Putting Legal Education into Context: The Systems Approach to Teaching Business Associations
Legal Skills Prof Blog (By Scott Fruehwald) — The author shares an article forthcoming in the Michigan State Law Review by UCLA Law professors Lynn M. LoPucki and Andrew Verstein on using a “systems approach” to teaching law classes.
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Madisonian (By Michael Madison) — Professor Madison (Pitt Law) finishes his series on the gap between the needs of the legal profession and current approaches to legal education.
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Madisonian (By Michael Madison) — Professor Madison (Pitt Law) shares three suggestions to help law schools train students to meet the needs of the modern legal profession.
Read More about Legal Education’s Waterloo: Still in the Fire SwampEmory Law Journal Call For Submissions: Systemic Racism In The Law & Anti-Racist Solutions
TaxProf Blog (By Paul Caron) — Dean Caron (Pepperdine Law) shares the Emory Law Journal’s call for submissions for a special issue on systemic racism in law and anti-racist solutions.
Read More about Emory Law Journal Call For Submissions: Systemic Racism In The Law & Anti-Racist SolutionsRace, Racism, & Business Law Courses
PrawfsBlawg (By Jessica Erickson) — Professor Erickson (University of Richmond Law) highlights and shares discussions on incorporating issues of race and racism into business law courses.
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TaxProf Blog (By Paul Caron) — The author shares an article published by the Texas Hispanic Journal of Law & Policy by professors Robert Steinbuch (University of Arkansas Law) and Richard J. Peltz-Steele (UMass Law) on balancing privacy, and accountability in researching affirmative action in legal education.
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Teach Law Better (By Heather Gram) — Professor Gram (Wake Forest Law) shares a virtual discussion platform called “Padlet” that helps connect students and teachers.
Read More about Using Padlet to Create CommunityIt appears the July 2020 bar exam did not spread Covid-19 among any test-takers
Excess of Democracy (By Derek T. Muller) — Professor Muller (University of Iowa Law) provides thoughts and analysis on the in-person administration of the July Bar Exam in some states.
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PrawfsBlawg (By Orly Lobel) — The author shares an article by professors Mark L. Jones (Mercer University), Cathren Koehlert-Page (Barry Law) Suzianne D. Painter-Thorne (Mercer Law) and Gary J. Simson (Mercer and Cornell Law) on legal obligation to exempt high-risk faculty from in-person teaching during the pandemic.
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TaxProf Blog (By Paul Caron) — Dean Caron (Pepperdine Law) shares news that Georgia test-takers must sign a liability waiver if they plan to take the October online bar exam amid concerns that exam software may cause personal computers to be less secure.
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