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Three Deans for the Seven Themes: 7 Common Traits of Successful Deans

We have been extremely fortunate to work for and with some amazingly strrategic and succesful deans. This article is on lessons learned from the three we worked the closest with: Kent Syverud (for Mike at both Vanderbilt and Washington University in St. Louis), Martha Minow (Karen at Harvard), and Phil Weiser (Mik at Colorado). But there are other deans who have influenced this list of 7 features of good deans. Chris Guthrie at Vanderbilt and Bob Rasmussen at USC both always make time, not just

Which Top 50 Law Schools have Early Action and Early Decision Transfer Programs?

U Chicago- Binding Early Decision (Deadline: May 15) GULC- Non-Binding Early Action (Deadline: March 15) Vanderbilt- Non-Binding Early Action (Deadline: April 1) **GWU **- Non-Binding Early Action (Deadline: March 1) USC- Binding & Non-Binding Early Decision (Deadline: March 20) Boston University-Non-Binding Early Action (Deadline: “ASAP after March 1″) Indiana University–Bloomington- Non-Binding Early Transfer (Deadline: July 1) Ohio State University- Non-Binding Early Action (Deadline:

The 20 Law Schools that Accept the Most Transfers

Advice From Recent Law School Graduate

Many thanks to this recent graduate from Fordham Law for sending me this email for a blog article! Want to blow off some steam? Write a blog, send it my way, and I will likely publish it! In fact this is the third time it’s happened and I’d like to keep the streak going. 5 Things I Learned About in Law School 1. Don’t get down on yourself:  If you are attending law school right now, you have every reason to be proud of yourself.  It was not an easy process to get into law school — you

This time around the revolution will not be televised...

Yesterday Vic Fleischer, a respected former colleague with whom I have worked very well with on various administrative committees (and whose opinion I respect tremendously), authored the following argument: http://dealbook.nytimes.com/2013/07/09/the-unseen-costs-of- cutting-law-school-faculty/ Vic’s conclusion, in his own words, is that, “firing untenured faculty is a shortsighted approach to managing an academic budget. It encroaches on an important principle of academic freedom, namely that

By Popular Demand -- The Best (and a few worst) Law School Websites

I asked (in the world’s worst formatted poll) and you responded. The topic people most wanted to see was a rating of the best and worst law school websites. This is not a ranking, per se, but it is a rating of a few best and worst. Did we miss some? Let me know and we may very well do a Part II. Disclaimer: full disclosure, a prospective law school student, Alex P., did a great deal of the research and writing on this. Spivey Consulting’s wonderful intern, Kelly Campbell, researched and wrote