Overall legal employment for the Class of 2023 improves slightly, with large law firm and public interest placement growing

April 29, 2024

Excess of Democracy (by Derek T. Muller) — Professor Muller (Notre Dame Law) provides analysis on recent ABA data that details the employment outcomes of 2023 law graduates.  

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The Uneven Impact of Mistreatment on Law Clerks

April 29, 2024

Courts Law JOTWELL (by Jade Craig) — The author shares a Columbia Law Review article by Aliza Shatzman and discusses how mistreatment faced during a law clerkship could negatively impact a lawyer’s career.   

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The Outline Test

April 29, 2024

Law School Academic Support Blog (by Louis Schulze) — Professor Schulze (FIU Law) shares how students can use a method called outline testing to better prepare for law school exams.  

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Marathon Tuesday

April 29, 2024

Law School Academic Support Blog (by Liz Stillman) — Professor Stillman (Suffolk Law) shares suggestions for students on how to prepare for end of the semester exams. 

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If You Failed the February 2024 Bar Exam…

April 29, 2024

Law School Academic Support Blog (by Steven Foster) — Professor Foster (Oklahoma City University Law) offers advice to law school graduates who failed the February 2024 Bar Exam. 

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The Experiences Of Non-Traditional Law Deans And The Law Schools That Hire Them

April 22, 2024

TaxProf Blog (by Paul Caron) — Dean Caron (Pepperdine Law) shares a Journal of Legal Education article by Timothy Fisher (University of Connecticut Law) that looks at the hiring of law school deans from non-traditional backgrounds and analyzes their track records.  

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20-Year Anniversary Of TaxProf Blog

April 22, 2024

TaxProf Blog (by Paul Caron) — Dean Caron (Pepperdine Law) celebrates the 20th anniversary of his blog by reflecting on the past and thanking those that have supported it.  

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Letter from Stanford President and Provost to Incoming Stanford Students

April 22, 2024

The Volokh Conspiracy (by Eugene Volokh) — Professor Volokh (UCLA Law) shares a letter by Stanford University president Richard Saller and provost Jenny S. Martinez urging incoming students to value diversity of thought and free speech as incoming students.  

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Teaching Foundational Lawyering Skills to First-Year Students

April 22, 2024

Legal Skills Prof Blog (by Scott Fruehwald) — The author discusses the importance of teaching foundational lawyering to first-year law students so they can apply these skills throughout their legal education and career. 

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The Blank Page: Write On to Break Through Writer’s Block for Legal Writing Success

April 22, 2024

Legal Writing Matters (by Kathy Vinson) — Professor Vinson (Suffolk Law) offers advice on how to combat writer’s block in legal writing. 

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