‘Law School Is Usually A Good Bet: 93% Have Positive Returns, 24% Have ROI > $1 Million’
TaxProf Blog (by Paul Caron) — Dean Caron (Pepperdine Law) shares data from The Foundation for Research on Equal Opportunity showing how law school graduates tend to receive a substantial return on investment in relation to other graduate degrees.
Read More about ‘Law School Is Usually A Good Bet: 93% Have Positive Returns, 24% Have ROI > $1 Million’Why is Academic Support Confusing my Students?
Law School Academic Support Blog (by Louis Schulze) — Professor Schulze (Florida International University Law) discusses his role as Dean of Academic Support, detailing how some students seem reluctant to believe that they could benefit from academic support services.
Read More about Why is Academic Support Confusing my Students?Hamilton & Organ: Law School Learning Outcomes
TaxProf Blog (by Paul Caron) — Dean Caron (Pepperdine Law) shares a Journal of Legal Education article by Neil W. Hamilton and Jerome M. Organ (University of St. Thomas Law) analyzing how competency-based education can positively impact students in their legal careers.
Read More about Hamilton & Organ: Law School Learning OutcomesBuilding and sustaining a diverse adjunct faculty (291)
Legal Evolution (by Terrance B. Stroud and Austen Parrish) — Adjunct Professor Stroud and Dean Parrish (Indiana University Maurer Law) share lessons from the school’s strategy of using alumni networks to build a diverse group of adjunct professors.
Read More about Building and sustaining a diverse adjunct faculty (291)“The Act of Silencing a Speaker Is Fundamentally Contrary to the Values of This School”
The Volokh Conspiracy (by Eugene Volokh) — Professor Volokh (UCLA Law) provides analysis on an incident at UC Hastings law where guest speaker Ilya Shapiro was interrupted by protesters over his previous comments regarding President Biden’s commitment to appointing a Black woman to the US Supreme Court.
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PrawfsBlawg (by Howard Wasserman) — Professor Wasserman (Florida International University Law) uses a recent incident at UC Hastings Law, where guest speaker Ilya Shapiro was interrupted by protestors, to discuss counter speech and the responsibilities of hosting institutions in enforcing forum rules.
Read More about Heckling, counter-speech, and heckler’s vetoes (again)Getting Online Justice, from AALS’s Annual Meeting
CPR Speaks (by Ellen Waldman) — Professor Waldman (Thomas Jefferson Law) discusses lessons from the 2022 AALS Annual Meeting regarding virtual courtrooms and access to justice.
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TaxProf Blog (by Paul Caron) — Dean Caron (Pepperdine Law) shares that South Texas Law Houston and Vermont Law are the latest schools to offer online hybrid JD programs.
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TaxProf Blog (by Paul Caron) — Dean Caron (Pepperdine Law) shares an Ohio State Technology Law Journal article by Rob Willey and Melanie Knapp (George Mason Law) that analyzes law journal citations and details the qualities of the most cited articles.
Read More about How To Juice Citations To Your Legal ScholarshipUDC Law Launches Conversations with Clinicians
Clinical Law Prof Blog (by Lindsay Muir Harris) — Professor Harris (University of the District of Columbia Law) announces a virtual conversation series with clinicians across a variety of specialties.
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