Brian Leiter's Law School Reports

More Student Credentials Puffery at Illinois

This time it was reported to the ABA and US News, and would have affected the ranking results.  And still U.S. News underranks Illinois relative to the quality of the faculty!

Another Memorial Conference: In Honor of Keith Aoki

Details here.

8 Strategic Goals, 60 Strategic Objectives...

...for UC Hastings.  Wow!

(Thanks to Joe Hodnicki for the pointer.)

ADDENDUM:  One puzzle about Hastings is why, in recent years, they've been losing almost all their top public law scholars, and mostly to peer, rather than clearly better, schools (Amar and Bhagwat to UC Davis, Leib to Fordham, and now Massey to New Hampshire).   Anyone know?  Just coincidence?

U.S. News to Continue to Screw Over Colleges with Existing Ranking Formula

IHE has the details, though it certainly does no credit to the judgment of admissions directors that they also object to the only part of the college ranking formula that keeps the results tethered to the real world at all, namely, the reputation survey.

Clerkship Feeding Frenzy

Sharks are probably better-behaved. 

New On-Line Reviews of Books on Criminal Law/Criminal Justice

Courtesy of the folks at Rugtgers-Newark.

ABA Reversing Itself on Demand for Better Employment Data?

That's the contention of this piece, which is puzzling in light of this summer's announcement.   (Let me know if you spot an ABA statement/response on this issue.)   A very striking line from the preceding NLJ item:   "Since the turn of the century, just two-thirds of all ABA-approved law school graduates obtained jobs requiring bar passage within nine months of graduation."  Mr. McEntee, one of the authors, confirms that this data comes from NALP sources.

Memorial Conference in Honor of David Baldus (Iowa)

Details here.

Employment Law/EEO Experts...

...help out some philosophers trying to figure out whether on-line job ads (at a centralized source) will satisfy EEO and other requirements of U.S. law.  Thanks!

Illinois News Release on Corrected Data on Student Credentials

Here.  And more from the NLJ here.