We See You
Law School Academic Support Blog (By Marsha Griggs) — Professor Griggs (Washburn Law) acknowledges the struggles law school graduates face while preparing for the bar exam.
Read More about We See YouTeaching Federal Income Tax to the Current Generation of Law Students
PrawfsBlawg (By Jeffrey L. Kwall) — Professor Kwall (Loyola Chicago Law) shares his basic Individual Income Tax course for law students and recommends using Doctrine and Practice Series™ to provide online quizzes and review questions.
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Law School Academic Support Blog (By Melissa Hale) — Professor Hale (Loyola Chicago Law) discusses the importance of “grit” for law students preparing for the bar exam and shares how faculty can help students develop this perseverance.
Read More about The Importance of Growth and GritLaw School Rankings By Ultimate Bar Passage Rates
TaxProf Blog (By Paul Caron) — Dean Caron (Pepperdine Law) shares the ABA legal education section’s report on bar passage outcomes for ABA-accredited law schools.
Read More about Law School Rankings By Ultimate Bar Passage RatesAre most law schools losing a million dollars a year?
Excess of Democracy (By Derek T. Muller) — Professor Muller (Pepperdine Law) looks at federal disclosure data (990 forms) for 14 mostly stand-alone law schools. His research finds that many of these schools experienced revenue losses for at least one of the past two years. He also provides analysis on the reasons for these losses and…
Read More about Are most law schools losing a million dollars a year?Preparing 1Ls for Persuasive Communication by Integrating Procedural Rules and Substantive Law
Best Practices for Legal Education (By Louis Jim) — Professor Jim (Albany Law) shares his experience with using classroom clickers to improve student understanding of procedural law.
Read More about Preparing 1Ls for Persuasive Communication by Integrating Procedural Rules and Substantive LawTeaching Drugs: Incorporating Drug Policy Into The Law School Curriculum
TaxProf Blog (By Paul Caron) — Dean Caron shares an article by Ohio State University Law professors Douglas A. Berman and Jana Hrdinova and several students that looks law school courses on drug policy and cannabis law.
Read More about Teaching Drugs: Incorporating Drug Policy Into The Law School CurriculumRanking Academic Impact
Law School Café (By Deborah J. Merritt) — Professor Merritt (Ohio State University Law) discusses the credibility and accuracy of new US law school rankings by academic impact. She analyzes the potential effect of these rankings on scholarship.
Read More about Ranking Academic ImpactTHE LAW CAN BE DANGEROUS TO LAWYERS’ MENTAL HEALTH
Indisputably (By John Lande) — Professor Lande (University of Missouri Law) discusses the importance of law professors, students, and lawyers taking care of their well-being.
Read More about THE LAW CAN BE DANGEROUS TO LAWYERS’ MENTAL HEALTHWho Am I to Pass the Bar?
Law School Academic Support Blog (By Marsha Griggs) — Professor Griggs (Washburn Law) provides advice for law students preparing to take the bar exam.
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