Taxation & Estate Planning

HLS waitlists and course capacities
The Registrar sent out a table listing the number of enrolled and waitlisted students for each fall class today. In case anybody stumbles across this blog who's thinking about attending Harvard Law, I thought you might find this interesting...

Two-hour v. One-hour Class Blocks
When I attended law school, all the four-hour courses were taught in two separate two-hour blocks. At UC Davis, we primarily teach four-hour courses in four one-hour classes, although we can request longer classes...

Noblesse Non Oblige
I am not sure what to think about Noblesse oblige. I guess if there is nobility, members should do something to help others. Around law schools the message somehow has been reinterpreted to mean Noblesse Non Oblige...

Pro-Economic-Freedom Legal Writing Awards for Students and Professors:
The Pacific Legal Foundation offers three new ones, one for students, one for untenured professors, and one for tenured professors, each at $5000. If you're interested in writing on the...

Teaching Legal Reasoning in Substantive Law Courses
I recently taught a Legal Analysis class here at OCU that introduces entering 1Ls to legal reasoning. We used Steven J. Burton?s book on the subject as a text (An Introduction to Law and Legal Reasoning)...

Does Good Teaching Matter
Many recent proposals to improve educational rankings emphasize instructional quality. But does "better teaching" improve educational outcomes? The case for its doing so would seem self-evident, but figuring out appropriate metrics is a difficult problemt...

Student Loan Xpress Settles Class Action with Students
Student Loan Xpress Settles Class Action with Students

Western Culinary Institute
allegedly mislead and ill-prepared students.

BCTI Reaches Settlement with Students
BCTI Reaches Settlement with Students

The Princeton Reivew
Personal Data Made Public on Tens of Thousands of Florida Students

Student Harassment
Wichita School District pays $45,000 settlement for high school students' harassment lawsuit.