Tighten Bar Pass Standards
The Faculty Lounge (December 2015)
LST Responds to LSAC Press Release
Above the Law (December 2015)
What Will The ABA Do To Restore Trust In Law Schools?
Above the Law (November 2015)
The ABA Must Enforce Its Non-Exploitation Standard
Above the Law (November 2015)
The ABA Must Enforce Its Non-Exploitation Standard
Harvard Law Record (November 2015)
Are Lawyers Getting Dumber? The Question May Matter More Than The Answer (Reprint)
Above the Law (November 2015)
One Law School's Change In Fortune
Above the Law (November 2015)
Price Discrimination Will Ultimately Bite Schools
Above the Law (November 2015)
Are Lawyers Getting Dumber? The Question May Matter More Than The Answer
Above the Law (November 2015)
Bar Exam Failure Rates: The Worst Is Yet to Come
Law.com (April 2015)
Note to Law Schools: Show Your Work on JD Advantage Jobs
Above the Law (April 2015)
Deceptive Statistics 101, Courtesy Of A Law Professor And The New York Times
Law.com and Daily Report (GA) (March 2015)
Five Failures of the U.S. News Rankings
Harvard Law Record (January 2015)
What Harvard Law Students Need to Know About Law School Transparency
Law.com (April 2014)
How Deans Should Game the Above the Law Rankings
Law.com (April 2014)
Transparency Review in Advance of New Law School Jobs Data
Law.com (March 2014)
Five Failures of the U.S. News Rankings
U.S. News & World Report (September 2013)
Should Law School Be Reduced to Two Years?
National Jurist (August 2013)
Deliberations for a prospective law student
ABA Journal (May 2013)
What's driving change in legal education and why you should care
Huffington Post (March 2013)
When Solutions Only Look Like Solutions
Huffington Post (December 2012)
National Law Journal (July 2012)
ABA standards stand in the way of law school reform
The Careerist (December 2011)
National Law Journal (November 2011)
A Law School Fantasy: Slashing Costs and Improving Preparedness
National Law Journal (October 2011)
New York Post (October 2011)
Do law schools defraud students?
National Law Journal (September 2011)
ABA should make law schools provide better job statistics now
Beyond Hearsay (February 2011)
Essays
LawSchoolCafe.org
New Study on Economic Value of a Law Degree, July 19, 2013)
Proposed Employment Data Change, June 05, 2013)
The Federal Gov't's Massive, Declining Investment in Legal Education, May 22, 2013)
LawSchoolTransparency.com
LST Calls for Dean's Resignation and ABA Investigation, May 20, 2012)
Rankings Pressure as a Motivating Force for Fraud, November 11, 2011)
Class Actions as a Tool of Social Change, October 10, 2011)
Revisiting the ABA Section of Legal Education as a Captured Agency, August 02, 2011)
SBA President Coalition Endorses Ideas Behind New Bill, May 18, 2011)
Proposing a New Standard to Require Scholarship Retention Data, April 30, 2011)
NYLS's Deceptive Practices, April 29, 2011)
LST's Proposal: Job Outcome List and National Salary Database, March 29, 2011)
509 Subcommittee's Draft Proposal: An Explanation and Evaluation, March 27, 2011)
Three Critical Features for the ABA's Collective Solution to Employment Reporting, March 23, 2011)
The Current Employment Information Reported to the ABA, March 22, 2011)
Apathy For Applicants Continues: Ave Maria Backs Out, February 23, 2011)
Is a Stanford Degree Worth It?, February 17, 2011)
ABA's Young Lawyers Division Adopts Transparency Resolution, February 14, 2011)
January ABA Standards Review Committee Meeting, January 07, 2011)
Questionnaire Committee Hearing Recap, December 23, 2010)
U.S. News Expresses Support for Greater Data Transparency, December 21, 2010)
U.S. News to Reform Its Disclosure of Surveyed Employment Data, December 10, 2010)
Shocked about Kaplan's Survey Results? New Info Comes to Light, December 03, 2010)
Why Involve Admissions Offices?, November 18, 2010)
Introduction to ABA's Initiatives on Law School Transparency, November 11, 2010)
A Big Tent: With LST Compliance, Everyone Wins, October 07, 2010)