#law-schools

#law-schools

You could say the DOD saw the DOJ become a national laughing stock of legal incompetence and said, "hold my beer," except you can't imagine Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth putting down a beer that easily. Continuing the DOD's performative anti-intellectual purge - which began with its public break with Harvard University - the Pentagon has informed active-duty service members that over 30 elite universities are now deemed "moderate to high risk" and therefore ineligible for DOD tuition assistance programs.

We begin the year by peering into our crystal balls and issuing some predictions for 2026. Who will be fired? What's going to happen with law schools? Is a big change on the horizon for Biglaw? Our predictions will inevitably be wrong, but we'll offer them with a lot of confidence - just like AI would. Also a whole lot of sports talk for a law podcast.

If you thought it was hard to get in to a T14 as a student, imagine the uphill battle you'd be facing if you were selling them software! Most law schools are so conservative in their approach to teaching devices that their only student-focused large language model is the Bluebook. Despite the challenges, Harvey convinced Stanford, UCLA, NYU and Notre Dame to adopt the AI in order to experiment with their students keep generations of future lawyers on the cutting edge of legal tech.

The ABA's Council of the Section of Legal Education and Admission to the Bar suspended its diversity and inclusion standard due to pressure from the Trump administration.

It's hard to follow the rules when they're in conflict, especially for law schools balancing accreditation with new political pressures against affirmative action.

The good news: People like Celestine Oglesby of Ave Maria Law and the NALP JD Advantage Working Group are working hard to change the status quo.