Appalachian cutting faculty.  In addition, I recently spoke to a colleague at another law school–a strong, regional school but with a faculty with a national scholarly reputation–who reported the teaching load has been raised from 10 hours per year per faculty member to 12 hours.  Twenty years ago, 12 hours was the norm at most law schools, except for the very top ones.  Over the last twenty years, 10 hours/3 courses became increasingly common.  For a school of this caliber to make the move back to 12 suggests that other schools are following or will soon follow suit.