Fellowships for Aspiring Law Professors (Updated 2019-20 Edition)
TaxProf Blog (By Paul Caron) — Dean Paul Caron (Pepperdine Law) shares an updated list of fellowship and VAP programs with listings from the AALS Becoming a Law Teacher website.
Read More about Fellowships for Aspiring Law Professors (Updated 2019-20 Edition)St. Louis Symposium on Law School Teaching Methods
TaxProf Blog (By Paul Caron) — Dean Paul Caron (Pepperdine Law) shares the Saint Louis University Law Journal spring issue on law school teaching methods.
Read More about St. Louis Symposium on Law School Teaching MethodsABA Finds Louisville Law School in Full Compliance With Accreditation Standards
TaxProf Blog (By Paul Caron) — Dean Paul Caron (Pepperdine Law) shares a notice from the ABA Section of Legal Education and Admissions to the Bar stating that University of Louisville Louis D. Brandeis School of Law is now incompliance with accreditation standards.
Read More about ABA Finds Louisville Law School in Full Compliance With Accreditation StandardsGuthrie: U.S. News Should Replace Its Current Law School Rankings with A Mission-Driven Ranking
TaxProf Blog (By Paul Caron) — Dean Paul Caron (Pepperdine Law) shares an article in Jurimetrics, The Journal of Law, Science, and Technology by Professor Chris Guthrie (Vanderbilt Law) where he suggests replacing the current U.S. News law school rankings system with one that uses more objective measures and focuses on legal scholarship and job…
Read More about Guthrie: U.S. News Should Replace Its Current Law School Rankings with A Mission-Driven RankingHigh School GPAs Are Much More Predictive of College Graduation Than SAT/ACT Scores
TaxProf Blog (By Paul Caron) — Dean Paul Caron (Pepperdine Law) shares an American Educational Research Association study that finds high school GPA scores are more effective than SAT and ACT scores at predicting the likelihood a student successfully graduates from college.
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The Faculty Lounge (By Dan Filler) — Dean Dan Filler (Drexel Law) shares an announcement from Nova Southeastern University Law seeking applications for dean of the school.
Read More about Nova Southeastern Law Seeks DeanThere, Wolf: Law, 10 Years After and 10 Years Forward
Madisonian (By Michael Madison) — Professor Madison (Pitt Law) questions if the legal profession is able to adapt to large-scale changes in technology and regulatory practices. He draws an analogy to Pittsburgh’s steel industry decline and the lessons learned from it.
Read More about There, Wolf: Law, 10 Years After and 10 Years Forward2021 U.S. News Law School Rankings
TaxProf Blog (By Paul Caron) — Dean Caron (Pepperdine Law) shares news that U.S. News will release their law school rankings on March 17. It will include specialty rankings in criminal law, constitutional law, business/corporate law and contracts/commercial law.
Read More about 2021 U.S. News Law School RankingsThree thought experiments: How can Congress structurally reform the federal clerkship program?
The Volokh Conspiracy (By Josh Blackman) — Professor Blackman (South Texas College of Law Houston) discusses the need to reform the federal clerkship program. He offers three suggestions to alleviate the problems with the program.
Read More about Three thought experiments: How can Congress structurally reform the federal clerkship program?April 20 Deadline for NTR Teaching and Research Grants
Indisputably (By John Lande) — Professor Lande (University of Missouri Law) shares an announcement regarding the Negotiation and Team Resources Institute’s grant program with links to the application forms.
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