U.S. News Rankings Czar Bob Morse Retires

May 29, 2025

TaxProf Blog by Paul Caron — Dean Caron (Pepperdine Law) shares news that Bob Morse, the long-time head of US News college and law school rankings system, has retired. 

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Preparing Law Students For The Artificial Intelligence Era

May 29, 2025

TaxProf Blog by Paul Caron — Dean Caron (Pepperdine Law) highlights a Mitchell Hamline Law Review article by professor Samantha A. Moppett (Suffolk Law) that looks at the skills law students will need to properly use and analyze AI tools and outputs. 

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Symposium: Law School 101—An Exploration Of Legal Pedagogy

May 29, 2025

TaxProf Blog by Paul Caron — Dean Caron (Pepperdine Law) lists the articles from a University of Detroit Mercy Law Review symposium issue on legal pedagogy. 

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Seattle Symposium: The Role Of Affirmative Action, Race, And Diversity In University Admissions

May 29, 2025

TaxProf Blog by Paul Caron — Dean Caron (Pepperdine Law) shares a Seattle University Law Review symposium issue on college admissions post-affirmative action.

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Robert R. Kuehn and Peter A. Joy, Measuring the Impacts of Experiential Legal Education

May 29, 2025

Legal Skills Prof Blog by Scott Fruehwald — The author shares Robert R. Kuehn and Peter A. Joy’s (Washington University Law) Journal of Legal Education article “Measuring the Impacts of Experiential Education.” 

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Prof. John Dundon’s acceptance speech for Georgetown Law LLM Program Professor of the Year

May 29, 2025

Georgetown Legal English Blog by Stephen Horowitz — The author shares a speech by Georgetown Law LLM program professor of the year John Dundon that details the qualities that international LLM students bring to Georgetown Law. 

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Harvard Had No Choice 

April 23, 2025

Dorf on Law (by Michael C. Dorf) — Professor Dorf (Cornell Law) discusses how Harvard University’s refusal to comply with a list of demands from the federal government should be used as an example to other universities on how to stand up against government threats.  

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Law firm pro bono deals and the second Trump administration

April 23, 2025

Excess of Democracy (by Derek Muller) — Professor Muller (Notre Dame Law) discusses recent law firm agreements to provide pro bono services for certain causes in order to avoid federal scrutiny. Muller argues that the reported value of these services is low when compared to the total value of their existing pro bono programs.

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The Roles We Play

April 23, 2025

Indisputably (by Art Hinshaw) — Professor Hinshaw (Arizona State University Law) shares a message from Alyson Carrel (Northwestern Law) that outlines recent government scrutiny of Northwestern Law clinics. She goes on to discuss how dispute resolution courses are important to help students learn how to understand others and negotiate in difficult situations.   

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Tenure-Track Faculty Raises Continue To Lag All Other Higher Ed Workers; Inflation-Adjusted Salaries Are 10% Lower Than In 2017

April 23, 2025

TaxProf Blog (by Paul Caron) — Dean Caron (Pepperdine Law) shares a College and University Professional Association for Human Resources report that shows that tenure-track faculty raises have not kept up with other higher education workers and that salaries in general have trended down.

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