COVID-19 Classes
Patently0 (By Dennis Crouch) — Professor Crouch (University of Missouri Law) asks educators for their thoughts on in-person classroom designs that reduce the spread of COVID-19 while providing an effective educational experience.
Read More about COVID-19 ClassesConnecticut, Georgia, Illinois, New York, Ohio Shift To Online Bar Exam
TaxProf Blog (By Paul Caron) — The author shares announcements regarding the bar exam from several states.
Read More about Connecticut, Georgia, Illinois, New York, Ohio Shift To Online Bar ExamGraduate Level Distance Learning: Enhanced Student Experience, Significant Scalability Challenges
TaxProf Blog (By Paul Caron) — The author shares an article forthcoming in the Journal of Legal Education by George Washington University Law professors Karen Thornton, Steven L. Schooner, and Markus Speidel on the effectiveness and challenges of online education for graduate students.
Read More about Graduate Level Distance Learning: Enhanced Student Experience, Significant Scalability ChallengesPortability Of The UBE: Where Is It When You Need It?
TaxProf Blog (By Suzanne Darrow-Kleinhaus) — Professor Darrow-Kleinhaus (Touro Law) examines the limitations of the Uniform Bar Exam’s portability between states.
Read More about Portability Of The UBE: Where Is It When You Need It?An early sign about this year’s job market for law teachers
Brian Leiter’s Law School Reports (By Brian Leiter) — Professor Leiter examines professor Sarah Lawsky’s (Northwestern Law) entry-level hiring report data and concludes that while there is likely to be fewer entry-level positions than last year, the outlook is better than many had feared.
Read More about An early sign about this year’s job market for law teachersTampons and Pads Should Be Allowed at the Bar Exam
The Faculty Lounge (By Bridget Crawford) — Professors Crawford (Pace Law) and Emily Gold Waldman (Pace Law) author an op-ed for Law.com arguing that the bans on menstrual products in bar exams are discriminatory and should be lifted immediately.
Read More about Tampons and Pads Should Be Allowed at the Bar ExamYou Can Now Bring Tampons to the Bar Exam in Arizona, but not in West Virginia (What About Texas?)
The Faculty Lounge (By Bridget Crawford) — Professors Crawford (Pace Law) shares news that Arizona now allows bar exam takers to bring menstrual products into the test. She shares West Virginia and Texas guidelines still limit or restrict menstrual products in bar exams.
Read More about You Can Now Bring Tampons to the Bar Exam in Arizona, but not in West Virginia (What About Texas?)Request for Law Professor Signatories to Letter Urging NCBE to Require All States to Permit Test-Takers to Bring Menstrual Products to Bar Exam
The Faculty Lounge (By Bridget Crawford) — The author shares a request for law professors to urge the National Conference of Bar Examiners to require all states to allow test-takers to bring their own menstrual products to bar exams.
Read More about Request for Law Professor Signatories to Letter Urging NCBE to Require All States to Permit Test-Takers to Bring Menstrual Products to Bar ExamVirtual Tour Of L.A. Law Schools
TaxProf Blog (By Paul Caron) — The author shares a video published by National Jurist that provides virtual tours of Pepperdine, UCLA, USC, Southwestern and LMU Loyola law schools.
Read More about Virtual Tour Of L.A. Law SchoolsAffordable Content In Legal Education
TaxProf Blog (By Paul Caron) — The author shares an article forthcoming in the Law Library Journal by professor Connie S. Lenz (University of Minnesota Law) on how law schools can provide affordable content to law students.
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