CFP ASAP: AALS Scholarship Section Incubator Roundtable

August 19, 2024

The Faculty Lounge (by Dan Filler) — Dean Filler (Drexel Law) shares a call for papers for the AALS Section on Scholarship Incubator Roundtable. 

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CFP: New Voices in Property Law: Junior Scholars Works-in-Progress Panel

August 19, 2024

The Faculty Lounge (by Dan Filler) — Dean Filler (Drexel Law) shares a call for papers for the AALS Section on Property Law’s Junior Scholars Works-in-Progress Panel to be held at the 2025 AALS Annual Meeting in San Francisco. 

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Survey of Law Fellowships and VAPs

August 19, 2024

PrawfsBlawg (by Nikita Aggarwal) — Professor Aggarwal (University of Miami Law) is asking individuals who have served as a fellow or visiting assistant professor (VAPs) to participate in a new survey and share their experiences and outcomes.  

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Changes to Criminal Law course (advice welcome!)

August 19, 2024

PrawfsBlawg (by Rick Garnett) — Professor Garnett (Notre Dame Law) requests advice on teaching a first-year criminal law course. 

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Peer Review In Advanced Legal Writing Course

August 19, 2024

TaxProf Blog (by Paul Caron) — Dean Caron (Pepperdine Law) shares a Saint Louis University Law Journal article by Patricia Montana (St. John’s University Law) that shares the benefits of incorporating peer review in advanced legal writing courses.  

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Effective Law Professor Feedback For Today’s Students

August 19, 2024

TaxProf Blog (by Paul Caron) — Dean Caron (Pepperdine Law) shares a Saint Louis University Law Journal article by Randall Ryder (University of Minnesota Law) that explains how professors can offer students feedback to help them in their future classes and careers.  

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Questioning The Inevitability Of The NextGen Bar Exam

August 19, 2024

TaxProf Blog (by Paul Caron) — Dean Caron (Pepperdine Law) shares a paper by multiple authors that examines the jurisdictions that have already decided to implement the NextGen Bar Exam and how many are likely to adopt it in the future.  

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The Best State For Entry-Level Lawyers To Begin Their Careers: California

August 19, 2024

TaxProf Blog (by Paul Caron) — Dean Caron (Pepperdine Law) shares a chart examining cost-of-living in states compared to the average entry-level salary for lawyers.  

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Using Technology To Promote Well-Being And Foster Professional Identity Formation In The 1L Classroom

August 19, 2024

TaxProf Blog (by Paul Caron) — Dean Caron (Pepperdine Law) shares a University of St. Thomas Law Journal article by Kendall Kerew (Georgia State University Law) that explores how law professors can use technology to promote well-being and teach professional identity formation for first-year students.  

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Trauma-Informed Pedagogy In Law School

August 19, 2024

TaxProf Blog (by Paul Caron) — Dean Caron (Pepperdine Law) shares a University of Pennsylvania Journal of Law and Social Change article by Angela P. Harris (UC Davis Law) and Monika B. Kashyap (Seattle Law) that outlines how law professors can better understand trauma in order to effectively teach students.  

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