Planning Your Pedagogy: Scholarly Tips for New Class Prep
Law School Academic Support Blog (by Marsha Griggs) — Professor Griggs (Saint Louis University Law) offers advice and resources to law professors planning to teach a first-year course for the first time.
Read More about Planning Your Pedagogy: Scholarly Tips for New Class PrepThe High Cost Of Law School Casebooks
TaxProf Blog (by Paul Caron) — Dean Caron (Pepperdine Law) shares an article by Jeffrey Bellin (William & Mary Law) that analyzes why it is difficult to reduce the cost of popular law school casebooks.
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Law School Academic Support Blog (by Erica Sylvia) — Professor Sylvia (UMass Law) advises law students to take time to relax and get fresh air while studying for final exams.
Read More about Touch Some Grass1L of a Blog Series: Your Secret Weapon for Surviving Finals
Law School Academic Support Blog (by Dayna Smith) — Professor Smith (Vermont Law and Graduate School) provides a checklist for first-year law students on how to prepare for final exams.
Read More about 1L of a Blog Series: Your Secret Weapon for Surviving FinalsBenchmarking law school rankings against expectations, performance, and rankings tactics
Excess of Democracy (by Derek T. Muller) — Professor Muller (Notre Dame Law) shares how the recently released US News law school rankings have changed from previous years and analyzes how a school’s performance relates to their rankings.
Read More about Benchmarking law school rankings against expectations, performance, and rankings tacticsHow will the Trump Administration’s attack on the universities affect next year’s law teaching market?
Brian Leiter’s Law School Reports (by Brian Leiter) — Professor Leiter (University of Chicago Law) discusses how recent executive orders targeting universities could affect next year’s law teaching market.
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Clinical Law Prof Blog (by Deborah Epstein) — Professor Epstein (Georgetown Law) writes to increase awareness of a current congressional probe into Northwestern Law clinics and calls for law professors to stand together to protect clinical legal education.
Read More about Epstein: In solidarity with Northwestern Law’s clinical programsUniversities Should Challenge Trump’s Speech-Based Deportations of Students in Court [Updated]
Reason (by Ilya Somin) –Professor Somin (George Mason Scalia Law) discusses why universities should challenge the deportation of students for protest activities in courts.
Read More about Universities Should Challenge Trump’s Speech-Based Deportations of Students in Court [Updated]“I Used to Go With the Wrench”
PrawfsBlawg (by Paul Horwitz) — Professor Horwitz (University of Alabama Law) discusses his thoughts on recent joint letters published by law professors against federal actions and states that any action protecting the rule of law is important.
Read More about “I Used to Go With the Wrench”Why I Signed the Harvard Law Professors Letter
Balkinization (by Mark Tushnet) — Professor Tushnet (Harvard Law) discusses why he signed a letter from Harvard Law faculty stating that the current federal government is threatening the rule of law.
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