David Yellen

Professor @dnyellen has been appointed to the @ABAesq Section of Legal Education’s Special Advisory Committee, comprised of elite legal minds to advise the Council’s Core Principles Review and accreditation standards. #MiamiLaw news.miami.edu/law/stories/20…

@lawprofblawg It will come. Just keep digging.

Vacation writing is NOT going well. I was working on my first piece of fiction--an adventure series set in a coal mine. But hard to come up with a larger-than-life protagonist. But I have all the miner characters.

Ham sandwiches everywhere can rest easier. Check out this article: cnn.com/2025/12/11/pol…

The Council of the ABA Section of Legal Education is under serious attack. If it is to remain as the national accreditor/approver of law schools, some major reforms are needed. Here are some thoughts: prawfsblawg.com/what-should-th…

The end of an era. Thanks so much for doing this all these years @SoCalTaxProf <strong>My Last TaxProf Blog Post</strong> taxprof.typepad.com/taxprof_blog/2… via @SoCalTaxProf

I guess Judge Sol Wachtler was wrong (or was the problem that this was an Italian BMT sandwich, not simply ham?) nytimes.com/2025/08/27/us/… via @NYTimes

The Council of the ABA Section of Legal Education recently adopted these thoughtful core principles of accreditation. I hope they truly commit to following them, which would lead to scaling back the overreach in the Standards. americanbar.org/content/dam/ab…

@ProfRobAnderson @derektmuller The ABA Standards are arguably the best in the country on consumer disclosure and the worst in the country on substantive micromanagement and overreach.

The ABA has done some good things on mandatory disclosure of law school outcomes. But its substantive accreditation requirements increase student cost and administrative bloat. Here it catered to special interests. It should have a disclosure-only role in accreditation.

Some very sensible thoughts about law school accreditation reform from Barry Currier (former Managing Director of Legal Education at the ABA). open.substack.com/pub/barrycurri…

My thoughts about ABA overreach in regulating law schools. prawfsblawg.blogs.com/prawfsblawg/20…

And the important broader point is that, after some years of increasing the flexibility in the Standards, the Council seems to be reversing course by considering more demanding mandates. Why? @derektmuller @DBRodriguez5 @jadler1969

I actually think that 15 credits of experiential learning is a worthy and attainable goal. But not by mandate of the accreditor. @DBRodriguez5 @derektmuller @jadler1969

@OrinKerr @DownBeatMag @LoyolaLaw Thanks for sharing. Somehow I worked with Juan for 5 years and didn’t know about this side of him. Very cool!

Is he a law professor? Or is he a jazz pianist whose new album just received a glowing review in @DownBeatMag? In the case of Juan Perea of @LoyolaLaw, he's both. Very cool.

American universities are neither without flaws, nor above criticism, but they have contributed mightily to society. Lee Bollinger makes the case powerfully. theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/…

Had not heard of this bizarre practice in Wisconsin. Bipartisan craziness. nytimes.com/2025/04/18/us/…

Great conversation, as they always are between @jacklgoldsmith and Bob Bauer.

This feels like an important moment, with Harvard joining Princeton. nytimes.com/2025/04/14/us/… via @NYTimes

Worth supporting. speakupforjustice.law

Proud of Princeton. dailyprincetonian.com/article/2025/0…

I applaud the Deans who signed this letter. law.com/2025/03/27/law…