May Government Refuse to Hire Notre Dame Students, Because Notre Dame Teaches and Promotes Anti-Abortion Ideology?
Volokh Conspiracy (by Eugine Volokh) — Conducting a thought experiment, Professor Volokh states the Acting US Attorney for the District of Columbia is violating the First Amendment rights of Georgetown University Law Center by refusing to hire its students and graduates because of his claims that the school is “teaching and promoting DEI.”
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Brian Leiter’s Law School Reports (by Brian Leiter) — Professor Leiter (University of Chicago Law) shares an articleby multiple authors that examines recent artificial intelligence development and how they could be used in legal practice.
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Law School Academic Support Blog (by Liz Stillman) — Professor Stillman (Suffolk Law) explains how students can use their midterm grades as motivation to improve.
Read More about Even Bad News is Good NewsGreat In-Class Exercise on Contract Formation
Legal Skills Prof Blog (by Scott Fruehwald) — The author shares an in-class exercise by Michael Conklin (Texas A&M Law) which uses a clip from the television show The Office to teach contract formation.
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Law School Academic Support Blog (by Dawn Young) — Professor Young (Loyola Law Chicago) offers three tips to help law students remain engaged throughout the rest of the spring semester.
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YALE LAW SCHOOL — The Law, Environment & Animals Program (LEAP) at Yale Law School invites applications for a full-time litigation and program fellow for the 2025-26 academic year.
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Dorf on Law (by Michael C. Dorf) Professor Dorf (Cornell Law) offers an explanation and analysis of a ‘Dear Colleague’ letter recently sent to universities calling for the removal of all DEI programs.
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Excess of Democracy (by Derek Muller) — Professor Muller (Notre Dame Law) looks at data on academic dismissal of first-year law students as well as conditional scholarship eliminations.
Read More about Law school academic dismissal and conditional scholarship eliminations, 2024Scholastica Law Review Submission Insights: 2025 Edition
TaxProf Blog (by Paul Caron) — Dean Caron (Pepperdine Law) shares data on articles submitted to law journals through Scholastica in 2024.
Read More about Scholastica Law Review Submission Insights: 2025 EditionThe Bar Exam is Over — Now What?
Law School Academic Support Blog (by Erica Sylvia) — Professor Sylvia (University of Massachusetts Law) discusses why it is necessary for law graduates to relax and focus on other things while waiting for bar exam results.
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