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4 Apr 2016, 10:00 am
Rev. 1981 (2015), Professor Michael Simkovic tackles the question of why rates of return on higher education are higher than rates of return on... [read post]
4 Apr 2016, 4:00 am
New York Times Deal Book: Overall Stagnation in Legal Jobs Hides Underlying Shifts, by Michael Simkovic (Seton Hall): Although about the same number of people work in law firms or in legal services today as a decade and a half ago, superficially static job aggregates mask substantial changes in employment... [read post]
1 Apr 2016, 8:31 am
This post contains figures illustrating data reported by the author in a New York Times Dealbook post. [read post]
24 Mar 2016, 2:39 pm
Details were reported in the San Diego Union Tribune, by CBS news, by the Times of San Diego, by Fox 5 and by the Seattle... [read post]
16 Mar 2016, 4:10 am
Statistician and data visualization expert Hans Rosling recently took the media to task for misleading readers and viewers using unrepresentative anecdotes and ignoring contradictory data.... [read post]
5 Mar 2016, 12:51 pm
That’s the question Frank McIntyre and I try to answer in Value of a law degree by College Major. [read post]
17 Feb 2016, 4:00 am
Michael Simkovic (Seton Hall), The Knowledge Tax, 82 U. [read post]
10 Feb 2016, 1:45 am
Michael Simkovic (Seton Hall), Law School Bloggers' Latest Unscientific Fad: BLS Job Openings Projections: The latest unscientific fad among law school watchers is comparing job openings projections for lawyers from the Bureau of Labor Statistics with the number of students expected to graduate from law school. [read post]
9 Feb 2016, 4:00 am
The latest unscientific fad among law school watchers is comparing job openings projections for lawyers from the Bureau of Labor Statistics* with the number of... [read post]
3 Feb 2016, 8:10 pm
Noah Smith at Bloomberg has a great discussion. [read post]
3 Feb 2016, 2:00 am
Michael Simkovic (Seton Hall), Smaller or Larger Law Class Sizes Don’t Predict Changes in Financial Benefits of Law School: One of the most surprising and controversial findings from Timing Law School was that changes in law school graduating class size do not predict changes in the boost to earnings from... [read post]
2 Feb 2016, 6:45 am
One of the most surprising and controversial findings from Timing Law School was that changes in law school graduating class size do not predict changes... [read post]
27 Jan 2016, 11:22 am
Based admittedly on just superficial inquiry, Simkovic's work on these issues strikes me as plausible and well-reasoned, but I admittedly don't know enough to form a definite opinion.In reading The Knowledge Tax for our session, I thought it reasonable to accept the empirical conclusions for argument's sake (which again, is not to suggest skepticism about them), because the main issue presented by the paper concerns their further implications. [read post]
26 Jan 2016, 1:58 pm
Michael Simkovic (Seton Hall) presents The Knowledge Tax, 82 U. [read post]
14 Dec 2015, 10:01 pm
In the era of Google Maps, instant language translation, and digital music libraries, law students still spend countless hours flipping pages to find the right... [read post]
14 Dec 2015, 5:25 pm
A recent New York Times editorial attacking law school as “a scam” was widely criticized because of its exaggerations and factual inaccuracies (here and here).... [read post]
10 Dec 2015, 4:00 am
White & Case, Bloomberg, and MarketWatch discuss the booming market for mergers and acquisitions. [read post]
7 Dec 2015, 11:21 am
January 26 – Michael Simkovic, Seton Hall Law School. [read post]
3 Dec 2015, 2:06 pm
January 26 – Michael Simkovic, Seton Hall Law School.3. [read post]
3 Dec 2015, 10:30 am
Following up on yesterday's post, LSAC, LST Debate The Use Of LSAT Scores As A Bar Passage Predictor: Michael Simkovic (Seton Hall), Developer of Law School Admission Test (LSAT) Disputes Advocacy Group's Bar Exam Claims: There may be legitimate concerns about long term eventual bar passage rates for some law... [read post]
