Toward evidence-based legal education reform: First, let’s experiment (121)
Legal Evolution (By Dan Rodriguez) — Professor Rodriguez (Northwestern Law) discusses how to collect data to support evidence-based legal education reform and offers suggestions on the ways law schools can innovate and experiment.
Read More about Toward evidence-based legal education reform: First, let’s experiment (121)Experimentation in reforming legal education
Excess of Democracy (By Derek T. Muller) — Professor Muller (Pepperdine Law) analyzes the Legal Evolution post from former Northwestern Law dean Dan Rodriguez on evidence-based legal education reform.
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Above the Law (By LawProfBlawg) — Anonymous law professor, LawProfBlawg, emphasizes the need for better metrics to measure scholarly impact.
Read More about The Problems Of Measuring Scholarly Impact (‘Stuff’)In Advance Of Law School Speech By Attorney General William Barr, Notre Dame Dean Marcus Cole Issued A Ringing Defense Of Free Speech
TaxProf Blog (By Paul Caron) — Dean Caron (Pepperdine Law) shares a letter by Notre Dame Law dean Marcus Cole regarding free speech on campus.
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Legal Skills Prog Blog (By James B. Levy) — Professor Levy (Nova Southeastern Law) summarizes a recent Marquette Law Review article by three law professors that analyzes the prospect of artificial intelligence replacing the need for lawyers.
Read More about Will artificial intelligence replace human lawyering?Gender Equity in Law School Enrollment: An Elusive Goal
Legal Skills Prof Blog (By Scott Fruehwald) — The author shares an upcoming Journal of Legal Education article by Deborah Jones Merritt (Ohio State University Law) and Kyle P. McEntee (Law School Transparency) on gender equity issues in law school admissions and possible solutions.
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Madisonian (By Michael Madison) — Professor Madison (University of Pittsburgh Law) shares his third post in a series about case books and discusses the reasons behind their longevity in legal education.
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Law School Academic Support Blog (By Marsha Griggs) — Professor Griggs (Washburn Law) provides advice on when and how to use the Socratic method to help law students learn and develop.
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Law School Academic Support Blog (By Bill MacDonald) — Professor MacDonald (University at Buffalo Law) explains how the ‘community of inquiry’ model can be used to examine the effectiveness of courses, workshops or other legal education offerings.
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Law School Academic Support Blog (By Scott Johns) — Referencing an article from The Wall Street Journal, Professor Johns (Denver Law) argues that the approach to legal education should be similar to early childhood development. He explains that babies use a combination of mirroring others, tinkering with solutions, and extrapolating conclusions, and suggests that law professors….
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