Dean Darby Dickerson — on Equity, Security, and Status
Best Practices for Legal Education (By Davida Finger) — Professors Finger (Loyola New Orleans Law) and Melanie DeRousse (University of Kansas Law) invites readers to read and discuss AALS President Darby Dickerson’s AALS News article “Abolish the Academic Caste System.”
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Tax Prof Blog (By Paul Caron) — Dean Caron (Pepperdine Law) shares a report from the Law School Survey of Student Engagement detailing changes and trends in legal education over the last 15 years.
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Tax Prof Blog (By Paul Caron) — Dean Caron (Pepperdine Law) shares a guide by professor Bridget J. Crawford (Pace Law) on submitting essays, commentaries, reviews, and other writings to law reviews and journals.
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Tax Prof Blog (By Paul Caron) — Dean Caron (Pepperdine Law) posts a follow-up article on the increase in law school applicants and links to additional analysis of LSAC data.
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Tax Prof Blog (By Paul Caron) — Dean Caron (Pepperdine Law) shares an article forthcoming in the UConn Law Review by professor Christian Sundquist (Albany Law School) examining the impact of the pandemic and the racial justice movement on legal education.
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Tax Prof Blog (By Paul Caron) — Dean Caron (Pepperdine Law) shares an article forthcoming in the St. Louis University Journal by professor Ira Steven Nathenson (St. Thomas University Law) on the need for law professors to adapt to online legal education.
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Best Practice for Legal Education (By Davida Finger) — Professor Finger (Loyola University New Orleans Law) shares a post by professors Dena Bauman (UC Davis Law), Gillian Dutton (Seattle University Law), Kendall Kerew (Georgia State), Chipo C. Nyambuya (Loyola Chicago Law) and Amy Sankaran (University of Michigan Law) analyzing virtual externships for law students.
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Law School Academic Support Blog (By Marsha Griggs) — Professor Griggs (Washburn Law) analyzes AALS President Darby Dickerson’s AALS News article, “Abolish the Academic Caste System” and discusses where academic support faculty fit in the system as described.
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Clinical Law Prof Blog (By Priya Baskaran) — Professor Baskaran (American University Washington College of Law) shares a list of scholarly works by clinical law faculty published in 2020.
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Best Practice for Legal Education (By Deborah Jones Merritt) — Professor Merritt (Ohio State University Law) suggests methods to modernize the bar exam and improve services that new lawyers provide to their clients.
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