TBA Law Blog


Posted by: Azya Thornton on Oct 25, 2024

U.S. 6th Circuit Court of Appeals Judge Amul Thapar recently spoke in Washington, D.C., calling on donors and alumni to reconsider their financial support of law schools until they hire more scholars who embrace "originalism" and better equip lawyers to argue cases based on that legal doctrine. "Make no mistake: money talks," Thapar said, asserting that financial pressure can prompt changes in legal education. Reuters reports that Thapar also called out law schools for their perceived lack of conservative legal thought. He described today's law school curriculum as overly focused on "postmodern philosophy" and critical theory, arguing it does not prepare students for practice in today's courts.