Legal Education Roundup (Aug 10, 2018)

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

• "Class of 2017 Notched Best Employment Outcomes Since Recession," NALP

• "Job Market for Law Grads 'Surprisingly Strong,' NALP Finds," The American Lawyer

• "Median salaries for new law grads jump to $70K as BigLaw boosts hiring of newbie lawyers," ABA Journal

• "Job Market For Law School Grads Is 'Best Since The Recession,' Bolstered By Biglaw Hiring," Above the Law

• "Legal education council to discuss admission standards, reorganization," ABA Journal

• "ABA to Overhaul Law School Accreditation Process With Major Reorganization," Law.com

• "ABA Loses Multidistrict Litigation Bid in Law School Accreditation Suits," Law.com

• "ABA Seeks To Consolidate Accreditation Lawsuits By Three For-Profit Law Schools," TaxProf Blog

• "Declining Law School Applications And Entering Credentials: Responding With Pivot Pedagogy," TaxProf Blog

• "Presidents of Arizona Summit and Cooley Law are leaving their positions," ABA Journal

• "Does the adoption of the uniform bar exam foreshadow uniform regulation?," ABA Journal

• "UC Berkeley Law Center for Consumer Law and Economic Justice," What Great Law Schools Do

• "Average Starting Salaries For Graduates Of The 144 Law Schools Ranked By U.S. News," TaxProf Blog

• "Number of Law School Applicants Surges, Especially Among High Scorers," The American Lawyer 

• "While number of lawyer jobs have been decreasing, law school applications are up 8%," ABA Journal

• "Now They Just Need Jobs," Law School Café

• "ABA Finds North Carolina Central Law School Back In Compliance With Admissions Accreditation Standards," TaxProf Blog