by Bruce | July 21, 2011 | Articles, Law Schools, Recruiting
I wrote elsewhere about Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-IA) writing to the President of the ABA, Stephen Zack, asking some quite pointed questions about just how rigorous their law school accreditation standards are. And on a related note I analyzed New York Law...
by Bruce | July 17, 2011 | Articles, Law Schools, Recruiting
By this time everyone and their cousin has probably read The New York Times’ “Law School Economics: Ka-Ching!,” which graced the front page of the website and the print Business section in today’s Sunday paper. This won’t be...
by Bruce | April 18, 2011 | About the Site, Articles, Law Schools
Today Adam Smith, Esq. takes great pleasure in announcing the launch of a new company dedicated to rationalizing and bringing a measure of order, efficiency, and transparency to a dysfunctional market at the heart of our industry: JD Match.The Wall Street...
by Bruce | March 20, 2011 | Articles, Law Schools
When Slate writes about it, it’s entered the mainstream. In this case, that would be the “whopping” 11.5% year over year drop in the number of applicants to law schools nationwide. The headline is “Why the law school bubble is bursting,”...
by Bruce | June 27, 2010 | Articles, Law Schools, Leadership
We’re not actually on a leadership jag here at Adam Smith, Esq., but we understand if you might feel that way. Deborah Rhode, who’s taught at Columbia and Stanford Law Schools, published a piece in the June American Lawyer (paid subscription required for...
by Bruce | May 10, 2010 | Articles, Law Schools
Often we write, and think, and behave, as if law firms–and perhaps clients, when we’re thinking broadly–are the only actors that matter on the landscape of BigLaw. But of course this isn’t true (and we know better): A profoundly...
