The Experiences Of Non-Traditional Law Deans And The Law Schools That Hire Them
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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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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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.
Read More about Letter from Stanford President and Provost to Incoming Stanford StudentsTeaching Foundational Lawyering Skills to First-Year Students
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.
Read More about Teaching Foundational Lawyering Skills to First-Year StudentsThe Blank Page: Write On to Break Through Writer’s Block for Legal Writing Success
Legal Writing Matters (by Kathy Vinson) — Professor Vinson (Suffolk Law) offers advice on how to combat writer’s block in legal writing.
Read More about The Blank Page: Write On to Break Through Writer’s Block for Legal Writing SuccessStudents Don’t Have a Right to Use Public University Social Events for Their Own Political Orations
The Volokh Conspiracy (by Eugene Volokh) — Professor Volokh (UCLA Law) provides analysis from a First Amendment perspective regarding a recent incident where students disrupted a dinner for graduating students at the home of UC Berkeley dean Erwin Chemerinsky.
Read More about Students Don’t Have a Right to Use Public University Social Events for Their Own Political OrationsThe 2024-2025 USNWR law school rankings: methodology tweaks may help entrench elite schools, but elite schools see reputation decline among lawyers and judges
Excess of Democracy (by Derek T. Muller) — Professor Muller (Notre Dame Law) explains that while the new US News law school rankings keep high-ranked law schools at the top, some in the legal profession have begun to see those schools less favorably.
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TaxProf Blog (by Paul Caron) — Dean Caron (Pepperdine Law) shares a list of articles that provide commentary on the 2024-25 US News law school rankings.
Read More about Commentary On The 2024-25 U.S. News Law School RankingsProposed Revision to Section 314(b) of ABA Accreditation Rules
PrawfsBlawg (by Gerard Magliocca) — Professor Magliocca (Indiana University McKinney Law) shares a comment he submitted to the ABA regarding a recent proposal that would require first-year law students to participate in a formative assessment.
Read More about Proposed Revision to Section 314(b) of ABA Accreditation RulesPerkins Presents The Exigent AI Mandate For All Law Faculty Today At Florida
TaxProf Blog (by Paul Caron) — Dean Caron (Pepperdine Law) shares an article by Rachelle Holmes Perkins (George Mason Law) that argues all law professors should work to understand the applications and dangers of artificial intelligence.
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