Conferencing Made Easy

October 29, 2019

Teach Law Better (By Abigail Perdue) — Professor Perdue (Wake Forest Law) provides tips for legal writing professors in giving feedback during conferences with law students.

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Professional Formation And Development From Law Student to Lawyer

October 29, 2019

TaxProf Blog (By Paul Caron) — Dean Caron (Pepperdine Law) shares a forthcoming Baylor Law Review article by Professor Neil W. Hamilton (University of St. Thomas Law). In the article, Professor Hamilton investigates the major periods of re-orientation and self-definition for law students and details how law faculty can foster student growth on their path…

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Toward evidence-based legal education reform: First, let’s experiment (121)

October 21, 2019

Legal Evolution (By Dan Rodriguez) — Professor Rodriguez (Northwestern Law) discusses how to collect data to support evidence-based legal education reform and offers suggestions on the ways law schools can innovate and experiment.  

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Experimentation in reforming legal education

October 21, 2019

Excess of Democracy (By Derek T. Muller) — Professor Muller (Pepperdine Law) analyzes the Legal Evolution post from former Northwestern Law dean Dan Rodriguez on evidence-based legal education reform.  

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The Problems Of Measuring Scholarly Impact (‘Stuff’)

October 21, 2019

Above the Law (By LawProfBlawg) — Anonymous law professor, LawProfBlawg, emphasizes the need for better metrics to measure scholarly impact.  

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Will artificial intelligence replace human lawyering?

October 21, 2019

Legal Skills Prog Blog (By James B. Levy) — Professor Levy (Nova Southeastern Law) summarizes a recent Marquette Law Review article by three law professors that analyzes the prospect of artificial intelligence replacing the need for lawyers.  

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Gender Equity in Law School Enrollment: An Elusive Goal

October 21, 2019

Legal Skills Prof Blog  (By Scott Fruehwald) — The author shares an upcoming Journal of Legal Education article by Deborah Jones Merritt (Ohio State University Law) and Kyle P. McEntee (Law School Transparency) on gender equity issues in law school admissions and possible solutions.  

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The Strangelovian Law School, Or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Casebook

October 21, 2019

Madisonian (By Michael Madison) — Professor Madison (University of Pittsburgh Law) shares his third post in a series about case books and discusses the reasons behind their longevity in legal education.  

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Are We Hiding the Ball?

October 21, 2019

Law School Academic Support Blog (By Marsha Griggs) — Professor Griggs (Washburn Law) provides advice on when and how to use the Socratic method to help law students learn and develop. 

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