Recent Supreme Court clerk placement into the legal academy
Excess of Democracy (By Derek Muller) — Professor Muller (Pepperdine Law) lists the 56 Supreme Court law clerks between 2003 and 2009 who are now law school professors.
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Best Practices for Legal Education (By Mary A. Lynch) — Professor Lynch (Albany Law) discusses how to include mental health awareness in law school and in law courses.
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TaxProf Blog (By Paul Caron) — Author links to a Chronicle of Higher Education piece containing analysis from five college administrators on what lead to the recent enrollment drop at many institutions.
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Best Practices for Legal Education (By Jessica Haller) — Author provides information about a conference on teaching transactional law and skills at Emory Law, June 5-6, 2020.
Read More about Save the Date!Innovative Required Courses
What Great Law Schools Do (By Michael Hunter Schwartz) — Dean Schwartz (Pacific McGeorge Law) begins a new series that highlights innovative courses being taught in law schools across the nation. This first post looks at innovative required courses at seven different law schools.
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SCOTUSblog (by Kalvis Golde) — The author interviews Professor Randy Barnett (Georgetown Law) and Professor Josh Blackman (South Texas College of Law Houston) about their new multimedia platform, “An Introduction to Constitutional Law: 100 Supreme Court Cases Everyone Should Know.”
Read More about Ask the authors: An innovative approach to learning the court’s biggest casesThe Legal Interviewing and Language Access Film Project (LILA)
Best Practices for Legal Education (By Laila L. Hlass and Lindsay M. Harris) — Professor Hlass (Tulane Law) and Professor Harris (UDC Law) share how to teach legal interviewing skills to students through their instructional videos and teaching guides. The videos cover issues such as client intake and using an interpreter.
Read More about The Legal Interviewing and Language Access Film Project (LILA)As goes the LSAT, so too goes the MPRE
Legal Skills Prof Blog (By James B. Levy) — Professor Levy (Nova Southeastern Law) shares news that the Multistate Professional Responsibility Examination (MPRE) will go digital in March 2020.
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Law School Academic Support Blog (By Steven Foster) — Professor Foster (Oklahoma City University Law) argues that digital transitions for the LSAT and Multistate Professional Responsibility Examination (MPRE) are not in the best interest for students. He cites a study that found that reading paper format books resulted in higher retention than reading digital material.
Read More about Efficiency and Convenience vs. ScienceIFLP Data Download (118)
Legal Evolution (By Bill Henderson) — Professor Henderson (Indiana University Maurer Law) shares statistics from the Institute for the Future of Law Practice’s (IFLP) summer internship program and touts its success.
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