There have been a few posts on Volokh Conspiracy lately about Harvard and Stanford Law schools going to High/Pass/Low-Pass/Fail grading systems. Students seem to support it, even though it’s basically A/B/C/F with no plusses or minuses.

Now Orin Kerr writes:

The announcement that both Harvard and Stanford Law Schools are dropping letter grades and moving to a H/P/LP/F system raises a really interesting question: How will the switch impact the market for law clerks? Harvard and Stanford students are often major players for very competitive clerkships. How will the judges who are evaluating applicants respond to having less information about candidates from these top schools?

Read the whole thing.