1. Did you know there's "law porn"? This is how Karen Sloan at The National Law Journal defines it: "slick mailings extolling the virtues of individual law schools meant to sway voting in the U.S. News & World Report's reputation survey, now under way."

Apparently, some legal educators are getting fed up with the stuff, and want law schools to put that money toward student scholarships, reports the NLJ. 

One vocal critic is University of New Hampshire law professor Sarah Redfield, who, at a recent conference, challenged law deans and the U.S. News director of data research Bob Morse to renounce law school porn and use the money for diversity scholarships. The response she got was mixed.

But even Redfield admitted: "Some of the stuff I get is gorgeous." Who knew law porn could be so seductive?

2. When you're bottom-ranked, you better teach your students how to go solo. The NLJ reports that Pace Law School is launching "an incubator for solo practitioners," which is a school-supported law firm that will teach recent graduates about setting up their own practices. They will do so by providing low-cost legal assistance in immigration, family, and housing law.

Seriously, though, this is a great idea. Arguably, all law schools should consider it—even those in the top ranks.

3. Say it ain't true--not another law school! Just when I thought everyone had gotten jaded about legal education, this disheartening news: Another bottom-feeding law school is about to be born. This one is called Indiana Tech School of Law.

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