Law School Grade Insurance
TaxProf Blog (by Paul Caron) — Dean Caron (Pepperdine Law) shares a paper by James Fallows Tierney (IIT Chicago-Kent Law) that looks at how the concept of “grade insurance” can help reduce law students’ stress.
Read More about Law School Grade InsuranceSanta Clara’s ‘Tech Edge JD’ Program Improves Admissions Yield, Diversity & Employment Outcomes
TaxProf Blog (by Paul Caron) — Dean Caron (Pepperdine Law) shares a Marquette Intellectual Property & Innovation Law Review article by Laura Norris (Santa Clara Law) and Eric Goldman (Santa Clara Law) that looks at the benefits of Santa Clara Law’s certificate program for JD students interested in technology law.
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The Faculty Lounge (by Bridget Crawford) — Professor Crawford (Pace Law) shares a list of faculty members who were recently elected into the American Law Institute.
Read More about ALI Elects New MembersCovid Shifted A Law Prof’s Role From ‘Sage On The Stage’ To ‘Guide On The Side’
TaxProf Blog (by Paul Caron) — Dean Caron (Pepperdine Law) shares a Southwestern University Law Review article by Debra Moss that details how the COVID-19 pandemic changed law professors’ role in and outside of the classroom.
Read More about Covid Shifted A Law Prof’s Role From ‘Sage On The Stage’ To ‘Guide On The Side’USNWR incorporates faculty citations, graduate salary, debt data into its college metrics–will law schools be next?
Excess of Democracy (by Derek T. Muller) — Professor Muller (University of Iowa Law) shares his thoughts on the US News university rankings adding faculty citations, graduate salary, and debt data to their ranking metrics.
Read More about USNWR incorporates faculty citations, graduate salary, debt data into its college metrics–will law schools be next?Legal Ethics Education: Seeking—And Creating—A Stronger Community Of Practice
TaxProf Blog (by Paul Caron) — Dean Caron (Pepperdine Law) shares a Georgetown Journal of Legal Ethics article by Justine Rogers that looks at how a community of practice framework can help explain legal ethics concepts.
Read More about Legal Ethics Education: Seeking—And Creating—A Stronger Community Of PracticeRoadmap: The Law Student’s Guide to Meaningful Employment, Third Edition by Neil W. Hamilton
Legal Skills Prof Blog (by Scott Fruehwald) — The author shares news that the third edition of the book Roadmap: The Law Student’s Guide to Meaningful Employment by Neil Hamilton has been released.
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Brian Leiter’s Law School Reports (by Michael Simkovic) — Professor Simkovic (USC Gould Law) explains how recent political sentiment is causing harm to higher education and legal education.
Read More about Is Politicization Endangering Higher Education?Law Professor Twitter Social Media Census: Call for Updates and New Entries
The Faculty Lounge (by Bridget Crawford) — Professor Crawford (Pace Law) provides a space for law school faculty members to share their social media handles for an online directory.
Read More about Law Professor Twitter Social Media Census: Call for Updates and New EntriesRFP: ASLH Projects and Proposals
Legal History Blog (by Daniel Ernst) — Professor Ernst (Georgetown Law) shares a request for proposals from the American Society for Legal History for the funding of new initiatives in the study, presentation, and production of legal historical scholarship.
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