Some Thoughts About the Latest Law Review Imbroglio

December 4, 2023

PrawfsBlawg (by Paul Horwitz) — Professor Horwitz (University of Alabama Law) shares his thoughts on a recent decision at Harvard Law Review Online to not proceed with publication of a blog post related to military action by Israel in Gaza. He explains how the incident can be used to understand law review processes more generally.

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DCP at Moritz Offers Further Guidance for Universities during a Time of Conflict

November 20, 2023

Indisputably (by Sarah Cole) — Professor Cole (Ohio State University Law) shares a resource for helping students support each other through politically divisive times.  

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Oregon Approves Alternative Pathway to Licensure

November 20, 2023

Law School Academic Support Blog (by Steven Foster) — Professor Foster (Oklahoma City University Law) shares information about the Oregon State Bar’s recent decision to create an alternative pathway for licensure that allows some law graduates to bypass the bar exam in favor of supervised practice.  

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Why Law Schools Should Require Poverty Law And International Human Rights

November 20, 2023

TaxProf Blog (by Paul Caron) — Dean Caron (Pepperdine Law) shares a University of St. Thomas Law Journal article by Eric J. Boos (University of Idaho Law), where he argues that poverty law and international human rights should be a required part of the law school curriculum.  

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ChatGPT-4 Passes Multistate Professional Responsibility Exam (MPRE), Beats Law School Graduates And Other Generative AI Models

November 20, 2023

TaxProf Blog (by Paul Caron) — Dean Caron (Pepperdine Law) shares a report by Gabor Melli, Daniel Lewis, and Dru Stevenson (South Texas College of Law Houston) that explores how ChatGPT-4 performed on the Multistate Professional Responsibility Exam.  

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Deploying Large Language Models in the Service of Empirical Legal Studies

November 20, 2023

Empirical Legal Studies (by Michael Heise) — Professor Heise (Cornell Law) discusses how empirical legal scholars can use ChatGPT and other large language models in their research and analysis. 

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Lawyering In The Age Of Artificial Intelligence

November 20, 2023

TaxProf Blog (by Paul Caron) — Dean Caron (Pepperdine Law) shares a study by University of Minnesota Law professors Jonathan H. Choi, Amy Monahan, and Daniel Schwarcz that looks at how the use of ChatGPT affects the speed and quality of legal analysis.  

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Journal Of Legal Education Publishes New Issue

November 13, 2023

TaxProf Blog (by Paul Caron) — Dean Caron (Pepperdine Law) shares the contents from issue 71-3 of the Journal of Legal Education. 

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Ok, Zoomer: Teaching Legal Research To Gen Z

November 13, 2023

TaxProf Blog (by Paul Caron) — Dean Caron (Pepperdine Law) shares an article by Olicia Schlinck (Cardozo Law) that details how law professors can adapt their teaching methods to better suit the new generation of students. 

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