Applying to take the Bar Exam?
Law School Academic Support Blog (by Erica Sylvia) — Professor Sylvia (UMass Law) shares advice for students in their last year of law school who are applying to take the bar exam.
Read More about Applying to take the Bar Exam?Alternate Headline: Law Scholars Launch Actual, Normal, Non-Silly, Scholarly Journal
PrawfsBlawg (by Paul Horwitz) — Professor Horwitz (University of Alabama Law) shares news that law faculty are working to create a new journal called the Independent Law Journal and offers suggestions as the editors move forward.
Read More about Alternate Headline: Law Scholars Launch Actual, Normal, Non-Silly, Scholarly JournalPlanned New Faculty-Supervised Independent Law Journal
The Volokh Conspiracy (by Eugene Volokh) — Professor Volokh (Hoover Institution at Stanford University) discusses the formation of the Independent Law Journal and offers information for how to contact the creators of the journal for law faculty that are interested in getting involved.
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TaxProf Blog (by Paul Caron) Dean Caron (Pepperdine Law) shares LSAC data from the Fall 2025 law school admissions season showing a significant increase in applicants from the previous year.
Read More about 80% Through The Fall 2025 Law School Admissions Season: Applicants Are Up 20% (Black Applicants Are Up 30%)Summer Associate Hiring Hit All-Time Low In 2024; 78% Of 2025 Summer Associate Offers Were Made Before August 1
TaxProf Blog (by Paul Caron) — Dean Caron (Pepperdine Law) shares a collection of articles discussing the decrease in law firm summer associate hiring offers to law students in 2024.
Read More about Summer Associate Hiring Hit All-Time Low In 2024; 78% Of 2025 Summer Associate Offers Were Made Before August 1Law Profs’ Generative AI Sandbox
TaxProf Blog (by Paul Caron) — Dean Caron (Pepperdine Law) shares news that three law professors created the Generative AI Sandbox to help law faculty learn about artificial intelligence.
Read More about Law Profs’ Generative AI SandboxTeaching Law In The Age of Generative AI
TaxProf Blog (by Paul Caron) — Dean Caron (Pepperdine Law) shares an article by John Bliss (University of Denver Law) that outlines what law professors should know about generative artificial intelligence.
Read More about Teaching Law In The Age of Generative AI2025 PLEDGE Bootcamp – AccessLex Institute – Request for Applications
(Academic Support Blog) — The author shares the announcement from the AccessLex Institute inviting teams of two to apply for a two-day training centered on developing skills related to evaluating student focused programs.
Read More about 2025 PLEDGE Bootcamp – AccessLex Institute – Request for ApplicationsThe Artificially Intelligent RPS Negotiation and Mediation Coach
Indisputably (by John Lande) — Professor Lande (University of Missouri Law) discusses his role in developing the Real Practice Systems artificial intelligence negotiation and mediation coach and discusses features of the program that could be useful to law professors.
Read More about The Artificially Intelligent RPS Negotiation and Mediation CoachUsing RPS Coach in Simulations
Indisputably (by John Lande) — Professor Lande (University of Missouri Law) explains how Real Practice Systems artificial intelligence negotiation and mediation coach can be helpful when running mediation simulations for law students.
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