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9 Feb 2019, 10:00 am by Paul Caron
Bryan Camp (Texas Tech), Lesson From The Tax Court: The Pain of Disappointment WSJ: 'Demonstrated Interest' (Opening Email, Clicking On Links) Matters As Much As Class Rank And Recommendations In College Admissions Decisions (To Bolster Yield) Michael Simkovic (USC), Billionaire Taxes CJ Ryan (Roger Williams), Analyzing Law School Choice Gerry... [read post]
6 Feb 2019, 10:11 am by Brian Leiter
We’re grateful to Brian Leiter and Michael Simkovic for blogging about our article “Rethinking Law School Tenure Standards. [read post]
5 Feb 2019, 4:02 am by Brian Leiter
This is informative, from USC law professor Michael Simkovic. [read post]
4 Feb 2019, 11:00 am by Paul Caron
Michael Simkovic (USC), Raising Tenure Standards Is No Free Lunch: Brian Leiter and Paul Caron both recently noted a study by Adam Chilton, Jonathan Masur, and Kyle Rozema which argues that law schools can increase average faculty productivity by making it harder for tenure track faculty to get tenure. [read post]
1 Feb 2019, 7:08 am by Michael Simkovic
Brian Leiter and Paul Caron both recently noted a study by Adam Chilton, Jonathan Masur, and Kyle Rozema which argues that law schools can increase... [read post]
1 Feb 2019, 3:00 am by Paul Caron
TaxProf Blog op-ed: Billionaire Taxes, by Michael Simkovic (USC): Alternatives to Elizabeth Warren’s ultra-high net-worth wealth tax are riddled with loopholes Senator Elizabeth Warren recently proposed an ultra-high net-worth wealth tax that would raise hundreds of billions in revenue per year while taking no money from 99.9% of U.S. households.... [read post]
26 Dec 2018, 2:44 pm by Steve Bainbridge
Michael Simkovic: In a thought provoking essay in the Chronicle of Higher Education, Professor Samuel Moyn argues that law schools' focus on judge made law in general, and the Supreme Court in... [[ This is a content summary only. [read post]
19 Dec 2018, 2:00 pm by Michael Simkovic
In a thought provoking essay in the Chronicle of Higher Education, Professor Samuel Moyn argues that law schools' focus on judge made law in general,... [read post]
16 Dec 2018, 9:53 pm by Michael Simkovic
The consulting firm McKinsey is a leading employer of graduates of elite law schools, business schools, medical schools, and other professional programs. [read post]
12 Dec 2018, 1:22 pm by Michael Simkovic
LSAC is rolling out several initiatives to make the LSAT more accessible, including a tablet-based version of the test that will increase the number and... [read post]
1 Dec 2018, 6:51 am by Michael Simkovic
The American Association of University Professors recently authorized an investigation of Vermont Law School following a restructuring that stripped most of Vermont's tenured faculty members... [read post]
2 Nov 2018, 11:23 am by Michael Simkovic
After crippling teachers unions in Wisconsin, the Republican controlled state government moved to slash education budgets and reduce educators' autonomy, both in K-12 education and... [read post]
7 Oct 2018, 3:34 pm by Michael Simkovic
From the Financial Times: "White House hawks earlier this year encouraged President Donald Trump to stop providing student visas to Chinese nationals, but the proposal... [read post]
29 Sep 2018, 12:45 pm by Michael Simkovic
Public pension funds in New York and California are increasingly considering Climate Change related risks as a criteria for guiding their investment decisions. [read post]
25 Sep 2018, 8:19 am by Michael Simkovic
A recent working paper by Caroline Hoxby (Stanford) suggests that the economic returns to online education (measured in terms of wage growth) may be too... [read post]
23 Sep 2018, 2:04 pm by Michael Simkovic
I've previously noted some of the outrageously implausible assumptions used by organizations with links to private student lenders (such as the New American Foundation, AEI,... [read post]
20 Sep 2018, 5:00 am by Michael Simkovic
The AALS today released a new report, Before the JD: Undergraduate Views on Law School, based on a survey with responses from 22,0000 college students... [read post]
6 Sep 2018, 5:50 pm by Michael Simkovic
In the Chronicle of Higher Education, Yale philosophy Professor Jason Stanley warns about rising neo-fascist tendencies around the world and related efforts to deligitimize universities.... [read post]