Law Schools Are Expanding Mental Health And Wellness Support 

August 5, 2024

TaxProf Blog (by Paul Caron) — Dean Caron (Pepperdine Law) shares a National Jurist article highlighting how law schools have worked to support mental health and wellness for law students.  

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Law Review And Finding A Place In The Academy 

August 5, 2024

TaxProf Blog (by Paul Caron) — Dean Caron (Pepperdine Law) shares a Texas Law Review article by Jenny E. Carroll (Texas A&M University Law) discussing how working at the school law review inspired her to pursue a career in legal academia.  

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An Empirical Study Of The Bar Examination’s Disparate Impact On Applicants From Communities Of Color 

August 5, 2024

TaxProf Blog (by Paul Caron) — Dean Caron (Pepperdine Law) shares a Pace Law Review article by Scott DeVito (Jacksonville University Law), Erin Lain (Drake Law) and Kelsey Hample (Furman University) providing an analysis of the relationship between bar exam performance and race and ethnicity. 

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Blogpost: Visualizing Hires in the Law Professor Market (Or, to JD/PhD or not to JD/PhD)

July 22, 2024

Maya Moritz (by Maya Moritz) — The author shares a series of charts and graphs on entry-level law professor hiring over time. 

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13th Annual Promoting Diversity in Law School Leadership

July 22, 2024

The Faculty Lounge (by Dan Filler) — Professor Filler (Drexel Law) shares information on an upcoming workshop at Villanova Law aimed at supporting underrepresented groups in pursuing deanships and other leadership positions at law schools.  

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Fall 2024 Law Review Article Submission Guide

July 22, 2024

TaxProf Blog (by Paul Caron) — Dean Caron (Pepperdine Law) shares news that Nancy Levit and Allen Rostron (UMKC Law) have updated their directory of article submission guidelines for law reviews and journals. 

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July 9th Statement by AASE regarding NextGen

July 22, 2024

Law School Academic Support Blog (by Steven Foster) — Professor Foster (Oklahoma City University Law) shares a statement from the Association of Academic Support Educators expressing their concerns about the NextGen Bar Exam.  

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ALI Elects New Members

July 22, 2024

The Faculty Lounge (by Bridget Crawford) — Professor Crawford (Pace Law) shares a list of professors recently elected to the American Law Institute. 

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ADR Scholarship Projects – July 2024

July 22, 2024

Indisputably (by Jill Gross) — Professor Gross (Pace Law) shares a list of current scholarship projects either in progress or recently completed in the field of Alternative Dispute Resolution. 

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Preparing Campus Leaders for the Return to Campus this Fall

July 22, 2024

Indisputably (by Sarah Cole) — Professor Cole (Ohio State University Law) invites campus leaders to share advice on how to manage divisive topics and interactions in law classrooms.   

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