If there’s a “Trump Bump” in law school admissions, then law students have discovered time travel
Excess of Democracy (by Derek Muller) — Professor Muller (Notre Dame law) argues that this year’s increase in law school applicants could not be a result of the 2024 presidential election as most applicants would have planned to apply to law school prior to learning the election’s results.
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Law School Academic Support Blog (by Dayna Smith) — Professor Smith (Vermont Law and Graduate School) offers advice to first-year law students on creating a study schedule for final exams.
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Law School Academic Support Blog (by Marsha Griggs) — Professor Griggs (Saint Louis University Law) shares articles that could help law schools adhere to ABA accreditation standards on teaching bias and cross-cultural competency.
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PrawfsBlawg (by Sarah Lawsky) — Professor Lawsky (Northwestern Law) shares a call for information regarding recent law school hires in tenure-track, clinical, or legal writing full-time positions.
Read More about Lawsky Entry Level Hiring Report 2025 – Call for InformationBaylor Symposium: Power Of Speech—Creating Environments In Which Free Speech And Civil Discourse Thrive
TaxProf Blog (by Paul Caron) — Dean Caron (Pepperdine Law) shares a list of articles from a recent Baylor Law symposium on promoting free speech and fostering civil discourse.
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TaxProf Blog (by Paul Caron) — Dean Caron (Pepperdine Law) shares an article by multiple authors that demonstrates how generative artificial intelligence programs often answer questions incorrectly and should therefore not be used as an alternative to asking law professors questions directly.
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The Faculty Lounge (by Bridget Crawford) — Professor Crawford (Pace Law) shares an announcement from the American Tax Policy Institute seeking law faculty interested in creating a tax and financial literacy program to be taught by law students.
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Law School Academic Support Blog (by Erica Sylvia) — Professor Sylvia (UMass Law) shares advice for students in their last year of law school who are applying to take the bar exam.
Read More about Applying to take the Bar Exam?Alternate Headline: Law Scholars Launch Actual, Normal, Non-Silly, Scholarly Journal
PrawfsBlawg (by Paul Horwitz) — Professor Horwitz (University of Alabama Law) shares news that law faculty are working to create a new journal called the Independent Law Journal and offers suggestions as the editors move forward.
Read More about Alternate Headline: Law Scholars Launch Actual, Normal, Non-Silly, Scholarly JournalPlanned New Faculty-Supervised Independent Law Journal
The Volokh Conspiracy (by Eugene Volokh) — Professor Volokh (Hoover Institution at Stanford University) discusses the formation of the Independent Law Journal and offers information for how to contact the creators of the journal for law faculty that are interested in getting involved.
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