Fixing Law Schools : : From Collapse to the Trump Bump and Beyond / / Benjamin H. Barton.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter New York University Press Complete eBook-Package 2019
• VerfasserIn: Barton, Benjamin H.,
• Place / Publishing House: New York, NY : : New York University Press, , [2019]; ©2019
• Year of Publication: 2019
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource
• Other title: Frontmatter --; Contents --; Introduction: The Lost Decade --; 1. The Original Sin: Law Schools Teach Law but Not Lawyering --; 2. The New Problem: The Job Market for Law Grads, 1990s to the Present --; 3. Future Shock: Will Computers Replace Lawyers --; 4. Boom to Bust for Law Schools --; 5. Why Haven't More Law Schools Closed? Part 1: Market- Based Closures --; 6. Why Haven't More Law Schools Closed? Part 2: ABA Accreditation --; 7. Why Haven't More Law Schools Closed? Part 3: The DOE --; 8. The Middle Class Sweats It Out --; 9. The Good News and the Bad News from the T14(ish) --; 10. Should I, My Child, My Buddy, or Anyone Go to Law School --; Conclusion --; Coda --; Acknowledgments --; Notes --; Index --; About the Author
• Format: Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
• ISBN: 9781479895090; 9783110722727
• Access: restricted access
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: Benjamin H. Barton.

An urgent plea for much needed reforms to legal education The period from 2008 to 2018 was a lost decade for American law schools. Employment results were terrible. Applications and enrollment cratered. Revenue dropped precipitously and several law schools closed. Almost all law schools shrank in terms of students, faculty, and staff. A handful of schools even closed. Despite these dismal results, law school tuition outran inflation and student indebtedness exploded, creating a truly toxic brew of higher costs for worse results.The election of Donald Trump in 2016 and the subsequent role of hero-lawyers in the "resistance" has made law school relevant again and applications have increased. However, despite the strong early returns, we still have no idea whether law schools are out of the woods or not. If the Trump Bump is temporary or does not result in steady enrollment increases, more schools will close. But if it does last, we face another danger. We tend to hope that crises bring about a process of creative destruction, where a downturn causes some businesses to fail and other businesses to adapt. And some of the reforms needed at law schools are obvious: tuition fees need to come down, teaching practices need to change, there should be greater regulations on law schools that fail to deliver on employment and bar passage. Ironically, the opposite has happened for law schools: they suffered a harrowing, near-death experience and the survivors look like they're going to exhale gratefully and then go back to doing exactly what led them into the crisis in the first place. The urgency of this book is to convince law school stakeholders (faculty, students, applicants, graduates, and regulators) not to just return to business as usual if the Trump Bump proves to be permanent. We have come too far, through too much, to just shrug our shoulders and move on.