Shared Values and Principles in Mediation 

September 16, 2024

Indisputably (by John Lande) — Professor Lande (University of Missouri Law) shares a list of key values and principles he believes are necessary for mediation practice.

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Rethinking Legal Education: Demystifying Neurodiversity And Building An Inclusive Future 

September 16, 2024

TaxProf Blog (by Paul Caron) — Dean Caron (Pepperdine Law) shares an article by Jennifer Kindred Mitchell (University of Baltimore Law) and Charlie Amiot that examines how law schools can better address the needs of neurodivergent students.

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AccessLex: Predicting Bar Success — The Mediating Effects Of 1L Law School GPA On Undergraduate GPA And LSAT

September 16, 2024

TaxProf Blog (by Paul Caron) — Dean Caron (Pepperdine Law) shares data from AccessLex that examines if the admission and assessment tools used by law schools to determine student success correlate to first-time bar passage.

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Student Debt Impacts Well-Being And Life Decisions Of Young Lawyers 

September 16, 2024

TaxProf Blog (by Paul Caron) — Dean Caron (Pepperdine Law) shares the results from a recent ABA and AccessLex study that examines how student debt affects the well-being and life decisions of young lawyers.

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Rethinking the Academic Term

September 9, 2024

Substack (by Daniel B. Rodriguez) — Dean Rodriguez (Northwestern Law) suggests different ways the law school academic term could be structured to better serve students.

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Multistate Bar Exam scores for July 2024 rebound to highest level since 2013

September 9, 2024

Excess of Democracy (by Derek T. Muller) — Professor Muller (Notre Dame Law) shares that the pass rate for the July 2024 Multistate Bar Exam has improved over the previous year.

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Academic and Bar Support Scholarship Spotlight

September 9, 2024

Law School Academic Support Blog (by Louis Schulze) — Professor Schulze (FIU Law) shares a collection of recent scholarship on academic and bar support.

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Wash U Symposium: Advancing DEI In Legal Education And The Legal Profession

September 9, 2024

TaxProf Blog (by Paul Caron) — Dean Caron (Pepperdine Law) shares the contents from a recently published Washington University Journal of Law and Policy symposia issue on advancing diversity, equity, and inclusion in law school and the legal profession.

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Major Reform Of Legal Education With Minor Risk

September 9, 2024

TaxProf Blog (by Paul Caron) — Dean Caron (Pepperdine Law) shares a University of New Hampshire Law Review article by Sara Berman (USC Gould Law) and Chance Meyer (New England Law) that offers suggestions for implementing systemic changes in legal education without much disruption.

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Law School Hiring Spreadsheet and Clearinghouse for Questions, 2024-2025

September 3, 2024

PrawfsBlawg (by Sarah Lawsky) — Professor Lawsky (Northwestern Law) shares a spreadsheet that law school candidates can use to track callbacks, offers, and other events during the 2024-25 law school hiring season.

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