Disaggregating the debate over the bar exam and diploma privilege
Excess of Democracy (By Derek T. Muller) — Professor Muller (University of Iowa Law) argues in favor of diploma privilege during the pandemic and debates the usefulness of the traditional bar exam.
Read More about Disaggregating the debate over the bar exam and diploma privilegePredictive Test Scores And Diploma Privilege
The Volokh Conspiracy (By Michael Abramowicz) — Professor Abramowicz (George Washington Law) discusses how diploma privilege can be granted based on a predictive grading approach for law graduates.
Read More about Predictive Test Scores And Diploma PrivilegeUnsafe At Any Campus: Don’t Let Colleges Become The Next Cruise Ships, Nursing Homes, And Food Processing Plants
TaxProf Blog (By Paul Caron) — The author shares an article published in Indiana Law Journal by professors Peter H. Huang (University of Colorado Law) and Debra S. Austin (University of Denver Law) detailing the health risk of reopening campuses and the benefits of online classes this fall.
Read More about Unsafe At Any Campus: Don’t Let Colleges Become The Next Cruise Ships, Nursing Homes, And Food Processing PlantsThe Diploma Privilege and Future Shortlists
The Faculty Lounge (By Renee Knake) — Professor Knake (University of Houston Law) discusses the long-term consequences of delayed entry for into the profession due to delayed or cancelled bar exams without providing diploma privilege for law graduates.
Read More about The Diploma Privilege and Future ShortlistsDo Professors Have an “Obligation” to Teach In Person When Classes Begin?
The Faculty Lounge (By Steve Lubet) — Professor Lubet (Northwestern Law) critiques a recent opinion article published in The Wall Street Journal that argues faculty have an obligation to teach in person for the upcoming semester.
Read More about Do Professors Have an “Obligation” to Teach In Person When Classes Begin?Survey: Law schools expect steady enrollment this fall despite the pandemic
REUTERS — A summer survey of U.S. law schools found them largely optimistic about the size of their incoming classes, despite the coronavirus pandemic threatening on-campus learning into 2021 and upending the job market for recent graduates.
Read More about Survey: Law schools expect steady enrollment this fall despite the pandemicA look at law school clinics adapting to the pandemic
THE PRACTICE — As the start of the fall 2020 semester draws near, law schools are beginning to define their plans for holding classes during the unfolding COVID-19 pandemic. As of this writing, three broad models of law school reopenings have emerged as law schools have presented their plans to the public: largely in-person instruction,…
Read More about A look at law school clinics adapting to the pandemicHarvard Law hosts discussion on online courts and racial justice in the legal system
THE PRACTICE — Richard Susskind and Jonathan Zittrain recently sat down for a conversation on online courts, lessons from the COVID-19 crisis, and how we might move forward. The conversation was moderated by David B. Wilkins, faculty director of the Harvard Law School Center on the Legal Profession.
Read More about Harvard Law hosts discussion on online courts and racial justice in the legal systemHow the pandemic will change the legal profession
ABA JOURNAL — In late February, the University of Pennsylvania Carey Law School held a Law 2030 conference focused on the myriad challenges the legal profession was likely to face in the next decade and how it could adapt to combat them.
Read More about How the pandemic will change the legal professionHow universities are communicating to students about the pandemic
INSIDE HIGHER ED — Colleges are employing multipronged strategies to inform students about the pandemic. Will their efforts get students to take safety precautions seriously?
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