Aligning Law School Curriculum With Law Firm Needs

September 14, 2020

TaxProf Blog (By Paul Caron) — The author shares an article by professor Neil W. Hamilton (University of St. Thomas Law) that provides a model for law schools to align curriculums with law firm needs.

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Can You Truly Be Happy In Law School? An Analysis Of Law School Advice

August 21, 2020

TaxProf Blog (By Paul Caron) — Professor Michael Conklin (Angelo State University) reviews Kathryne M. Young’s book, How to be Sort of Happy in Law School.  

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Has the submission window moved?

August 21, 2020

PrawfsBlawg (By Howard Wasserman) — Professor Wasserman (FIU Law) asks readers if journals have reopened or altered article submission deadlines amid the pandemic.

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Rocks on the back of first-generation college grads attending law school (182)

August 21, 2020

Legal Evolution (By Bill Henderson) — Professor Henderson (Indiana University Maurer Law) the challenges that first-generation college graduates face in law school.

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NYLS WEDNESDAY LUNCH SERIES: CONVERSATIONS IN CONFLICT RESOLUTION

August 21, 2020

Indisputably (By John Lande) — The author shares an announcement of a virtual lunch series by New York Law School featuring informal discussions with leaders in the field of conflict avoidance, management, and resolution.

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Readings and Resources for Teaching

August 21, 2020

Indisputably (By John Lande) — Professor Lande (University of Missouri Law) shares various dispute resolution related resources and readings for law faculty and students.

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Jan M. Levine, Artificial Intelligence: Thinking About Law, Law Practice, and Legal Education

August 21, 2020

Legal Skills Prof Blog (By Scott Frehwald) — Duquesne Law recently hosted a conference on “Artificial Intelligence: Thinking About Law, Law Practice, and Legal Education.” The author links to presentations from the conference.

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Joint Statement of AASE and AALS Section on Academic Support Programs

August 21, 2020

Law School Academic Support Blog — The author shares an announcement from the Association of Academic Support Educators and the AALS Section on Academic Support Programs on the recent deaths of Black Americans while in police custody and calls for racial justice. The groups reaffirms their collective commitment to ensure that legal education is accessible…

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Special Issue: Policing, Justice, and the Radical Imagination

August 5, 2020

Legal History Blog (By Mitria Sharafi) — Professor Sharafi (University of Wisconsin Law) shares a special publication issue of the Radical History Review.

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Disaggregating the debate over the bar exam and diploma privilege

August 5, 2020

Excess of Democracy (By Derek T. Muller) — Professor Muller (University of Iowa Law) argues in favor of diploma privilege during the pandemic and debates the usefulness of the traditional bar exam.

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