May 6-7: AALS Conference on Rebuilding Democracy and the Rule of Law
Election Law Blog (By Rick Hasen) — Professor Hasen (UC Irvine Law) shares information on the upcoming AALS Conference on Rebuilding Democracy and the Rule of Law, May 6-7.
Read More about May 6-7: AALS Conference on Rebuilding Democracy and the Rule of LawAccessLex/LSSSE: Predicting Law School And Bar Success
TaxProf Blog (By Paul Caron) — Dean Caron (Pepperdine Law) shares a report from AccessLex on the factors that may help law schools predict academic success and bar exam outcomes for students.
Read More about AccessLex/LSSSE: Predicting Law School And Bar SuccessCLEA 2021 Awards for Outstanding Advocate for Clinical Teachers and Excellence in a Public Interest Case or Project
Clinical Law Prof Blog (By Jeff Baker) — Professor Baker (Pepperdine Law) shares an announcement from the Clinical Legal Education Association naming the recipients of their awards for Outstanding Advocate for Clinical Teacher (Bob Kuehn, Washington University in St. Louis Law) and Excellence in a Public Interest Case or Project (Irwin County Detention Center Project).…
Read More about CLEA 2021 Awards for Outstanding Advocate for Clinical Teachers and Excellence in a Public Interest Case or ProjectInstitute for Law Teaching and Learning – Reflecting Back and Moving Forward: Effective Instruction in Online, Hybrid, and In-Person Learning Environments
Best Practices for Legal Education (By Davida Finger) — The author shares registration information for the virtual 2021 Institute for Law Teaching and Learning Summer Conference taking place June 10-11.
Read More about Institute for Law Teaching and Learning – Reflecting Back and Moving Forward: Effective Instruction in Online, Hybrid, and In-Person Learning EnvironmentsKentucky Law Journal Call For Papers: The Racial Wealth Gap
TaxProf Blog (By Paul Caron) — Dean Caron (Pepperdine Law) shares a call for papers for the Kentucky Law Journal Symposium on race and wealth disparity in the US.
Read More about Kentucky Law Journal Call For Papers: The Racial Wealth GapCOVID-19 Has Accelerated College Closings
TaxProf Blog (By Paul Caron) — Dean Caron (Pepperdine Law) shares an article published in the BYU Education & Law Journal that looks at the role of the pandemic on the financial strains many universities are facing.
Read More about COVID-19 Has Accelerated College ClosingsThe Discounted Labor Of BIPOC Law Students And Faculty
TaxProf Blog (By Paul Caron) — Dean Caron (Pepperdine Law) shares a California Law Review article by professor Taleed El-Sabawi and student Madison Fields (Elon Law) on the stress and labor black law students and faculty face during the pandemic and from ongoing incidents of police violence. The authors make recommendations for steps law schools…
Read More about The Discounted Labor Of BIPOC Law Students And FacultyPresidential commission on reform of the Supreme Court includes many law professors
Brian Leiter’s Law School Reports (By Brian Leiter) — Professor Leiter (University of Chicago Law) shares the Biden administration’s announcement of the Presidential Commission on the Supreme Court of the United States and lists the law professors and law school deans selected for the group.
Read More about Presidential commission on reform of the Supreme Court includes many law professorsEnsuring Equality in Legal Academia: Strategies to Dismantle Caste
Law School Academic Support Blog (By Steven Foster) — On May 10, UIC John Marshall Dean and AALS Immediate Past President Darby Dickerson will moderate a webinar on strategies to dismantle the caste system in legal education. The webinar is hosted by the AALS Section on Legal Writing, Reasoning, and Research and the AALS Section…
Read More about Ensuring Equality in Legal Academia: Strategies to Dismantle CasteAdding Professional Identity to The Law School Curriculum
Legal Skills Prof Blog (By Scott Fruehwald) — The author discusses the comments the ABA legal education section received as part of a proposed change to Standard 303. The updated standard would require law schools to provide substantial opportunities for “the development of professional identity.”
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