The New York Times has a great piece about how law schools have pushed up their on campus recruiting week to ensure that their visiting recruiters haven't already extended all of their offers before visiting the law school's campus. As a result, some recruiting is taking place before classes even start and it's creating logistical hassles for recruiters.

The St. Louis Business Journal reports a record 4,400 applications for 265 spots were received by the the Washington University School of Law this past year. This is a 19 percent increase from 2008-2009.

According to the National Law Journal, applications to law schools are up. Some schools have seen application volumes rise by over 30% due to the weak economy.

Stephen Colbert obviously picked up on the law school grade inflation we reported back on June 23. The Colbert Report, which airs late at night on Comedy Central, mocked the school's "foolproof plan to get their graduates better jobs."

We would be remiss of course, if we didn't mention that Loyola found its grading curve to be more strict than most other law schools and made the change so its students grades would be more comparable to their peers.

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