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Lawyers See Big Pay Growth After First 10 Years of Career

Posted on February 12, 2015 by webmaster in Legal Education Leave a comment

Washington Post, Your Lifetime Earnings Are Probably Determined in Your 20s: A new report from the Federal Reserve Bank of New York sends a … sobering message to millennials: Your first 10 years in the labor market likely shape your lifetime earning potential. … For the average person … earnings…


Law Graduate Overproduction and Lawyers Per Capita by State

Posted on February 11, 2015 by webmaster in Legal Education Leave a comment

Matt Leichter has updated the data in his two ongoing research projects: Law Graduate Overproduction: This page tracks law graduate overproduction as of 2013 by contrasting state government lawyer job creation projections with ABA graduate data from the Law School Admissions Council. … Here’s a chart of the results. The…


Philanthropist, 98, Sues Chapman for Return of $12 million Gift

Posted on February 11, 2015 by webmaster in Legal Education Leave a comment

Orange County Register, Philanthropist, 98, Sues Chapman for the Return of His $12 million Gift: A 98-year-old man says Chapman University took advantage of his age to get him him to donate $12 million for an engineering building – and he is suing to get his money back. Corona del…


The Legal Profession: From ‘The Best And The Brightest’ To ‘Dumb And Dumber’?

Posted on February 10, 2015 by webmaster in Legal Education Leave a comment

The American Lawyer: Best and Brightest? Or Dumb and Dumber?, by Vivia Chen: No one wants to admit it, but there’s a whiff of anxiety that the legal field is dumbing down. The source of this angst? The steep decline in law school applicants. Not since 1973, when there were…


Moneyball, The Super Bowl, And Faculty Hiring

Posted on February 9, 2015 by webmaster in Legal Education Leave a comment

Following up on Friday’s post on Faculty Scholarship Rankings and Law School Success: Bloomberg View: Would You Hire the Super Bowl Hero?, by Virginia Postrel: When was the last time your talent-hungry organization hired the equivalent of Super Bowl hero Malcolm Butler, the undrafted rookie who came out of the…


University of New South Wales Issues Call for 2015 Tax Research Fellows

Posted on February 9, 2015 by webmaster in Legal Education, Tax, Tax Prof Jobs Leave a comment

The School of Taxation and Business Law (TBL) at the University of New South Wales, Australia, will offer several Atax Research Fellowships ($7,500) in taxation, business law and related disciplines in 2015. Research Fellows normally spend four weeks working at TBL on a mutually agreed area of research. The preferred…


Taylor: Diversity as a Law School Survival Strategy

Posted on February 9, 2015 by webmaster in Legal Education, Scholarship Leave a comment

Aaron N. Taylor (St. Louis), Diversity as a Law School Survival Strategy (press release): Over the past few years, law schools have been dealing with a drastic and, so far, unyielding decline in student interest. Between 2010 and 2013, student enrollments fell almost 25%, to levels not seen in 40…


‘No Relief’ for Law School Enrollment Slump

Posted on February 9, 2015 by webmaster in Legal Education Leave a comment

Indiana Business Journal, ‘No Relief’ for Law School Enrollment Slump: After three down years for law school enrollment, Austen Parrish expected a rebound of applications and enrollment this year at Indiana University Maurer School of Law. But it isn’t happening. The law school, which Parrish leads, saw the number of…


TaxProf Blog Weekend Roundup

Posted on February 9, 2015 by webmaster in Legal Education, Tax, Weekend Roundup Leave a comment

Saturday: Case Western Purchased Home of Former Dean in Settlement of Law Prof’s Retaliation Lawsuit Malcolm Butler, Not Tom Brady, to Pay Income Tax on Super Bowl MVP Truck NLJ: Scandals Put Law Schools in Damage Control Mode The IRS Scandal, Day 639 Sunday: Is the Professor Bossy or Brilliant?…


Is the Professor Bossy or Brilliant? Much Depends on Gender

Posted on February 8, 2015 by webmaster in Legal Education Leave a comment

New York Times: Is the Professor Bossy or Brilliant? Much Depends on Gender, by Claire Cain Miller: Male professors are brilliant, awesome and knowledgeable. Women are bossy and annoying, and beautiful or ugly. These are a few of the results from a new interactive chart that was gaining notice on…


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