Excess of Democracy

The Wall Street Journal offers a story this morning on NACIQI’s plan to recommend that the ABA’s Council be denied approval as an accreditor of institutions of higher education.

Earlier this year, I previewed the new NextGen bar exam.

The ABA Council is moving to repeal Standard 303(c).

In May 2026, the ABA Council moved to repeal Standard 303(c).

That’s the headline over at Law.com: The expanded definition adds law schools “recognized by a state or territory of the United States or the District of Columbia as meeting the education requirement to be eligible to sit for the bar exam in that jurisdic…

The Alabama Supreme Court has issued a nearly-unanimous order amending its rules for admission.

After several years of consistent and regular improvement in legal employment outcomes for recent graduating classes, the Class of 2025 saw what could be described as more mixed results.

In late 2020, I last blogged about the “debt-to-income” ratio of recent law school graduates.

Back in May I shared a projected ranking, and in December I shared an updated projected ranking.

In July 2023, the National Conference of Bar Examiners released its first set of sample questions for the “NextGen” bar exam.

The two most populous states, California and Texas, offer an interesting dataset in examining the state of legal education and the market of law schools, including the market for new attorneys.

Last summer, I offered a lengthy critique of the ABA’s proposal to dramatically increase the amount of “experiential” learning requirements in legal education.

I have written extensively about the USNWR law school rankings over the years.

ABA disclosure data reveals a great deal of information about what law schools are doing.

I recently had an interesting exchange with Stetson Law Dean Benjamin Barros. 1L law school enrollment has hit a recent high, on the heels of an increase in applications.

Back in March 2025, I highlighted the distinction between proactive and reactive law schools.

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A rankings projection requires me to put myself “out there” in a public way.

UPDATE: The actual rankings will be released April 7, 2026.

The 2025 law school enrollment figures have been released.