Legal Education Roundup (May 20, 2016)

Recent reports on the future of law schools and legal education.

• "George Mason's Plans to Honor Scalia Spark Protests Over the University's Direction," The Chronicle of Higher Education

• "New Antonin Scalia Law School at George Mason Draws Fire," The National Law Journal

• "What's in a Name Change? Politics, Some at George Mason University Fear," The New York Times

• "George Mason Faculty Calls on Leaders to Abandon Scalia Name for Law School," The Chronicle of Higher Education

• "George Mason Faculty Senate Questions Decision to Rename Law School After Scalia," Inside Higher Ed

• "Pass Rates Slide for Takers of February Bar Exam," New York Law Journal

• "Charles Koch Foundation Gives SMU $3.5M to Establish Criminal Justice Center," The National Law Journal

• "More Law Firms Take Aim at Associate Student Loan Debt," The American Lawyer

• "As Law School Applicant Pool Shrinks, Student Body Diversifies," NPR

• "From Student to Master: E-Discovery Education Comes to the Forefront," Legaltech News

• "E-Discovery Education in Action: A Look at Tulsa College of Law," Legaltech News

• "More Law School Applicants Expected for Fall Semester," The National Law Journal

• "Are law school applications rising? So far applicant pool is larger and stronger, law prof says," ABA Journal

• "Projections for Law School Enrollment for Fall 2016," Legal Whiteboard

• "Making the Mental Transition From Student to Professional," Slaw