Number Of College Students Seeking Mental Health Services Has Soared 35% In Five Years

December 10, 2019

TaxProf Blog (By Paul Caron) — Dean Caron (Pepperdine Law) shares an article from Register-Guard that discusses the growing demand for mental health treatments and resources from campus clinics.

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WSJ: The Impact Of The SAT Adversity Index On Median SATs — A School-By-School Analysis

December 10, 2019

TaxProf Blog (By Paul Caron) — Dean Caron (Pepperdine Law) shares a follow up article about SAT Adversity Index scores compared to median SAT scores from 10,353 high schools.

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Journal Of Legal Education Publishes New Issue

November 27, 2019

TaxProf Blog (By Paul Caron) — Dean Caron (Pepperdine Law) shares the articles in the most recent issue of the Journal of Legal Education.  

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What are debt and expected earnings like for those in non-JD legal education programs?

November 27, 2019

PrawfsBlawg (By Jessica Erickson) — Professor Erickson (University of Richmond Law) shares five different types of visiting assistant professor and fellowship programs at law schools. 

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VAP/Fellowship Reflections: An Overview of the Types of Programs Out There

November 27, 2019

PrawfsBlawg (By Jessica Erickson) — Professor Erickson (University of Richmond Law) shares five different types of visiting assistant professor and fellowship programs at law schools. 

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Becoming a Lawyer Should Not be a Product of “Instagramification”

November 27, 2019

Teach Law Better (By Gregory Bordelon) — Professor Bordelon (University of Baltimore Law) discusses his concern regarding social media’s impact in portraying the process of becoming a lawyer.  

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Law Students, Comedians, And Mental Health

November 27, 2019

TaxProf Blog (By Paul Caron) — Dean Caron (Pepperdine Law) recaps a campus screening of Laughing Matters, a documentary about comedians and mental health, followed by a panel discussion on mental health and law students.   

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Willamette Law Names Four Dean Finalists

November 27, 2019

The Faculty Lounge (By Dan Filler) — The author shares an article from Willamette Collegian about the law school naming four finalists in its search for a new law school dean.    

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Guiding Students From Law School Into the World

November 27, 2019

Best Practices for Legal Education (By Irene Scharf) — Professor Scharf (University of Massachusetts Law) discusses how to guide students’ professional development by exposing them to events related to key social issues.  

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Save the date! The Institute for Law Teaching and Learning’s 2020 summer conference on “Hybrid and Online Legal Education”

November 27, 2019

Legal Skills Prof Blog (By James B. Levy) — Professor Levy (Nova Southeastern Law) shares information about the Institute for Law Teaching and Learning’s summer 2020 conference.  

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