Legal Education Roundup (Mar 30, 2018)

Recent reports on the future of law schools and legal education.

• "New bar exam data released: Pass rate up almost 3 percentage points," ABA Journal

• "A Low Bar for Bar Passage," Inside Higher Ed

• "Avoid the Search: Law Schools' Bar Pass Rates Now Found In One Spot," Law.com

• "Savannah Law School Is Latest to Shut Down," Daily Report

• "Savannah Law School will close, students and faculty are told," ABA Journal

• "Savannah Law School Sells Building, To Close After Spring 2018 Semester," TaxProf Blog

• "Valpo Dean's Resignation Latest Of Troubled Law School's Woes," TaxProf Blog

• "Berkeley Law Returns to the US News' Top 10, Pepperdine Gets Shut Out," Law.com

• "US News law school rankings are released; Pepperdine's mistake costs it a ranking," ABA Journal

• "Poll: Don't Put Too Much Stock in US News Law School Rankings," Law.com

• "How Students Fare In The Labor Market After Graduate And Professional School," TaxProf Blog

• "A National Study Of The Long Term Outcomes Of A Law Degree," TaxProf Blog

• "Law Students Who Handwrite Their Notes Outperform Laptop Users," TaxProf Blog

• "Why are law deans not fired after investigations find misconduct with women?," ABA Journal

• "Law School Employment Data Reporting: Are We Losing the Forest for the Trees?," New York Law Journal

• "George Washington Discontinues Use Of GRE In Admissions Because It Has Not Done A School-Specific Validation Study," TaxProf Blog

• "Where the Girls Are," The American Lawyer

• "Program places law students in paid internships that help them see the business picture," ABA Journal