Students Don’t Have a Right to Use Public University Social Events for Their Own Political Orations

April 15, 2024

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. 

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The 2024-2025 USNWR law school rankings: methodology tweaks may help entrench elite schools, but elite schools see reputation decline among lawyers and judges

April 15, 2024

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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Commentary On The 2024-25 U.S. News Law School Rankings

April 15, 2024

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.  

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Proposed Revision to Section 314(b) of ABA Accreditation Rules

April 8, 2024

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.  

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Perkins Presents The Exigent AI Mandate For All Law Faculty Today At Florida

April 8, 2024

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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Was Constitutional Law Teaching Ever Not in Crisis?

April 8, 2024

Dorf on Law (by Patrick J. Sobkowski) — Professor Sobkowski (Marquette Law) argues that concerns about the US Supreme Court have existed throughout the history of teaching constitutional law. 

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DCP Offers Simulation to Prepare Campus Leaders for Challenges

April 8, 2024

Indisputably (by Sarah Cole) — Professor Cole (Ohio State Law) shares news that the Divided Community Project has released a round table simulation to help college leaders prepare for campus conflicts. 

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Call For Legal Ed Tech Papers: 2025 AALS Annual Meeting

April 2, 2024

TaxProf Blog (by Paul Caron) — Dean Caron (Pepperdine Law) shares a call for papers for 2025 AALS Annual Meeting sessions organized by the Section on Technology, Law, and Legal Education.  

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Call for Submissions – Best Scholarly Award from the AALS ADR Section

April 2, 2024

Indisputably (by Art Hinshaw) — Professor Hinshaw (Arizona State University Law) shares a call for submissions from the AALS Section on Alternative Dispute Resolution for the best scholarly article to be awarded at the 2025 AALS Annual Meeting. 

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The Joys of Being a Law School Professor

April 2, 2024

Jerry’s Blog (by Jerome A. Cohen) — Professor Cohen (NYU Law) reflects on an AALS Section on East Asian Law & Society award being named after him and the joys of being a law professor. 

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