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Law.com, 2021 Legal Education Year-in-Review: US News Kerfuffle, Bar Exam Drama, Law School Scandals and More:

U.S. News & World Report Rankings Controversy
Early in 2021, the U.S. News & World Report rankings that came under scrutiny after undergoing three revisions, the third of which came two days before the official rankings were released. …

Other Law School Rankings

Bar Exam Changes and Controversies

Acceptance of the GRE

Law School Scandals

• At Yale Law School, a Party Invitation Ignites a Firestorm
• Yale Law School Triggers Me
• Yale Law Student Who Sent ‘Trap House’ Email Faces Removal As 2L Rep
• Yale Law School’s Bullying, Coercive Diversity Leaders
• Racism, Conservatism And Free Speech At Yale Law School
• Lawyers, Law Students, Law School Administrators, And Language
• A Worrisome Peek Inside Yale Law’s Diversity Bureaucracy
• Backlash Against Media Coverage Of The Yale Law School ‘Trap House’ Email
• Why I Didn’t Apologize For That Yale Law School Email: ‘We Must End The Culture Of Performative Repentance’
• An Open Letter To Yale Law School Dean Heather Gerken
• The Newest Insanity Out Of Yale Law School
• Where Yale Law School Has Gone Off The Rails, And What Is Needed To Get Back On Track
• Yale Law School And The Federalist Society: Caught In A Bad Romance?
• Yale’s Akhil Amar Calls Law School Administration’s Handling Of ‘Trap House’ Email Controversy ‘Dishonest, Duplicitous, And Downright Deplorable’
• More On The Two Yale Law School Controversies
• Yale Law School Dean Heather Gerken Admits Error, Stops Short Of Apologizing To Targeted Students; Law Prof Calls For Conservative Yale 1Ls To Transfer
• More On The Yale And UIC Law School Controversies
• A Second Open Letter: ‘A Take On Where Things Stand’
• Yale Law Faculty Meets Amidst Multiple Scandals And Controversies
• Yale Law Faculty Meets Today With Dean Review Advisory Committee To Discuss Reappointment Of Heather Gerken
• Will Heather Gerken Be Reappointed As Dean of Yale Law School?
• Gripped By ‘Dinner Party-gate,’ Yale Law School Confronts A Venomous Divide
• The Tiger Mom and the Hornet’s Nest
• What Is Going On At Yale Law School?
• Two Students Sue Yale Law School For Retaliation In Amy Chua Case
• More On The Two Yale Law School Controversies
• Alums Debate The State Of Yale Law School

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