IS YALE LAW SUDDENLY GETTING SERIOUS ABOUT ITS MISSION? Does Yale’s Hiring Of Garrett West Signal That Incentives On Campuses Are Changing For The Better? “After being demoted to the 6th best law school in the country last year by USNEWS.COM, things seem to be changing! Jokes aside, Mr. West is very talented, but what’s remarkable is that YLS hired him: a smart, articulate lawyer who knows a ton of law, and (I am told) is “conservative” (whatever that means).”

Plus: “West’s arrival in New Haven is a start, but Yale Law School has a long way to go. There are other signs, however, that the incentives on campus are changing for the better.”

Pushback works. One swallow doesn’t make a summer, but this is progress for sure.