A Nice Place to Live, But You Wouldn’t Want to Visit
Dorf on Law (By Michael C. Dorf) — Professor Dorf (Cornell Law) responds to Wilkinson-Ryan’s essay on visiting professorships and proposes that law schools should abandon visits as part of the lateral hiring process.
Read More about A Nice Place to Live, But You Wouldn’t Want to VisitThe Costs of a Look-See Visit
The Volokh Conspiracy (By Josh Blackman) — Professor Blackman (South Texas College of Law Houston) responds to Wilkinson-Ryan’s essay on visiting professorships and analyzes the costs of visiting professorships as part of the lateral hiring process.
Read More about The Costs of a Look-See VisitThe Home-Institution Benefits of Visiting Stints
PrawfsBlawg (By Paul Horwitz) — Professor Horwitz (University of Alabama Law) describes the institutional and personal benefits of visiting professorships, regardless of receiving offers during the lateral hiring process.
Read More about The Home-Institution Benefits of Visiting StintsAALS Section on Academic Support Leadership, and Honoring Laurie Zimet!
Law School Academic Support Blog (By Melissa Hale) — Professor Hale (Loyola Chicago Law) congratulates Laurie Zimet (UC Hastings Law) for receiving the Section on Academic Support Award at the 2020 AALS Annual Meeting.
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Law School Academic Support Blog (By Marsha Griggs) — Professor Griggs (Washburn Law) recaps her experience at 2020 AALS Annual Meeting. She provides words of encouragement for new academic support professionals and suggests participation in conferences such as AALS.
Read More about Takeaways from the 2020 AALS Annual MeetingLaw school 1L JD enrollment falls slightly as non-JD enrollment reaches all-time highs
Excess of Democracy (By Derek T. Muller) — Professor Muller (Pepperdine Law) compares recent first-year JD enrollment numbers to the growth of non-JD programs in law schools.
Read More about Law school 1L JD enrollment falls slightly as non-JD enrollment reaches all-time highsA Proposal for Law Journal Publication Reform
Medium – Whatever Source Derived (By Brian Galle) — Professor Galle (Georgetown Law) shares the Advisory Committee of the AALS Section on Scholarship’s proposal for law journal reform. The proposal offers several suggestions to reduce cost of submission and to remove barriers to publication.
Read More about A Proposal for Law Journal Publication ReformThe Benefits Of Greater Transparency In Reporting Of Law Graduate Employment Outcomes –
TaxProf Blog (By Jerry Organ) — Professor Organ (University of St. Thomas Law) details changes in the reporting of law graduate employment outcomes over the past decade with supporting charts and data. He argues that these changes in reporting regulations have resulted in law schools providing additional career services support for law graduates.
Read More about The Benefits Of Greater Transparency In Reporting Of Law Graduate Employment Outcomes –Other things to think about if you have multiple tenure track offers (Michael Simkovic)
Brian Leiter’s Law School Reports (By Michael Simkovic) — Professor Simkovic (USC Gould Law) lists considerations for prospective law faculty who are weighing competing tenure-track job offers.
Read More about Other things to think about if you have multiple tenure track offers (Michael Simkovic)Law Schools ABA 509 Disclosures Reports 2019 (Stats + Graphs)
Associates Mind (By Keith Lee) — The author shares ABA 509 disclosure data for all ABA-approved law schools.
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